Mozi is also surprisingly proto d/acc (!!) Books 14 and 15 are basically open-source city defense manuals (though the idea transmission was a distributed process, it was not one guy writing a great tome and then everyone else copying and reading it) The explicit goal was to upgrade people's knowledge of defensive arts, and thus shift the offense/defense balance further toward defense. Defense is central to his thinking. Offensive war is the primary example of behavior that causes a small benefit to perpetrators at the expense of a large cost to victims, and it's also the primary example of why it really is best to love everyone universally, and not just love people inside your own country - if you do the latter, you might think it's a good idea to make your country wealthier and safer by making other countries poorer and less safe, but ultimately if everyone does that then everyone is worse off.

Mozilla has added a built-in ad blocker to Firefox on iPhone. The new feature can block many third-party ads and ad-related trackers before they load, using Apple’s WebKit Content Blocker technology and the EasyList filter. It’s optional and turned off by default. You can enable it from Firefox’s settings under Browsing > Ad Blocker.

Mozambique's gov't has begun a two-day forum to discuss the future of displaced people in the country as a devastating armed conflict in the northern Cabo Delgado region enters its ninth year. Here’s what we know about the conflict and its history

Mozilla warns that tougher rules against Google could put Firefox in a difficult position. Google pays browser companies to make Google Search their default search engine, and Mozilla gets much of its revenue from such deals. US regulators want to limit these payments as part of the antitrust case against Google. Mozilla says that could seriously hurt its income and make it much harder to keep Firefox running.

Mozilla today joined the Open Secure AI Alliance, started by @nvidia. Actors from across the spectrum, big and small, even strange bedfellows are coming to a conclusion that Mozilla has championed for years: that open source, and openness is the path forward and needs to be defended. We're glad to be a part of this effort and others that bring together champions for an open source future.

Mozilla is pushing back against UK proposals that could restrict or age-gate VPN services, arguing that VPNs are important privacy and security tools that should not be weakened. The company says VPNs protect users from tracking, cyberattacks, censorship, and data collection, and are widely used by students, remote workers, journalists, activists, and everyday internet users. Mozilla argues this could create privacy risks, as people would need to share personal information to access tools designed to protect their privacy. Mozilla also warned that limiting VPNs would not solve online harm. Instead, governments should hold platforms accountable, improve digital education, and support safer online experiences without weakening internet privacy.

Mozilla used a new AI tool called Claude Mythos to find 271 security problems in Firefox, and all of them have been fixed in Firefox version 150. The team built a special testing system to verify the AI's work. This ensured almost none of the reports were false alarms, as the AI creates simple test pages that run on a special test version of Firefox where a crash proves a real bug The fixed bugs include 180 very serious issues, 80 medium issues, and 11 small issues.