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Passkeys have many advantages over passwords for IT organizations. The user experience is far better too.

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Are you looking for a modern and powerful email client? We recommend you take a look at the new Thunderbird with Supernova interface.

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Here are five big security reasons why you should consider switching to Firefox

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Some rather serious accusations are being thrown in Microsoft’s direction by Mozilla - including that the company is pushing its proprietary browser, Edge, on Windows users by using deceptive tactics.

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Mozilla on Thursday accused Microsoft of forcing its Edge browser down the throats of Windows users through "dark patterns" – design elements geared to push people towards certain decisions.

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If you really don’t want your Android phone to be tracking any of your movements and activities, there is a way to turn tracking off for all (well, most) of them.

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To give passkeys the credit they deserve, top security experts agree that the new way of logging in comes with greater security. However, adoption lags because people still hesitate to make the leap.

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Windows 11 is often criticized for being filled with bloat and ads. If you carefully opt-out of the major preferences, is it any better?

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Don't throw out your old PC; breathe new life into it with the sustainable and accessible Linux for everyone. It's easier than you think.

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Has your Google Search experience changed for the worse? You may not be alone. A new study by German researchers found that Google Search is plagued with SEO spam.

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Even as development has resumed on Thunderbird, criticisms remain over its stability and features. For those frustrated by Thunderbird’s issues, there may be a solution: Betterbird, a fork of the main Thunderbird client.

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Brave is a free and open source browser. It blocks web advertisements and website trackers automatically by default, but because it’s built on the same Chromium underpinnings as Chrome, everything just works.

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Rose-tinted predictions for artificial intelligence’s grand achievements will be swept aside by underwhelming performance and dangerous results.

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Microsoft Edge's pestering tactics hinder its popularity, annoying both its lovers and haters.

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Mozilla and the open-source community have quietly been building up a great suite of privacy-focused tools and extensions to help protect your privacy online.

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In an unexpected move, it seems Google is rebranding Nearby Share, Android’s AirDrop competitor, to “Quick Share.”

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ChatGPT, and by extension others like Google Bard, is a privacy nightmare. They may have been trained on personally identifiable information and users are providing confidential information to ChatGPT themselves.

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Mozilla has revised its position on a web security technology called Trusted Types, and will implement it in Firefox. Doing so will help reduce a longstanding form of web attack that relies on injected code.

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Android is preparing to give you an estimate of your battery’s remaining capacity. The new battery health settings could also tell you whether your device’s battery has been replaced.

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Mozilla has announced that it will be launching a new open source initiative called Llamafile. The goal behind it is to help people run LLMs on the hardware they already have — no heavy-duty AI-specific CPU required.

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