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VIDEO: The Thunderbird Mobile Team
The Thunderbird Mobile team are crafting the newest chapter of the Thunderbird story. In this month’s office hours, we sat down to chat with the entire mobile team! This includes Philipp Kewisch, Sr. Manager of Mobile Engineering (and long-time Thund...
2025-01-30 11:24
IYKYK: The secret language of memes
Dr. Erica Brozovsky is a sociolinguist, a public scholar and a lover of words. She is the host of Otherwords, a PBS series on language and linguistics, and a professor of writing and rhetoric at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. You can find her at @eri...
2025-01-27 19:09
Running Inference In Web Extensions
Image generated by DALL*E We’re shipping a new API in Firefox Nightly that will let you use our Firefox AI runtime to run offline machine learning tasks in your web extension. Firefox AI Runtime We’ve recently shipped a new component inside of Fire...
2025-01-22 19:53
Supercharge your day: Firefox features for peak productivity
Hi, I’m Tapan. As the leader of Firefox’s Search and AI efforts, my mission is to help users find what they are looking for on the web and stay focused on what truly matters. Outside of work, I indulge my geek side by building giant Star Wars Lego ...
2025-01-21 21:20
Mozilla, EleutherAI publish research on  open datasets for LLM training
Update: Following the 2024 Mozilla AI Dataset Convening, AI builders and researchers publish best practices for creating open datasets for LLM training.  Training datasets behind large language models (LLMs) often lack transparency, a research paper p...
2025-01-21 16:55
Mozilla, EleutherAI publish research on open datasets for LLM training
Update: Following the 2024 Mozilla AI Dataset Convening, AI builders and researchers publish best practices for creating open datasets for LLM training.  Training datasets behind large language models (LLMs) often lack transparency, a research paper p...
2025-01-21 16:55
Streamline your schoolwork with Firefox’s PDF editor
As a student pursuing a master’s degree, I’ve spent too much time searching for PDF editors to fill out forms, take notes and complete projects. I discovered Firefox’s built-in PDF editor while interning at Mozilla as a corporate communications i...
2025-01-21 14:00
Raising the bar: Why differential privacy is at the core of Anonym’s approach
Continuing our series on Anonym’s technology, this post focuses on Anonym’s use of differential privacy. Differential privacy is a cornerstone of Anonym’s approach to building confidential and effective data solutions. In this post, we’ll expla...
2025-01-16 14:00
Slate’s ICYMI hosts on their online obsessions and wildest 2025 predictions 
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 cor...
2025-01-15 14:00
Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – December 2024
Happy New Year Thunderbirders! With a productive December and a good rest now behind us, the team is ready for an amazing year. Since the last update, we’ve had some successes that have felt great. We also completed a retrospective on a major pain po...
2025-01-13 15:00
A different take on AI safety: A research agenda from the Columbia Convening on AI openness and safety
On Nov. 19, 2024, Mozilla and Columbia University’s Institute of Global Politics held the Columbia Convening on AI Openness and Safety in San Francisco. The Convening, which is an official event on the road to the AI Action Summit to be held in Franc...
2024-12-19 22:48
Building trust through transparency: A deep dive into the Anonym Transparency Portal
Continuing our series on Anonym’s technology, this post focuses on the Transparency Portal, a critical tool designed to give our partners comprehensive visibility into the processes and algorithms that handle their data. As a reminder, Mozilla acqui...
2024-12-19 22:13
Open Source, Open Data: Visualizing Our Community with Bitergia
Thunderbird’s rich history comes with a complex community of contributors. We care deeply about them and want to support them in the best way possible. But how does a project effectively do just that? This article will cover a project and partnership...
2024-12-19 16:18
Proposed Contractual Remedies in United States v. Google Threaten Vital Role of Independent Browsers
Giving people the ability to shape the internet and their experiences on it is at the heart of Mozilla’s Manifesto. This includes empowering people to choose how they search. On November 20, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed propose...
2024-12-18 14:00
How to get started on open-source development
Open-source technology isn’t just about building software — it’s about creating solutions collaboratively, making them freely available for anyone to use and adapt. This approach lowers barriers of access and allows solutions to be tailored to va...
2024-12-17 14:00
Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web
Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. In that spirit, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Ecosia, a search engine that prio...
2024-12-17 11:00
Mozilla Builders: Celebrating community-driven innovation in AI
This year, we celebrated a major milestone: the first Mozilla Builders demo day! More than just a tech event, it was a celebration of creativity, community and bold thinking. With nearly 200 applicants from more than 40 countries, 14 projects were sele...
2024-12-12 19:16
Mozilla welcomes New Executive Team Members
I am excited to announce that three exceptional leaders are joining Mozilla to help drive the continued growth of Firefox and increase our systems and infrastructure capabilities.  For Firefox, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo will serve as Senior Vice President o...
2024-12-10 22:41
Jay-Ann Lopez, founder of Black Girl Gamers, on creating safe spaces in gaming
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 cor...
2024-12-10 17:58
Thunderbird for Android November 2024 Progress Report
It’s been a while since our last update in August, and we’re glad to be back to share what’s been happening. Over the past few months, we’ve been fully focused on the Thunderbird for Android release, and now it’s time to catch you up. In this...
2024-12-10 11:55