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The Verge

Mozilla launched a major redesign of Firefox (version 157) with round tabs, new themes, and a Compact Mode, aiming to modernize the browser.

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Ars Technica

An interview with Mozilla's head of Firefox, Ajit Varma, discussing the Firefox 157 redesign, product strategy, and competition with Chrome.

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Mozilla Blog

Mozilla announces the rollout of its new Firefox design (Nova) shipping with Firefox 157 across desktop and mobile. The refresh modernizes colors, icons, and themes throughout the browser.

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9to5Linux

Firefox 157 is now available for download, featuring the new Nova design, Compact Mode, and various improvements.

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Mozilla Blog

Mozilla and Mila announced a joint open source AI initiative, backed by the Canadian government, with Mozilla contributing an initial $5 million investment. Hypertec adds $1 million in first-year funding.

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The Next Web

Mozilla added Mistral Small 4 to Firefox's Smart Window AI assistant and launched the feature in France, marking its first new market.

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Mozilla Blog

Mozilla and Mistral announced a partnership to bring the open-source Mistral Small 4 model to Firefox Smart Window beta and expand AI model choice. The deal positions an open-source alternative to Big Tech default browser ecosystems.

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The Wall Street Journal

Mozilla partnered with Mistral AI to power Firefox's Smart Window AI assistant with Mistral models, expanding Mistral's consumer reach.

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica previews Mozilla's State of Open Source AI report, which found that open-weight models are closing the performance gap with frontier models.

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The Register

The Register covers the release of Firefox 155 and Thunderbird 155, the first versions shipped under Mozilla's new twice-monthly release cadence. The article outlines the AI-centric changes, including wider availability of Smart Window and improved LLM-assisted tab grouping.

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The Verge

Mozilla officially launched built-in ad blocking for Firefox on iOS, using Apple's WebKit Content Blocker technology and the EasyList filter to block most third-party ads and trackers before pages load. The feature is off by default and is enabled from Firefox's settings.

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Linuxiac

Linuxiac reports on Mozilla adding native ad blocking to Firefox on iOS, letting iPhone and iPad users block third-party ads and trackers without a separate extension. It notes the feature is optional, off by default, and works alongside Enhanced Tracking Protection.

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OMG! Ubuntu

Firefox 155 is the first release under Mozilla's new twice-monthly schedule, expanding Smart Window AI to users in the US, Canada, and France and adding blocked-tracker counts to the address bar.

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PCMag

PCMag opines that Firefox's Smart Window AI features, including tab grouping and visual history previews, show how AI browsers should be built—with opt-in, privacy-focused design.

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The Mozilla Blog

Firefox announces a partnership with Exa.ai to power AI search features like Smart Window and Quick Answers, with a focus on privacy and user choice.

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Fast Company

Mozilla brings opt-in AI features to Firefox via Smart Window, with a partnership with Exa, while allowing users to disable AI features anytime—a move that balances AI adoption with user privacy.

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The Verge

Mozilla unveils Smart Window, an AI-powered browsing mode for Firefox with Exa-powered web search citations, visual history previews, and AI tab grouping, emphasizing user choice and privacy.

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The Register

Mozilla revoked a Firefox/Thunderbird signing key after an unencrypted copy was accidentally committed to a private GitHub repo, with no evidence of unauthorized access.

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Microsoft Newsroom

The Linux Foundation joined Cisco, Dell Technologies, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and other industry signatories in an open letter which makes the case that open weight models are an essential part of the foundation for secure, universally accessible and innovative AI . The letter argues that the right response to the real risks of open weights is a stronger open ecosystem rather than prohibition, and that policymakers should encourage rather than restrict frontier open models.

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Mozilla News

Mozilla announces the release of its first annual "State of Open Source AI" report.

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