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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · 17d

Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship – Open Source Security Foundation
openssf.org/blog/2025/09...

Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship – Open Source Security Foundation

openssf.org

Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mozilla Firefox Is Officially Getting MKV Video Support
windowsreport.com/mozilla-fire...

Mozilla Firefox Is Officially Getting MKV Video Support

Mozilla is adding support for MKV video playback in Firefox, closing a long-standing gap with Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

windowsreport.com

Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Fast, private and secure (pick three): Introducing CRLite in Firefox
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/c...

Fast, private and secure (pick three): Introducing CRLite in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog

We are pleased to announce that Firefox 142 will begin production usage of our brand new certificate revocation system known as CRLite. CRLite makes your b

blog.mozilla.org

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Aug 13

Break Google’s Search Monopoly without Breaking the Web (Open Web Advocacy group)
link.infini.fr/owapositiono...

Break Google’s Search Monopoly without Breaking the Web - Open Web Advocacy

link.infini.fr

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Aug 6

Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/q...

Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech | TechCrunch

European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-f...

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Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.bsky.social · Aug 4

😍 Eng manager job working on storage APIs, workers, etc for Firefox. Relevant to improving local-first apps in the browser! www.mozilla.org/en-US/career...

Mozilla Careers — Engineering Manager, DOM (Web Standards) or SpiderMonkey (Javascript) — Open Positions

Mozilla is hiring a Engineering Manager, DOM (Web Standards) or SpiderMonkey (Javascript) in Remote US, Security, Security, Security, Strategy, Operations, Data & Ads,…

www.mozilla.org

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Vision for W3C is a W3C Statement | 2025 | News | W3C
www.w3.org/news/2025/vi...

Vision for W3C is a W3C Statement

The W3C Advisory Board has published today as a W3C Statement the document Vision for W3C, which articulates W3C’s core vision for the Web

www.w3.org

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Pascal MARTIN 😶‍🌫️ @pascal-martin.fr · Jul 17

« For the first time, Linux has officially broken the 5% desktop market share barrier in the United States of America! »

Year of Linux on the Desktop, finally?

ostechnix.com/linux-reache...

Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA - OSTechNix

Linux desktop market share reaches 5.03% in the USA (June 2025) according to StatCounter. Discover why more users are choosing Linux.

ostechnix.com

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jul 16

PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means
thephp.foundation/blog/2025/07...

PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means

The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language

thephp.foundation

Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jul 10

Dans Firefox pour Android oui :)

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jul 10

Apple adds Firefox support to iCloud Passwords on Windows
9to5mac.com/2025/07/09/a...

Apple adds Firefox support to iCloud Passwords on Windows - 9to5Mac

Apple has rolled out official support for Firefox in the latest update to its iCloud for Windows app. Here are the details.

9to5mac.com

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jul 8

Welcome to Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse”
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/welc...

Welcome to Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” - The Thunderbird Blog

Our future's so bright, we need ISO-approved shades. Find out what's shiny in our new Extended Security Release, Thunderbird 140 "Eclipse."

blog.thunderbird.net

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Brent @brendt.bsky.social · Jul 5

Can you spot where in this graph Tempest was released?

Granted, it are still baby steps. But hey, gotta start somewhere :)

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · Jun 24

PNG is back!

After over two decades, we released a new PNG spec.
www.programmax.net/articles/png...

PNG is back!Rec. 2020 and Rec. 709 comparison

After 20 years, PNG is back with renewed vigor! A new PNG spec was just released.

www.programmax.net

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Keith Cirkel @keithamus.social · Jun 17

Okay gang, those who sling HTML, CSS, JS, which _Firefox_ bugs are blocking you? Which features do you think need improving? What new features would you like to see? What work would you prioritise? Big or small, bonus points for linking to a bug (even more for filing bugs then linking them)!

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Firefox Nightly @firefoxnightly.bsky.social · Jun 16

You can now drag a tab to your pinned tabs tray to pin it, or drag it out to unpin it.
bugzilla.mozilla.org/1944907

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L’Express @lexpress.fr · Jun 2

Aldebaran en liquidation judiciaire : clap de fin pour le pionnier français de la robotique
➡️ https://l.lexpress.fr/KOc

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · Jun 3

Microsoft will finally stop bugging Windows users about Edge — but only in Europe
www.theverge.com/news/678350/...

Microsoft will finally stop bugging Windows users about Edge — but only in Europe

These new options aren’t available in the US.

www.theverge.com

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Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · May 30

Sunsetting the Ghostery Private Browser
www.ghostery.com/blog/ghoster...

Sunsetting the Ghostery Private Browser

Follow our recommendations in the blog to continue enjoying the benefits of Ghostery.

www.ghostery.com

Pascal Chevrel @pascalchevrel.bsky.social · May 16

Obviamente Firefox😀 Entre cosas buenas que creo que maneja mejor que la competición: Picture en Picture, uBlock Origin funciona mejor que en chromium, editor PDF, mejor integración en el OS y novedades mensuales: desde enero grupos de pestañas, perfiles multiples y pestañas verticales