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Discover the latest advancements across Apple platforms, including the all-new Apple Intelligence, that can help you create even more powerful, intuitive, and unique experiences. To start exploring and building with the latest features, download beta versions of Xcode 16, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, tvOS 18, visionOS 2, and watchOS 11. Learn about installing beta software Learn about sharing feedback Source […]
Hello developers, and welcome to this week’s developer weekly update! In this week’s update, we have a new version of dfx, a new example of Chain Fusion technology at work, and a new exciting feature from the community project, CycleOps. Let’s get started! A new version of dfx has been released! This release includes new […]
As discussed on Mozilla Connect, Firefox 130 will introduce an experimental new capability to automatically generate alt-text for images using a fully private on-device AI model. The feature will be available as part of Firefox’s built-in PDF editor, and our end goal is to make it available in general browsing for users with screen readers. […]
Hello developers, and welcome to this week’s developer weekly update! In this week’s update, we’re excited to announce the official release of the EVM RPC canister, ICP’s plans for Consensus 2024 this week in Austin, TX, and share some docs updates. Let’s get started! The EVM RPC Canister has officially been released! The EVM RPC […]
When Mozilla’s Innovation group first launched the llamafile project late last year, we were thrilled by the immediate positive response from open source AI developers. It’s become one of Mozilla’s top three most-favorited repositories on GitHub, attracting a number of contributors, some excellent PRs, and a growing community on our Discord server. Through it all, […]
Firefox’s crash reporter is hopefully not something that most users experience often. However, it is still a very important component of Firefox, as it is integral in providing insight into the most visible bugs: those which crash the main process. These bugs offer the worst user experience (since the entire application must close), so fixing […]
As an industry, generative AI is moving quickly, and so requires teams exploring new ideas and technologies to move quickly as well. To do so, we have been using Gradio, a low-code prototyping toolkit from Hugging Face, to spin up experiments and experiences. Gradio has allowed us to validate concepts through prototyping without large investments […]
In collaboration with the other major browser engine developers, Mozilla is thrilled to announce Speedometer 3 today. Like previous versions of Speedometer, this benchmark measures what we think matters most for performance online: responsiveness. But today’s release is more open and more challenging than before, and is the best tool for driving browser performance improvements […]
The Interop Project has become one of the key ways that browser vendors come together to improve the web platform. By working to identify and improve key areas where differences between browser engines are impacting users and web developers, Interop is a critical tool in ensuring the long-term health of the open web. The web […]
Firefox development uncovers many cross-platform differences and unique features of its combination of dependencies. Engineers working on Firefox regularly overcome these challenges and while we can’t detail all of them, we think you’ll enjoy hearing about some so here’s a sample of a recent technical investigation. During the Firefox 120 beta cycle, a new crash […]