Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/19/firefox-156-arrives-with-a-forest-of-forks-in-its-wake/5297194 |
| Publication time | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:28:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-19T07:28:46.013Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-19T07:28:46.013Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); software Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter Liam Proven Liam Proven LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORTER Published sat 19 Sep 2026 // 08:28 UTC READ MORE Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec 9 hours ago Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode 15 hours ago KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal 17…
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