Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.
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Things to add to your product when you want to look hip and trendy, but dont have any real ideas how to make your product better:
- 1990s: visitor counter
- 1995: Popups
- 2000s: flash intros
- 2005: stock photography
- 2010: local weather widget
- 2015: share to social media widgets
- 2020: fullsize 4k background stock videos
- 2024: AI assistant
131 0 Reply1995: animated gifs, , guest books, site rings!
37 0 Reply"Under Construction" GIF
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You forgot about blockchain and NFTs.
22 0 ReplyI miss guest books tbh
16 0 ReplyThey would be abused by spam bots in an instant, even before you could write your own "welcome to my guestbook" post.
9 0 ReplySo you've never had one of those bot blocking capcha things?
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Remember all those IE toolbars?
16 0 ReplyI got enough installed once to fill the whole screen.
6 0 ReplyUgh...please don't remind me.
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And yet Microsoft added a weather (and bullshit) widget to windows in like 2020
12 0 ReplyI suppose many people were already using a third-party Aero widget for weather forecast since Windows 7.
I know I did.
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It really grinds my gears. Why does my bank insist on installing an app to approve transactions, and why does that app have a huge background video playing every time i open it? It really should consist of an MFA code generator.
9 0 Reply2015: share to social media widgets on porn sites
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