Why I’m Joining the Mozilla Board
Firefox was my window into Mozilla 15 years ago, and it’s through this window I saw the power of an open and collaborative community driving lasting change. My admiration and … Read more
First Steps Toward Lasting Change
In this moment of rapid change, we recognize that the relics of racism exist. The actions we have seen most recently are not isolated actions. Racial injustice affects all aspects … Read more
Mozilla Announces Second Three COVID-19 Solutions Fund Recipients
Innovations spanning food supplies, medical records and PPE manufacture were today included in the final three awards made by Mozilla from its COVID-19 Solutions Fund. The Fund was established at … Read more
Pocket provides fascinating reads from trusted sources in the UK with newest Firefox
It’s a stressful and strange time. Reading the news today can feel overwhelming, repetitive, and draining. We all feel it. We crave new inputs and healthy diversions—stories that can fuel … Read more
We’ve Got Work to Do
The promise of America is “liberty and justice for all.” We must do more to live up to this promise. The events of last week once again shine a spotlight … Read more
Mozilla’s journey to environmental sustainability
Process, strategic goals, and next steps The programme may be new, but the process has been shaping for years: In March 2020, Mozilla officially launched a dedicated Environmental Sustainability Programme, … Read more
The USA Freedom Act and Browsing History
Last Thursday, the US Senate voted to renew the USA Freedom Act which authorizes a variety of forms of national surveillance. As has been reported, this renewal does not include … Read more
Protecting Search and Browsing Data from Warrantless Access
As the maker of Firefox, we know that browsing and search data can provide a detailed portrait of our private lives and needs to be protected. That’s why we work … Read more
Request for comment: how to collaboratively make trustworthy AI a reality
A little over a year ago, I wrote the first of many posts arguing: if we want a healthy internet — and a healthy digital society — we need to … Read more
Welcome Adam Seligman, Mozilla’s new Chief Operating Officer
I’m excited to announce that Adam Seligman has joined Mozilla as our new Chief Operating Officer. Adam will work closely with me to help scale our businesses, growing capabilities, revenue … Read more
What the heck happened with .org?
If you are following the tech news, you might have seen the announcement that ICANN withheld consent for the change of control of the Public Interest Registry and that this … Read more
Mozilla research shows some machine voices score higher than humans
This blog post is to accompany the publication of the paper Choice of Voices: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Text-to-Speech Voice Quality for Long-Form Content in the Proceedings of CHI’20, by … Read more