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 Spatacco / Motley Fo...
At a White House event, Apple commits to spending another $100B on US manufacturing and aims to bring more of its supply chain to the US to avoid iPhone tariffs
Made In USA iPhone Still Off The Table Snaggy / The Joy of Tech : The Joy of Tech comic... Tim and Trump! MarketWatch : Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 11 PM ET: U.S. Trading Partners Race to Secur...
Starlink experienced a network outage for about 2.5 hours on Thursday; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”
What Caused The Global Outage And Is It Back Up Yet? Abdullah Asim / PhoneArena : Starlink goes down mere hours after T-Mobile's service goes live Reuters : Musk's Starlink says it is experiencing maj...
Sources: Apple may announce new features for AirPods at WWDC, including iPhone camera control, new head gestures, and sleep detection for pausing playback
5 huge upgrades we're likely to see at WWDC 2025 Harsh Shivam / Business Standard : WWDC25: Apple may announce new head gestures, camera controls for AirPods PCMag : Apple AirPods May Get Sleep Detect...
Microsoft announces Copilot for Gaming, available through the Xbox mobile app initially for Xbox Insiders and designed to work as a companion or gaming coach
coming to the Xbox mobile app for select users in just a few weeks Dallin Grimm / Tom's Hardware : Xbox announces ‘Copilot for Gaming’ AI assistant — early access coming to Xbox mobile app, more detai...
PlayStation Network experienced a 24-hour outage on Feb. 7, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and Direct services
The PlayStation Network outage has been resolved after roughly 24 hours … Marco Lancaster / Gizchina.com : PlayStation Network Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage The Indian Express : Sony restores P...
OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p
OpenAI has officially launched Sora, its text-to-video AI model, as part of its “12 Days of OpenAI” event. Megan Morrone / Axios : OpenAI launches Sora video generator Dwayne Oxford / Al Jazeera : Wha...
iOS 18.2 public beta introduces Share Item Location, letting users share a link with the location of AirTags or Find My accessories with airlines and others
you can now share your AirTag location with other people and airlines is coming soon Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines : 15 Airlines will be able to use AirTag Location Sharing in iOS 18.2 Christia...
Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024
here's why Parker Herren / Ad Age : How streaming TV pricing and transparency issues are impacting advertisers William Hughes / AV Club : Excited Prime Video exec announces even more ads are coming Ha...
Sources: Apple will launch Image Playground and Genmoji as part of iOS 18.2; Sonos cuts its plans to build ~1M Ace headphones units per year to ~100K per year
Preorder and Release Dates, Prices, and Where to Get One David Snow / Cult of Mac : These new iPhone 16 cases could replace disastrous FineWoven Ezza Ijaz / Wccftech : Last-Minute Details Suggest New ...