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The Mozilla executive in charge of Firefox says that while some people just want AI tools that are genuinely useful, "We've heard from many who want nothing to do with AI..."
"Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer choice, led us to build AI controls."
Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you'll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox....
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Xbox is making some major changes to its Achievements, for Xbox Insiders to test out ahead of a wider release. These include customisation options for Achievement pop ups, the ability to highlight certain 100 percent completions you're especially proud of, and the ability to hide other games you're not keen to boast about. Read more Read more ›
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A federal judge is letting Arizona press ahead with its gambling case against a federally regulated prediction market, rejecting an… Continue reading Judge allows Arizona gambling case against Kalshi, denying preliminary injunction Read more ›
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No future accounting of the Bored Ape Yacht Club story would be complete without the ending of this bizarre legal saga. Read more ›
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The FBI breaks down the $21 billion lost by over a million Americans through online scams, with more than half involving cryptocurrency. Read more ›
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The value of forest ecosystems is hard to overstate. Blanketing roughly a third of the US, they supply clean water and air, absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide, and provide homes for imperiled wildlife and a tranquil place for Americans to hunt and fish. It’s for this reason that environmental advocates widely opposed a plan announced by […] Read more ›
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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Jordi Romero, Founder and CEO of Factorial, one of the standout success stories in Europe’s HR Tech space. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, Factorial has grown into a major business software platform helping companies manage everything from HR and payroll to finance and IT, as ... Read more ›
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AI has moved out of pilots and into live, business-critical systems faster than most organisations are prepared for, and faster than their governance models can keep up. AI is now shaping decisions that directly affect customers, compliance and revenue. That shift signals that businesses are beginning to unlock genuine value. But it also exposes a ... Read more ›
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Vinted, the second-hand marketplace unicorn, today said its revenues topped €1bn last year, but profits dipped nearly 20 per cent, as it took a financial hit from its investments.Financial figures for... Read more ›
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A Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller buyer reportedly found a Switch 1 controller in the box. Read more ›
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Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of political violence. Read more ›
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Blizzard has announced 51st Overwatch hero Sierra, a damage-role character, who'll be added to the game when Season 2 of Reign of Talon launches next Tuesday, 14th April. She's the first of five new heroes still to come to the competitive shooter this year. Read more Read more ›
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A legacy website was compromised and used to promote inappropriate content, but has since been defaced. Read more ›
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Regulatory filings show that Citadel, Millennium, Point72, Balyasny, and more have fewer investing staffers based in Miami than the year prior. Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр! Не мне вам рассказывать, что мы живем в эпоху цифровизации производств — вы наверняка читали статьи о «тяжёлой цифре». Но история цифровизации, которой я хочу поделиться, еще сложнее — потому что это история из мира фармпроизводства.Я Иван Колесников, директор по цифровой трансформации в Группе компаний «Промомед». Наш фармацевтический холдинг растёт стремительно — в 6 раз быстрее рынка. Больше товара, складов, сотрудников, дистрибьюторов... И это на фоне и без... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: OpenAI hasn't been shy about spending money lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with child safety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it's best to stay in the shadows -- even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for policy changes. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, a number... Read more ›
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Valve's March 2026 Steam Survey shows Linux gaming usage jumping to a record 5.33% share -- more than double macOS's 2.35%. Phoronix reports: Steam on Linux was never above 5% and easily an all-time high for the Linux gaming marketshare, especially in absolute numbers. It was a massive 3.1% spike in March while macOS also jumped surprisingly by 1.19% to 2.35%. The Steam Survey numbers show Windows losing 4.28%, down... Read more ›
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Nvidia has begun rolling out a beta feature that automatically compiles game shaders while a PC is idle. It won't eliminate shader compilation the first time a game runs, but Ars Technica reports it could help reduce those repeated wait times. From the report: Nvidia's new Auto Shader Compilation system promises to "reduc[e] the frequency of game runtime compilation after driver updates" for users running Nvidia's GeForce Game Ready Driver... Read more ›
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Even on NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon, astronauts apparently still have to deal with broken Microsoft Outlook. One of the crew members, Reid Wiseman, jokingly reported that he had "two Microsoft Outlooks" and neither worked. 404 Media reports: On April 1, four astronauts from the U.S. and Canada embarked on a 10-day flight to loop around the moon. Spotted by VGBees podcast host Niki Grayson on the NASA... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google's terms. The company's Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth. Starting today, developers can start working with Gemma 4, which comes in... Read more ›
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AmiMoJo shares a report from Phoronix: Raspberry Pi prices are going up yet again due to the continued memory squeeze on the industry. To help offset the memory prices for some use-cases, Raspberry Pi also announced the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 3GB model at $83 to help fill the void between the 2GB and 4GB options. The 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 was announced at $83.75 USD for those... Read more ›
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IBM and Arm are teaming up to let Arm-based software run on IBM Z mainframes. Network World reports: The two companies plan to work on three things: building virtualization tools so Arm software can run on IBM platforms; making sure Arm applications meet the security and data residency rules that regulated industries must follow; and creating common technology layers so enterprises have more software options across both platforms, IBM said... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Amazon will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% "fuel and logistics" surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher. The fees take effect on April 17 for customers of the company's Fulfillment by Amazon service -- which is used by many of the independent sellers... Read more ›
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OpenAI is acquiring tech news podcast TBPN, a fast-growing daily show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence, even though the acquisition is widely viewed as part of a broader effort to influence public discourse around AI. CNBC reports: In the announcement, OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo wrote that their mission of bringing artificial general intelligence comes with a responsibility... Read more ›
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schwit1 shares a report from the Kathmandu Post: In Nepal, helicopter rescue on high altitude is, by any measure, a genuine lifesaving operation. At high altitude, where oxygen thins and weather changes without warning, the ability to airlift a stricken trekker to Kathmandu within hours has saved countless lives. But threaded through that legitimate system, exploiting its urgency, its opacity, and its distance from oversight, is one of the most... Read more ›
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