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Tis the season to spread joy and thoughtful gifts, but in this digital age, it's crucial to consider the privacy and security of our loved ones. Enter Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included" tool - your guide to tech gifts that not only bring smiles but also ensure privacy and security. Mozilla published this shopping companion tool [...]The post These tech gifts will make you feel safer (and better) about gifting this holiday season appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, Mozilla announced more than 450 new extensions (software that adds new features or functionality to the browser) to users on Firefox for Android at Mozilla's Addons.mozilla.org (AMO) Android page. This milestone marks the launch of a new open extension ecosystem on mobile where developers are now free to create and publish extensions and users [...]The post New extensions you'll love now available on Firefox for Android appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

39% of workers in the US are freelancers. This isn't necessarily your full time job, but can also be your passion project, your hobby, your second job, your side hustle or other. The rise in remote work and the creator economy have made freelancing easier than ever. Credit: Yahoo Finance But with freelancing, solopreneurs are [...]The post Introducing Solo, an AI website builder for solopreneurs appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

This year, we've been working on the many ways to protect your data when you use Mozilla VPN, our fast and easy-to-use Virtual Private Network service. Over the summer, we rolled out new security features like malware blocking, and performance improvements like the server location recommendations. We also expanded to 16 new European countries: Bulgaria, [...]The post Mozilla VPN Update: New privacy features, plus independent security audit results appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, I'm thrilled to announce that Mozilla Foundation is appointing four new members to its Board of Directors. Over the years, I've written about our efforts to expand the Board, most recently in March 2023. Each time, I emphasize that by joining Mozilla's Board, leaders commit to joining a movement for internet health that spans [...]The post Mozilla Foundation Welcomes Four New Board Members appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Remember when the holidays meant waking up early and going down and opening up presents? When the only gift list you had to worry about was the gifts you were asking for. Last year, it was estimated that adults bought an average of nine presents and spent about $1500 on holiday gifts. Buying gifts doesn't [...]The post Seven tips to make holiday shopping easier. Really. appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The investment will help Sendmarc provide essential DMARC protection to thousands of customers around the world (TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023) - Today, Mozilla Ventures is announcing an investment in Sendmarc, an industry leader in email and domain cybersecurity. Sendmarc specializes in preventing email impersonation (i.e. phishing and spoofing), the root cause of more than 90% [...]The post Mozilla Ventures Invests in Sendmarc,Global Leader in Email and Domain Security appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today Mozilla Foundation President, Mark Surman, spoke with members of the US Senate, including Senator Leader Schumer, Senator Rounds, Senator Heinrich and Senator Young about two of what Mozilla believes are the most critical questions we must ask if we're to chart a better path forward with AI: How can we protect people's privacy in [...]The post Mozilla Joins Latest AI Insight Forum appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Last week was an important moment in the debate about AI, with President Biden issuing an executive order and the UK's AI Safety Summit convening world leaders. Much of the buzz around these events made it sound like AI presents us with a binary choice: unbridled optimism, or existential fear. But there was also a [...]The post A Third Way on AI appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

It's clear that online shopping has given consumers more choices than ever, offering remarkable convenience with a few clicks of a button. But there's a catch. With Fakespot by Mozilla, which uses AI to detect fake reviews and scams, we've seen it all when it comes to e-commerce. Counterfeits, fake reviews, review flooding, and nowadays, [...]The post The Future of Shopping appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

For many Firefox users, a Firefox account has been indispensable. It safely syncs everything from open tabs, bookmarks, history and add-ons to passwords, credit card information and saved addresses across desktop and mobile devices. In fact, over the past few years, a Firefox account has grown its support beyond our beloved web browser. It's now [...]The post Why we're renaming Firefox accounts' to Mozilla accounts' appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Web browsing is a pervasive part of modern life, and the quality of the experience directly affects the quality of your day. When your tasks are disrupted by slow or unresponsive pages, it is frustrating and distracting. As such, performance is a key component of Mozilla's vision for the web. To deliver against our vision [...]The post Quick as a Fox: Firefox keeps getting faster appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, Mozilla announces the availability of its AI Guide, a community-driven resource, where developers can come together, ready to pioneer and drive generative AI innovations. In the spirit of a truly open web, Mozilla launches a tool that will evolve, just like the world of AI, which is messy, and poses complex questions that have [...]The post Introducing Mozilla's AI Guide, the developers onboarding ramp to AI appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Protecting user privacy is a core element of Mozilla's vision for the web and the internet at large. In pursuit of this vision, we're pleased to announce new partnerships with Fastly and Divvi Up to deploy privacy-preserving technology in Firefox. Mozilla builds a number of tools that help people defend their privacy online, but the [...]The post Built for privacy: Partnering to deploy Oblivious HTTP and Prio in Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla's Reclaim the Internet event at the Alte Munze in Berlin, happening Oct. 12 to 16, features an immersive journey that invites people to act, build and choose to reimagine our digital future. The journey includes three art installations where visitors can explore how reclaiming the internet will help us take back expression, inspiration and [...]The post Reclaim Wonder': An immersive installation that captures the beauty of the open internet appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla's Reclaim the Internet event at the Alte Munze in Berlin, happening Oct. 12 to 16, features an immersive journey that invites people to act, build and choose to reimagine our digital future. The journey includes three art installations where visitors can explore how reclaiming the internet will help us take back expression, inspiration and [...]The post Reclaim Inspiration': An immersive installation to spark creativity appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla's Reclaim the Internet event at the Alte Munze in Berlin, happening Oct. 12 to 16, features an immersive journey that invites people to act, build and choose to reimagine our digital future. The journey includes three art installations where visitors can explore how reclaiming the internet will help us take back expression, inspiration and [...]The post Reclaim Expression': An immersive installation that puts you at the center of the internet appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Artists, activists, creators and more to be celebrated at event in Berlin, Germany on Friday, Oct. 13 After months of searching and almost a thousand submissions from all over the globe, we are proud to announce the 25 people who will be honored at the Rise 25 Awards, which will be held during Mozilla's Reclaim [...]The post Mozilla announces 25 honorees for the Rise 25 Awards appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

