Mozilla has launched version 64 of its Firefox desktop web browser, and in doing so launched two new features aimed at simplifying and personalizing your browser usage.The first, Contextual Feature…
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Google+ privacy flaw forces the service to speed up shutdown
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Amazon turns to customers for questions Alexa can’t answer
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