On Aug. 12, 2025, San Francisco-based AI search startup Perplexity stunned Silicon Valley by making an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer for Google’s Chrome browser. The bid was nearly double ...

San Francisco-based startup Perplexity, which has sought to woo users from Google by offering search powered by AI, earlier this year raised $100 million in a round of funding that valued it at $18 ...

Google is looking for ways to reduce the feeling of slowness in Chrome and has started testing a new feature that could change how many users start their PC. As reported by Leo on X (thanks Windows ...

No matter how many dedicated apps you have installed on your PC, you probably live most of your life in the browser. Google’s well aware of this — it’s the entire concept behind ChromeOS, after all — ...

(Bloomberg/Julia Love) — AI startup Perplexity said it made a formal offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, in anticipation of requirements that may be imposed on the search giant ...