Firefox’ new “AI” features cause CPU spikes and battery drain: https://www.osnews.com/story/143044/firefox-new-ai-features-cause-cpu-spikes-and-battery-drain/ #Firefox #AI

Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' feature.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

#mozilla #firefox #opensource

Wave of 150 #crypto-draining extensions hits #Firefox add-on store

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wave-of-150-crypto-draining-extensions-hits-firefox-add-on-store/

#cybersecurity

#Firefox 141.0.3 is out now to fix a regression that caused issues on sites built with the Svelte framework and an issue where cryptominers were not listed as blocked in Strict Tracking Protection https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0.3/releasenotes/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

#Firefox 141.0.2 is out now to fix a startup crash experienced by some #Linux users with outdated #NVIDIA drivers, an issue where Firefox wouldn't start on some Linux systems where GTK+ was built without Wayland support, and other bugs https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0.2/releasenotes/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Nice to see my hare-csv module (https://git.sr.ht/~blainsmith/hare-csv) is needed for the Himitsu Firefox add-on.

https://himitsustore.org/

#HareLang #SecureSecrets #PasswordManager #Firefox #OpenSource

Servo was supposed to be the future rendering engine for Firefox, but now it's an independent project. I tried it out and it's pretty impressive! #webdev #firefox

https://www.spacebar.news/servo-undercover-web-browser-engine/

Latest @[email protected] Android update automatically turned on "Suggested stories" on the new tab page.

Nobody asked for this.
Nobody wants this.

#firefox

#Firefox 142 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect https://9to5linux.com/firefox-142-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

AI-assisted tab groups, reduced memory usage on Linux, unit conversions in the address bar AND expanded PiP support – it's Firefox 141.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/firefox-141-release-ai-tabs-linux-memory

#firefox #opensource #foss

#Firefox 141 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

Hey #Firefox hackers! My credit card issuer, Chase, does something funky where its page won't load unless it's in the focused tab:

https://secure.chase.com/web/auth/dashboard

I want to get it to load in the background instead.

Any ideas? I tried turning off all the lazy-load-enabled settings in about:config but that didn't work.

I guess if anybody cares, next Tuesday, #Firefox 141 will be released. Among other things, a few good items:

1. On #Linux, Firefox uses less memory and no longer requires a forced restart after an update has been applied by a package manager.

2. Support for #Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS) is now re-enabled, allowing developers to opt a cookie into storage partitioning per top-level site.

References:

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0beta/releasenotes/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/Privacy_sandbox/Partitioned_cookies

#privacy #browser

After years in development, we will be releasing WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141! WebGPU gives web content a modern interface to the user’s graphics processor, enabling high-performance comp…

How should we ship Firefox next release?

We're working on Drauger OS 7.8 right now, and we wanted to know how the community feels. Should we ship #Firefox ESR as a native package, or normal @[email protected] as a #flatpak?

We won't ship normal Firefox as a native package, as that would require some complicated packaging mechanics to allow. And, we can't ship Firefox as a snap as, with the way we build our ISOs, we cannot ship snaps.

So, thoughts? What would you prefer? Vote and discuss below!