As web users, what we say and do online is subject to pervasive surveillance. Although we typically associate online tracking with ad networks and other third-party sites, our online communications travel across commercial telecommunication networks, allowing these privileged entities to siphon the names of the websites we visit and monetize our browsing history for their [...]The post Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn't perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong - their corners of the internet. We all have an internet story worth sharing. In [...]The post Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz on being extremely online,' sponcons gone wrong and her dream dinner party appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Been thinking about making the switch to Firefox, but worried about how well Google Workspace products will work? Well, we've got some good news for you. Google services have always worked great on Firefox, thanks to our collaboration with the G Workspace team, who want to make sure their products work on all major browsers. [...]The post Google Meet and the rest of G Workspace are working better than ever on Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Remember when the internet felt personal? Like a cool space for ourselves to discover really amazing things? The web allowed us to tell our stories in new ways, learn from others across the world and solve problems together. This extraordinary power is what sparked Mozilla's commitment to a healthy internet, through activism and open source [...]The post Reclaim the internet with Mozilla appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn't have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default? At Mozilla, our mission has always centered on empowering people to shape their own experiences online. But these days, big tech too often trumps individual choices, whether that's through the [...]The post Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. Red pandas are the first panda [...]The post Seeing a Firefox IRL appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. See our full series of interviews [...]The post Firefox IRL: Meet Seattle's Carson, the Woodland Park Zoo's feisty red panda appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. See our full series of interviews [...]The post Firefox IRL: Meet Amaya, Basu, Takeo and Pili, Sacramento Zoo's fantastic four red pandas appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. See our full series of interviews [...]The post Firefox IRL: Meet Linda and Saffron, Idaho Falls Zoo's mother-daughter red panda duo appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. See our full series of interviews [...]The post Firefox IRL: Meet Deagan, Maliha and Wilson, Michigan Potter Park Zoo's red panda family appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Did you know that the red panda is also known as a firefox? Sept. 16 is International Red Panda Day, so we thought it would be a good time to visit a Firefox, ahem red panda, in real life and talk to their caretakers at zoos across the U.S. See our full series of interviews [...]The post Firefox IRL: Meet Rose and Ruby, Zoo Atlanta's red panda sisters appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

There's never been a better time to switch from Chrome to Firefox, if we do say so ourselves. Some of the internet's most popular ad blockers, such as uBlock Origin - tools that save our digital sanity from video ads that auto-play, banners that take up half the screen and pop-up windows with infuriatingly tiny [...]The post How to easily switch from Chrome to Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

After having met with many different candidates over the past several months to fill the role of chief people officer - a significant role that contributes greatly to Mozilla's culture and future - I am pleased to announce that Dani Chehak has joined Mozilla as chief people officer on a permanent basis. It was a [...]The post Dani Chehak, Mozilla's new chief people officer appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

More than ever, we need a movement to ensure the internet remains a force for good. The Mozilla Internet Ecosystem (MIECO) program fuels this movement by supporting people who are looking to advance a more human-centered internet. This week we're highlighting Yoshiki Ohshima, a computer scientist and researcher with big ideas for how to shift [...]The post Advancing the future of the internet with new ways of defining our shared digital realities appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn't perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong - their corners of the internet. We all have an internet story worth sharing. In [...]The post A New York Times Magazine editor on her internet obsessions appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Earlier this year, we announced that we were testing a new way for Firefox Relay users to access their email masks directly from Firefox. Today, we're taking it to the next level and rolling this feature over the next couple of weeks out to millions of Firefox Account users in Firefox. Signing up for a [...]The post Protect your information with email masks now available in Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

