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Mozilla Firefox 137 Is Now Available with HEVC Playback Support on Linux

Highlights of Firefox 137 include HEVC playback support on Linux systems, the ability to identify all links in PDF files and turn them into hyperlinks, the ability to sign PDF documents without leaving Firefox, and support for using the address bar as a calculator.

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Microchip PolarFire-Powered TinyBeast FPGA Delivers Real-Time Performance with DDR4 and PCIe

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Low-Cost Luckfox Pico Pi Boards Offer Linux Development with Ubuntu Support

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 29, 2025

Malaysian national flag flying near Merdeka Independence Square, in the national capital

Updated This Past Day

  1. Intimidation, Threats, and Bullying Not Tolerated by Techrights
    When it comes to our reporting, safety always comes first
  2. Something to Celebrate in Gemini Protocol
    More capsules and users join in

    New

  3. Banned evidence: Ars Technica forums censored email predicting DebConf23 death, Abraham Raji & Debian cover-up
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  4. A World Without Rules
    We're long insisted on better laws and actual enforcement of them (applicable to all, not selectively applied)
  5. IBM's BS (Bait, Switch) Regarding Ways to Stay Onboard
    PIPs, RTOs, and forced relocations are just an illusion of choice (or ability to recover)
  6. statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows Falling to New, Unprecedented Lows in Palau
    Taking Android into account, Windows is now down to an all-time low of 14%
  7. Google News Lost the Fight to LLM Slop (While Google Itself Sells Slop, Nowadays Under the Name "Gemini")
    Many people say that "Google is getting worse"; that's almost an understatement
  8. Links 28/03/2025: AirAsia Trouble Again, UMich Culls All DEI Programs
    Links for the day
  9. Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Alexa is for Gullible People, Rant About Feature Overload
    Links for the day
  10. The SLAPPs From the Microsoft Strangler (and Sidekick) No Better Than Patent Trolling
    one must never settle with trolls
  11. Links 28/03/2025: Last Reminder "to Delete Your 23andMe Data", "UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed"
    Links for the day
  12. Microsoft Canonical Continues Its FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Campaign, Reveals Google Too Sponsored It
    They're paid-for lies from a Chinese company that takes GAFAM money to write puff pieces about them
  13. Android Rises Above 76% in Mozambique, Leaving Windows in the Dust
    Windows may soon be measured as smaller than Apple's iOS
  14. IBM, Red Hat and Microsoft Probably Also Manipulate Metrics (It Helps Con the Shareholders)
    Wall Street's credibility will depend on enforcement of "checks and balances"
  15. Slopwatch: trendhunter.com and Other Pure Junk From "Google News"
    The need to vet sources is hardly new; anyone can spew out anything, anywhere. There's a need for vetting.
  16. Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Rewatching The X-Files, Slop Concerns, and NOSTR Censorship
    Links for the day
  17. Links 28/03/2025: Australia at Risk, EPO Grants Illegal Patents With Illegal Effect
    Links for the day
  18. Over at Tux Machines...
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  19. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 27, 2025
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