2025-08-13
I'm reminded of the fact that Edge actually significantly eroded its security implementations by switching to Chrome internally — No reason [embedded post]
Wall Street Journal
Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal
Perplexity AI just made a $34.5b unsolicited offer for Google's Chrome browser … Mashable : Google received a ‘longshot’ $34 billion offer for Chrome from a surprising source Adam ...
I'm reminded of the fact that Edge actually significantly eroded its security implementations by switching to Chrome internally — No reason [embedded post]
Spyglass
Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a marketing stunt and maybe a signal to the judge in Google's antitrust case
Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome — With its unsolicited bid for Google's browser …
2025-08-12
I'm reminded of the fact that Edge actually significantly eroded its security implementations by switching to Chrome internally — No reason [embedded post]
Wall Street Journal
Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal
and getting new tools for spending it at home Ashley Capoot / CNBC : Perplexity offers to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion Bluesky: Jake / @jake.sooscreek.productions ...
2025-02-25
Hiring a management consultant exec to be the CISO should have been a bigger indicator than it was that Microsoft is cooked [embedded post]
Beebom
Microsoft quietly launched free, ad-supported desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, with banner and video ads and limited functionality
In Short — Microsoft has quietly introduced a free ad-supported Office that brings access to desktop Word, Excel, and PowerPoint without any subscription.