Mozilla: Cloudflare doesn't pay us for any DoH trafficMozilla publishes FAQ document detailing its DNS-over-HTTPS implementation plans in greater detail.October 24, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
How to remove the new "Other Bookmarks" button from FirefoxMozilla shoves new Firefox button down users' throat via silent update, without an option of disabling it.January 20, 2021 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Mozilla moves to monetize Thunderbird, transfers project to new subsidiaryDevelopment of Thunderbird email client to be moved to a new Mozilla subsidiary named MZLA Technologies Corporation.January 29, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Chinese users attack Notepad++ app after 'Free Uyghur' releaseNotepad++'s GitHub issue tracker flooded with pro-Chinese and anti-western messages. Anti-Chinese activists are fighting back with their own spam and attacks on the Beijing regime.October 30, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Upcoming Firefox update will decrease power usage on macOS by up to three timesTwo years after Firefox Quantum's release, Mozilla devs said they fixed Firefox's battery-draining problem.September 2, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
GitHub reinstates youtube-dl library after EFF interventionGitHub also establishes a $1 million "developer defense fund" to help open source developers fight against abusive DMCA Section 1201 takedown claims.November 16, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Mozilla releases Firefox 66.0.4 with fix disabled add-ons issueMozilla rolls out permanent fix for "disabled add-ons" issue after releasing a temporary patch a day before.May 5, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Firefox 81 released with new browser themeOther Firefox 81 features include a new look for the PDF viewer, support for auto-filling card data, and support for hardware media keys.September 22, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Mozilla to stop supporting sideloaded extensions in FirefoxFirefox users won't be able to sideload extensions starting March 2020, with Firefox 74.October 31, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
Pi-hole drops support for ad blocklists used by browser-based ad-blockersThe ad-blocking landscape is in line for some standardization, starting with the blocklists' syntax.September 29, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source