From PC World: With the latest update to Firefox 142, Mozilla is once again introducing various new features and improvements to its well-known browser. The coming improvements will help to better protect user privacy, and the developers have also addressed several security vulnerabilities.
Mozilla plans to release Firefox 143 on September 16th, 2025.
Firefox 142 brings a curated news overview on the New Tab page instead of the Pocket service, which was discontinued in July. The news overview is organized by topic, and users can select or deselect certain topics. This feature is currently rolling out and may take a few days to land.
Mozilla is also rolling out a link preview feature, which can be selected via the right mouse button (i.e., context menu) and gives an impression of what you can expect if you were to click on that link. Optionally, a local “AI” can provide a summary of the destination page.
Another feature that will only impact a small number of Firefox users is extended profile management, which was introduced in Firefox 138. Profiles can now be marked with 28 icon options (up from 6), and you can also use your own icons. Similarly, since the introduction of vertical tabs in Firefox 136, browser add-ons can place their icon in the sidebar. If you don’t like this, you can now right-click on it.
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