internet browser Firefox is introducing a new system that uses machine learning to provide suggestions of articles to users , based on their browser history . The search system uses technology from " interest search engine " # Laserlike , which identifies patterns to sites visited and offers suggestions for new stories in a sidebar . Users can edit or flag articles they do n't want to read , to help refine the results , and the company is promising controls over halting and deleting the data files , to address potential privacy concerns .
Web browser Firefox is introducing a new system that uses machine learning to provide suggestions of articles to users, based on their web history. The Advance system uses technology from "interest search engine" firm Laserlike, which identifies patterns to sites visited and offers suggestions for new stories in a sidebar. Users can block or flag articles they don't want to read, to help refine the results, and the company is promising controls over halting and deleting the data collected, to address potential privacy concerns.