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Chromium Edge Windows 10 Ads Target Firefox

Microsoft is using ads in the Windows 10 Start menu to pitch Chromium Edge to users of the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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Chrome and Firefox Clamp Down on Web Extensions

Chrome and Firefox are disabling extensions that could be malicious. Google has taken a blanket approach while Mozilla is approaching it more individually.
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Even Homeland Security Thinks You Should Update Firefox

Firefox 72.0 contains a critical vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild to gain control of user's PCs. The bug lets malicious JavaScript code run outside of the browser.
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Mozilla Allows Firefox 72 Users to Delete Telemetry Data

To comply with CCPA, Mozilla is adding an ability in Firefox 72 that allows users to request their telemetry data be deleted.
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Mozilla Changes Firefox Updates to Every Four Weeks

Mozilla has reduced the time between Firefox updates, with the browser soon to receive updates every month.
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Firefox 68 Will Use Windows’ Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) for Updates

Firefox's Nightly versions can now tap into Windows' BITS service for updates, letting users download them when the browser is closed. Eventually, Mozilla wants to move to its own Update Agent, which will still communicate with BITS.
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Firefox 66.0.4 Releases with a Permanent Fix for Extension Issues

Firefox 66.0.4 mostly fixes the browser's worldwide extension issues, resolving a certificate error that led to all of them becoming disabled.

Qualcomm and Mozilla Are Working on Native Firefox for Windows 10 on ARM

Mozilla Firefox for Windows 10 on ARM will support the use of each processor core for individual tabs, competing with Chrome, which has a port in the works.
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Mozilla Begins Testing Integrated VPN Service in Firefox

Mozilla is following Opera’s lead by integrating a VPN in Firefox, although this will be a third-party extension from ProtonVPN.

New Firefox Update Helps Mitigate Meltdown and Spectre CPU Exploits

Firefox's latest update reduces the accuracy of time sources in the browser, making it much harder to perform web-based Meltdown and Spectre attacks. Google plans to follow with a patch on January 24.

Yahoo and Mozilla Suing Each Other After Firefox Snubs Yahoo as Default Search Provider

Technicalities in a contract allowed Mozilla Firefox to remove Yahoo as its default search. The two companies are now disputing the ramifications and will take the battle to US courts.

Mozilla Firefox 57 To Debut New Photon UI

For its upcoming Firefox 57 web browser, Mozilla will change the UI for the first time since 2014. The update will bring squared tabs, a new tab page, and a centralized address bar.
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Firefox 52 Gets Font Whitelist to Prevent Browser Fingerprinting

Browser fingerprinting through OS fonts will be prevented in Firefox 52, which launches this March. The browser uses a whitelist to denote safe fonts, a feature which is similar to the way Tor handles font-based web tracking.
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Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in Firefox Versions 41 to 50

The vulnerability exploits Windows systems with great success. The current version of the Tor Browser Bundle which contains Firefox 45 Extended Support Release (ESR) is also affected.
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Microsoft Launches OneNote Web Clipper for Firefox

The OneNote Web Clipper is now available to browsers on Firefox, after previously launching on Microsoft Edge and Chrome. The service lets users clip parts of webpages, edit them, and share the edits.
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Microsoft’s Explorer/Edge Browsers Slip behind Firefox to 3rd in Market

Numbers published by StatCounter show that Firefox overtook Explorer/Edge during April to become the second most used web browser behind Google Chrome.
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Market Stats: Windows 10 Edge Users Switching Back To Chrome And Firefox

Quantcast, an online measurement company has said that a large number of Windows 10 users are backing away from Microsoft Edge browser. Google Chrome maintains its position as the most popular Windows 10 browser.
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ASM.JS ONLY! Benchmarking ASM.JS JavaScript performance of Microsoft Edge vs. Google Chrome 44 vs....

Benchmarking Microsoft Edge´s WebGL performance give good but partly unclear results. As asm.js is one key performance factor for the future, it´s good to see how Edge, Firfox and Chrome perform there.
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Benchmark Deep-Dive: Microsoft Windows 10 Spartan Browser vs. IE11 vs. Google Chrome 41 vs....

  We have profoundly tested Microsoft´s new Spartan browser for Windows 10 with the most challenging benchmarks around. While Spartan´s new interactive features look promising,...
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How to Find the Process for a Window on Windows, macOS, Linux

We show you how to identify the process behind any window on macOS, Windows, and Unix/Linux using Task Manager, Process Explorer, tasklist, Accessibility Inspector, and xprop.

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