Feeling revenue squeeze, Mozilla lays off 70
The Firefox browser maker had more trouble creating revenue-generating products in 2019 than it expected, leading to the job cuts.
The Firefox browser maker had more trouble creating revenue-generating products in 2019 than it expected, leading to the job cuts.
Firefox browser-maker Mozilla is considering whether to block cybersecurity company DarkMatter from serving as one of its internet security gatekeepers after a Reuters report linked the United Arab Emirates-based firm to a cyber espionage program.
Networking vendor Cisco has joined a lengthening list of tech sector critics of a bill that the government says is necessary to help police and security agencies counteract the use of encrypted communications channels.
The browser is available now in developer builds.
The browser maker is touting 'Facebook Container' as a way to wall off users' Facebook activities – a new bid to attract the privacy conscious.
Mozilla, in a new 2018 roadmap, plans to follow Google's lead by adding an ad filter to its Firefox browser this fall.
Future web-facing features in the browser must now meet a standard that requires all browser-to-server-and-back traffic be encrypted.
Most major browser makers responded to concerns about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities by updating their wares to try and fend off any web-based attacks.
The company moved XP and Vista users to Firefox's Extended Support Release (version 32) earlier this year, meaning they only get security fixes now.
The redesigned and re-engineered browser is now available in beta form and features a more minimal UI and is twice as fast.
Mozilla has decided to drop one of Firefox's preview tracks that let customers test early versions of the browser before wider deployment.
Mozilla has already patched a Firefox vulnerability revealed during Pwn2Own, the first vendor to fix a flaw disclosed at the hacking contest.
Mozilla today updated Firefox to version 52, which adds a variety of new features and plugs 28 security vulnerabilities, a half dozen of them considered "critical."
Mozilla next month will bar plug-ins built using a decades-old technology from Firefox, ending a years-long effort to make the browser more secure.
Mozilla is shuttering a group tasked with creating an operating system for the Internet of Things and will lay off an unspecified number of workers.