Perplexity offers to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

AI startup Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion

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Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Relations between the two tech bosses have soured amid a slew of lawsuits and social media digs.

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Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple Over AI Chatbots’ App Store Rankings

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Musk is accusing Apple of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over Grok, which his AI company xAI developed.

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Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

X, meanwhile, has north of 600 million monthly active users, according to previous statements made by its former CEO, Linda Yaccarino.

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Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup.

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Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Startup Character.AI once promised superintelligence. Its new CEO says it’s now an entertainment company with 20 million users.

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Uber Freight CEO joins self-driving truck company Waabi, says era of autonomous big rigs on U.S. roads is here

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron is joining autonomous trucking startup Waabi as COO and says the era of self-driving big rigs across U.S. roads is near.

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HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats’ social media

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

It said the tech would not replace “human decision-making” and was subject to legal oversight.

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SonicWall VPN Cyberattack Linked to Known Access Control Vulnerability

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

SonicWall identified under 40 security incidents and determined the access control problem was related to a vulnerability published last year.

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Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic’s escalation – a response to OpenAI’s attempt to undercut the competition – is a strategic play meant to broaden the company’s foothold in federal AI usage. 

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