Firefox Announces Built-In VPN and Other New Features – and Introduces Its New Mascot

A free built-in VPN is coming to Firefox on Tuesday, Mozilla announced this week:

Free VPNs can sometimes mean sketchy arrangements that end up compromising your privacy, but ours is built from our data principles and commitment to be the world’s mos… Continue reading Firefox Announces Built-In VPN and Other New Features – and Introduces Its New Mascot

SystemD Adds Optional ‘birthDate’ Field for Age Verification to JSON User Records

“The systemd project merged a pull request adding a new birthDate field to the JSON user records managed by userdb in response to the age verification laws of California, Colorado, and Brazil,” reports the blog It’s FOSS.

They note that the field “ca… Continue reading SystemD Adds Optional ‘birthDate’ Field for Age Verification to JSON User Records

Jeff Bezos Seeking $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies, ‘Transform’ Them With AI

Jeff Bezos “is in early talks to raise $100 billion,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation.”

“The Amazon.com founder is meeting… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Seeking $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies, ‘Transform’ Them With AI