From where we sit, Google's "giveaway" of it's open source Chromium assets is basically a ruse to convince the feds that the company isn't an intentional monopolist… or that if it was, it's changed its ways.
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An article in which our reporter tries to get Leo, Brave's chatbot, to spill the beans on what's really happening at Brave Software.
Last week Mozilla's $7 million dollar CEO Mitchell Baker announced that she was stepping away from the C-suite, although she'll remain onboard as chairperson of both Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation.
Also included in this week’s FOSS Week in Review: OpenPubkey goes to Linux Foundation, Adding vector support to MySQL for AI, and the results of last weeks rolling release poll.
The cryptocurrency funded Brave Browser has a new proprietary AI assistant; new versions of Kali, KDE Gear, and LibreOffice; with changes on the way in The Document Foundation's versioning scheme.
This look at the open source Brave Browser is the first of five articles that FOSS Force will be running in January that will look at five web browsers that are alternatives to the dominate browsers, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. Next week we'll be taking an in-depth dive into Vivaldi.
Vivaldi's 5.0 release might be seen as the release of two browsers -- one finely tuned for the desktop, and one designed for a wide range of Android devices.
A dozen years ago, the notion of Microsoft making it easier for Windows users to use open source software would've been unthinkable.
"2021 State of the Onion" will be online on November 17 and will be available for viewing on Tor's YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter accounts.
Changes to Firefox's add-on policies that were announced on Wednesday, focus on privacy and security and will go into effect on December 1, 2021.
The Firefox browser, which has been experiencing declining use for more than a decade, is the only open source brand included in Fast Company's 'BrandsThat Matter.'