I am delighted to share that Suba Vasudevan has joined Mozilla as our new Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations. In this role Suba will be responsible for leading Mozilla's efforts to become more unified, impactful and efficient across our many businesses and products. She will report to me and join Mozilla's steering committee. [...]The post Welcome Suba Vasudevan, Mozilla's new senior vice president of strategy and operations appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

As Mark Surman steps into President role, Mozilla seeks a new Executive Director to lead its non-profit programs ___ Today, Mozilla is announcing the search for a new Executive Director to lead its non-profit movement-building programs. Mozilla sees itself as both an instigator and collaborator in the effort to shift the tides of tech. We [...]The post Mozilla seeks new leader for its movement-building arm appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Open source lies at the heart of Mozilla and our Manifesto. Despite its ubiquity in the current technology landscape, it is easy to forget that open source was once a radical idea which was compared to cancer. In the long journey since, Mozilla has helped create an open source browser, email client, programming language, and [...]The post Openness and AI: Fostering innovation and accountability in the EU's AI Act appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global pandemic that affects one in three women in their lifetime. Kwanele Bringing Women Justice, one of the winning startups at Mozilla's Responsible AI Challenge, wants to help survivors of abuse in South Africa by giving women and children an easy-to-use tool to report and successfully prosecute crimes involving gender-based [...]The post Making trustworthy chatbots to support women plagued by violence and abuse appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Nowadays, the first day of school lands somewhere between August and September, so it's no surprise we're seeing back-to-school sales early. As you start your back-to-school shopping, one thing you'll want to be on the lookout for are fake reviews and unreliable third-party sellers persuading you to buy poor-quality products. To save you time and [...]The post Fakespot shares the back-to-school products you should be extra careful buying this season appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is releasing the standard for Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, a novel standard of communication protocol for group messaging. Why so many acronyms? Don't speak in acronyms? We got you! So, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a body of volunteers that develops open standards and protocols [...]The post Messaging Layer Security is now an internet standard appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Nolano, one of the winning startups at Mozilla's Responsible AI Challenge, wants to make it easier to create AI apps. Founders Tejas Vaidhya and Ayush Kaushal realize the power of large language models. They also know that using them to develop apps typically requires tools beyond the capabilities of a laptop or a smartphone. Tejas [...]The post How to make trustworthy AI? Lower the barriers for developers appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

If you shop online, chances are that you've seen - or been swayed - by fake reviews. About 82% of consumers have come across a fake customer review in the past year, according to recent research. That number is even higher for 18- to 34-year-olds: 92% of them reported having read a fake review online. [...]The post How to use Fakespot, the AI tool that helps you detect fake reviews appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The AI wars are heating up. In late 2022, OpenAI's ChatGPT made headlines for showing us what a new search engine could look like. ChatGPT (which stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer") is a chatbot - one that can process queries and spit out relevant information to answer questions about historical facts, recipes, car dimensions and [...]The post Did ChatGPT write this? Here's how to tell appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

From chat engines and generative apps to self-driving cars, technologies that use artificial intelligence continue to transform our lives in new ways. But how do we create AI that serves society without disempowering some of us? How can we make sure these innovations are fair and trustworthy? Those are the questions we asked last May [...]The post 4 things we learned from Mozilla's Responsible AI challenge appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Generative AI technologies powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, have shown themselves to be both a big boon to productivity as well as a concerningly confident purveyor of incorrect information. At Mozilla, we're excited about the potential role generative AI can play in creating new value for people while demonstrating leadership [...]The post Responsibly empowering developers with AI on MDN appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The Pocket app and web experience are trusted by millions of people everyday to stay up to date and informed on the topics they care about most, free from clickbait, fake news and the pressure and anxiety often felt while on social media platforms. Since being acquired in 2017, Pocket is part of the family [...]The post Signing in to Pocket just got even more secure appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In our ever faster and more overwhelming online lives, we've learned to settle for the obvious choices - the ones we're made to believe are practical and right for us. Our phones come with pre-installed apps, our laptops have their own browsers. But in real life, we can choose to go to our local ethical [...]The post Challenge the default with Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The importance of local journalism cannot be overstated. Critical to a functioning democracy, it empowers communities and shines a light on the real repercussions of issues debated on the national stage. Yet, as American Journalism Project (AJP)'s Chief Advancement Officer Patty Slutsky says, There has been a market failure in ensuring everyone has access to [...]The post Elevating local stories with Pocket and the American Journalism Project appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn't perfect, but we are also quick to point out that the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for people to connect with others, and lets everyone find where they belong - their corners of the internet. [...]The post An online creative on tackling our mixed feelings' on the internet appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

More than ever, we need a movement to ensure the internet remains a force for good. The Mozilla Internet Ecosystem (MIECO) program fuels this movement by supporting people who are looking to advance a more human-centered internet. With MIECO, Mozilla is looking to foster a new era of internet innovation that moves away from fast [...]The post Advancing the future of the internet by making math more inclusive appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.