# Linux Action News 151

URL: /show/linux-action-news/151/
> Mozilla puts your money where your mouse is and partners with Scroll to launch Firefox for a Better Web. We'll explain the details, and why it might just have a shot.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 151
- Date: 2020-03-29
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:28:43
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/432ede4b-abb7-496d-bfe5-9304778992ea.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/4Wf1eOSBVbc





### Episode Links

  * [Try our latest Test Pilot, Firefox for a Better Web, offering privacy and faster access to great content](https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/24/try-our-latest-test-pilot-firefox-for-a-better-web-offering-privacy-and-faster-access-to-great-content/ "Try our latest Test Pilot, Firefox for a Better Web, offering privacy and faster access to great content") — Today we are launching a new Test Pilot initiative called Firefox Better Web with Scroll. 
  * [Scroll partners with Firefox to build a better internet](https://scroll.blog/2020/03/24/scroll-partners-with-firefox-to-build-a-better-internet/ "Scroll partners with Firefox to build a better internet")
  * [Scroll - a better internet](https://partner.scroll.com/ "Scroll - a better internet")
  * [Firefox Better Web with Scroll](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-better-web "Firefox Better Web with Scroll")
  * [Firefox is launching a new test pilot with Scroll to pay web publishers](https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/24/21192048/firefox-better-web-scroll-subscription-ad-tracker-blocker-publisher-payment "Firefox is launching a new test pilot with Scroll to pay web publishers")
  * [Plasma Bigscreen](https://notmart.org/blog/2020/03/plasma-bigscreen/ "Plasma Bigscreen") — Plasma BigScreen is a platform intended to use on smart TVs with big remote-friendly UI controls, and Voice activation. What technology did we use for it? Plasma (of course!) and Mycroft.
  * [Plasma Bigscreen Homepage](https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ "Plasma Bigscreen Homepage")
  * [Google Play’s malicious app problem infects 1.7 million more devices](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/found-malicious-google-play-apps-with-1-7-million-downloads-many-by-children/ "Google Play’s malicious app problem infects 1.7 million more devices") — Apps went undetected by Google and antivirus scanners.
  * [Google Enlists Outside Help to Clean Up Android's Malware Mess](https://www.wired.com/story/android-malware-app-defense-alliance/ "Google Enlists Outside Help to Clean Up Android's Malware Mess") — The newly formed App Defense Alliance will try to solve a malware problem that has bedeviled the Play Store since inception.
  * [Chrome and Chrome OS release updates resume](https://blog.chromium.org/2020/03/chrome-and-chrome-os-release-updates.html "Chrome and Chrome OS release updates resume") — Today we’re sharing an update as we’re now resuming releases with an adjusted schedule
  * [Microsoft goes into Windows lockdown for builds from May](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/25/microsoft_stops_windows_preview/ "Microsoft goes into Windows lockdown for builds from May") — Microsoft on Tuesday said it has decided to halt Windows preview releases in May due to health concerns arising from the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis.
  * [Federal court judge grants temporary injunction against Telegram](https://decrypt.co/23458/federal-court-judge-grants-temporary-injunction-against-telegram "Federal court judge grants temporary injunction against Telegram") — Judge sides with the SEC and says that Telegram's upcoming crypto is likely a security. It's barred from distributing Grams, the currency for its TON blockchain network, until trial.