Mozilla Shuts Down Firefox Send and Firefox Notes Services

Mozilla is shutting down two of its legacy products, Firefox Send and Firefox Notes, the company announced today. From a report: “Both services are being decommissioned and will no longer be a part of our product family,” a Mozilla spokesperson told ZDNet this week. Of the two, the most beloved was Firefox Send, a free file-sharing service, and one of the…

The FTC Is Investigating Intuit Over TurboTax Practices

The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating Intuit and its marketing of TurboTax products, following ProPublica’s reporting that the Silicon Valley company deceived tax filers into paying when they could have filed for free. From a report: The FTC probe, run out of the commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, centers on whether Intuit violated the law against unfair and deceptive practices…