You’ve been scraped, the Facebook data leak explained
In early April, it was reported that there had been a Facebook data leak, raising alarms among Facebook account holders. Half a billion Facebook accounts were impacted. The dataset is … Read more
Mozilla Explains: SIM swapping
These days, smartphones are in just about everyone’s pocket. We use them for entertainment, sending messages, storing notes, taking photos, transferring money and even making the odd phone call. Our … Read more
Mozilla Explains: Cookies and supercookies
Every time you visit a website and it seems to remember you, that’s a cookie at work. You might have heard that all cookies are bad, but reality is a … Read more
How one woman founder pivoted her company online while supporting small businesses
Eighteen years ago Susie Daly started Renegade Craft as a way to build a community of artists through in-person events. When COVID-19 and the corresponding shutdown put a stop to … Read more
How two women are taking on the digital ad industry one brand at a time
In the fall of 2016, Nandini Jammi co-founded Sleeping Giants to expose for brands how their digital advertisements were showing up on websites that they didn’t intend their marketing efforts … Read more
Mozilla Explains: What is an IP address?
Every time you are on the internet, IP addresses are playing an essential role in the information exchange to help you see the sites you are requesting. Yet, there is … Read more
How one business founder is brewing new ideas for her future after a rough 2020
After years of brewing beer at home and honing her craft, Briana Brake turned her passion into a profession by starting Spaceway Brewing Company in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She … Read more
Firefox’s Multiple Picture-in-Picture feature is the gametime assist you need for this month’s big games
It has been a year since we were forced to stay home and recreate most of our life experiences with a screen between us. You may think you’ve reached peak … Read more
How one woman fired up her online business during the pandemic
Sophia Keys started her ceramics business, Apricity Ceramics, five years ago. But it wasn’t until a global pandemic forced everyone to sign on at home and Screen Time Report Scaries … Read more
Firefox B!tch to Boss extension takes the sting out of hostile comments directed at women online
A great swathe of the internet is positive, a place where people come together to collaborate on ideas, discuss news and share moments of levity and sorrow, too. But there’s … Read more
Remain Calm: the fox is still in the Firefox logo
If you’ve been on the internet this week, chances are you might have seen a meme or two about the Firefox logo. And listen, that’s great news for us. Sure, … Read more
Try Firefox Picture-in-Picture for multi-tasking with videos
The Picture-in-Picture feature in the Firefox browser makes multitasking with video content easy, no window shuffling necessary. With Picture-in-Picture, you can play a video in a separate, scalable window that … Read more