Mozilla Firefox Archives

Brave

With Chrome pushing uBlock Origin out of reach, Brave, Firefox, and others are ready to take over

Chrome’s final push against Manifest V2 extensions is basically complete. Chrome 150 quietly removed the flags that let users keep uBlock Origin running, and Chrome 151 is closing...

Jun 12, 2026 3 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla begins 5% gradual rollout of Firefox 152 ahead of stable release

Mozilla is quietly pushing out Firefox 152 to a random 5% of Android users days before the official launch. The stable release is scheduled for June 16. At least one...

Jun 12, 2026 1 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox on Windows will borrow this useful feature from its Mac counterpart soon

Right now, Windows users who run multiple Firefox profiles are stuck with a frustrating choice. Either all their profiles pile under a single taskbar icon and switching between them is...

Jun 11, 2026 2 Min Read

Apps

Firefox built-in VPN: List of supported countries, how to enable it, 50GB limit, & why you don't see it yet

Mozilla recently introduced a brand-new built-in VPN feature in Firefox, giving users an easy way to hide their IP address and add an extra layer of privacy while...

Jun 11, 2026 6 Min Read

How-tos

Here's how to turn off Firefox widgets on the New Tab page

Firefox recently rolled out a set of New Tab widgets timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. As we covered earlier this week, the update brings live sports tracking, a...

Jun 11, 2026 1 Min Read

Bugs and Issues

Proton VPN confirms temporary unavailability of Firefox extension due to Mozilla review

Proton VPN has officially acknowledged an issue affecting its Firefox browser extension. The company confirmed that the extension is temporarily unavailable on Firefox because of a review requirement from Mozilla...

Jun 10, 2026 1 Min Read

Firefox’s Google Play check could quietly lock custom ROM users out of its AI perks

Mozilla seems to have quietly integrated a Google Play Integrity API check into the Firefox for Android codebase a few months ago. The code went live with Firefox 149 and...

Jun 10, 2026 2 Min Read

Apps

Firefox built-in VPN goes unlimited, v151.0.4 lands with fixes, & Nightly gets a playful logo tweak

Over the past week alone, Firefox has been at the center of several noteworthy announcements. We recently covered how Mozilla has confirmed plans to bring built-in ad blocking to...

Jun 10, 2026 3 Min Read

Apps

Firefox gets live sports, weather, timer, & clock widgets on New Tab page, just in time for the World Cup

Mozilla has announced a major update to the Firefox homepage experience, introducing a new set of widgets designed to bring useful information directly to the browser’s New Tab...

Jun 09, 2026 2 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 153 adds Vulkan Video decoding, finally killing Nvidia VA‑API workaround on Linux

Firefox v153 will add Vulkan video decoding support when it ships in July. Linux users on NVIDIA hardware can finally drop the extra driver they have used for years just...

Jun 08, 2026 1 Min Read

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla confirms Firefox will soon block ads out-of-the-box

Mozilla is working on ad-blocking, built directly into Firefox. Ajit Varma, the Head of Firefox, confirmed this in an interview with Techlore published on June 6. The confirmation came...

Jun 08, 2026 1 Min Read

Bugs and Issues

Bitwarden Firefox extension faces performance issues after 2026.5.0 update

After a recent update, the Bitwarden extension on Firefox is reportedly slowing the entire browser down. The issues primarily affect version 2026.5.0, though some users report encountering problems...

Jun 05, 2026 1 Min Read