Announcing Web Serial Support in Firefox - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

kept by eddie may 27

Firefox 151 for Desktop adds Web Serial API support, enabling web apps to connect to serial hardware like microcontrollers and 3D printers.

SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation
SparkFun publicly ends distribution of Adafruit products citing a Code of Conduct violation, while Adafruit counters that the move is retaliation for reporting a long-running harassment campaign by SparkFun's founder against Adafruit's founder Limor Fried.
also on Adafruit, #open-source
How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
Anthropic's Mythos model unearthed hundreds of high-severity Firefox bugs, including sandbox vulnerabilities that human researchers rarely found.
also on Mozilla, Firefox, #browser-engineering, #security, #open-source, #developer-tools
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Mozilla details how agentic AI harnesses using Claude Mythos Preview found 271 real Firefox security bugs by dynamically creating reproducible test cases and dismissing false positives.
also on Mozilla, Firefox, #browser-engineering, #security, #developer-tools
Google Chrome update will fully close the door on ad blockers
Google Chrome is fully removing Manifest V2 support in upcoming releases, finally ending the last loophole that allowed ad blockers like uBlock Origin to work.
also on Firefox, #browser-engineering, #open-source
robida/human.json: A lightweight protocol for humans to assert authorship of their website content and vouch for the humanity of others. - Codeberg.org
The human.json protocol uses a JSON file and web of vouches between sites to let humans assert authorship and prove their content is not AI-generated.
also on Firefox, #open-source