There's no such thing as bad publicity, they say. Mozilla must be clinging to that aphorism for dear life right now, what with the internet meltdown that met its announcement that Firefox is to become an AI browser over the next three years.

Firefox’s parent firm doesn’t have to worry about losing its Google default-search royalties. But it does have other concerns.

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general.

ZDNET key takeaways If you use multiple search engines, pay attention.Firefox's new feature that makes it easy to switch up your search.This feature is in a recent update of the open-source browser. Although I adopted Zen Browser and Opera as my default browsers,

Editor's take: Mozilla's management keeps doing an absolutely stellar job of giving Firefox users exactly what they do not want. While the open-source browser is slowly becoming a footnote in the history of internet software, well-paid managers continue ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general.