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Firefox 142 rolls out today with some new stuff: news stories can be curated by topic on new tabs (US only for now), new exception lists to Enhanced Tracking Protection, and wllama API support so web extensions can run LLMs on your device. "Yay", I guess.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-142-browser-update-new-features

#firefox #opensource #tech

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submitted 1 week ago by omgubuntu@floss.social to c/firefox@fedia.io

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

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submitted 4 weeks ago by omgubuntu@floss.social to c/firefox@fedia.io

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

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