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Eighteen years ago a Firefox browser extension called Read It Later was launched, providing a way to save web pages to… well, read later. Over time the service added features, changed its name to Pocket, launched mobile apps, and got acquired by Firefox maker Mozilla.
Now Mozilla has announced plans to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Users can export (some of) their data until October, and Pocket Premium subscribers will receive prorated refunds.
Why shut down now? Mozilla says that it's because "the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved," but a bigger factor is probably that Mozilla has limited resources and shifting some of them away from maintaining and supporting Pocket will let Mozilla shift its focus to "new Firefox features that people need most."
Like what? "vertical tabs, smart search, and more AI-powered features," apparently.
Mozilla is also killing off Fakespot, a tool for helping figure out which product reviews on the web are real and which are fake.
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket on July 8th, 2025, but users will be able to export data until October. Originally an independent browser extension called Read it Later, Pocket was acquired by Mozilla in 2017. support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ASRock DeskMini Q870 is a 1.92 liter desktop with a mini-STX mainboard and an Intel Q870 chipset with support for an Intel Core Ultra 9 285 24-core desktop processor and DDR5-6400 memory. winfuture.de/news,151066….
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The upcoming AYANEO Flip 1S will be a dual-screen handheld with a larger secondary screen and a higher-performance processor (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370). Pricing and availability TBA. x.com/AYANEO__/sta…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Tech industry watchers Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Young both claim that Amazon is developing a large-screen foldable tablet that uses tech similar to foldable laptops from Asus, Lenovo, Huawei (and maybe one day Apple). x.com/mingchikuo/s…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The PocketBeagle 2 Rev A1 is an upgraded version of the single-board PC that replaces a 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 chip with a faster 1.4 GHz quad-core chip that supports 3D graphics. www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/22/p…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Motherboard and graphics card maker Colorful is showing off mini PCs with AMD Strix Halo and Intel Arrow Lake chips at Computex, as well as a few gaming laptops with Intel + NVIDIA inside. www.techpowerup.com/337093/color…
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— Liliputing (@liliputing.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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