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

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-02 21:24:02

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday. That figure is higher than Perplexity's current valuation, but the company said several investors have agreed to back the deal. In July, Perplexity was valued at $18 billion as part of an extension that valued the company at $14 billion months earlier. Google did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The Wall Street Journal was first t

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Android's pKVM hypervisor earns SESIP Level 5 security certification

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-02 21:00:00

Google announced that its protected Kernel-based Virtual Machine (pKVM) for Android has achieved SESIP Level 5 certification, the highest security assurance level for IoT and mobile platforms. The pKVM is the hypervisor underpinning the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF), providing an isolated, high-assurance environment for executing critical workloads. These include Google's AI models like Gemini Nano for local personal data processing, biometric authentication (face, fingerprint), DRM co

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Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion: Report

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-02 21:20:02

AI company Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The offer is being characterized as a “longshot,” especially since Perplexity itself is only valued at about $18 billion, according to the newspaper, but the idea is rooted in a very real problem for Google: A judge is currently considering whether Google’s parent company Alphabet should be forced to sell Chrome over antitrust concerns. Perplexity told the

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Best Home Security Cameras With Floodlights in 2025: Illuminate Your Yard

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-02 21:00:00

Does the camera have night vision? Does it have extra features like color night vision? Does the floodlight camera have adjustable motion detection? Does it have motion zones or sensitivity options? Does it include objection recognition for people? Are there extra costs for these features? Do you prefer a wired or wireless camera? Do you have a junction box where you want to install a wired camera or are you willing to have one installed? Can you control the brightness of the camera's floodli

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Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2026-01-02 21:00:00

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform GrapheneOS as “a clear cut scam.” (It was first announced in June 2022, though it didn’t reach customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn’t

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Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-02 21:50:26

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The startup also offered to buy TikTok earlier this year. Google hasn’t indicated that it would sell Chrome at any price, and so far, the court hasn’t ordered a sale. Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer confirmed to The Verge that the WSJ’s reporting is accurat

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A Unified Approach to Branch Security and SD-WAN: Streamlining Operations

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-01-02 23:00:51

The way we work has fundamentally shifted, with hybrid and remote models becoming a widespread reality. This evolution brings tremendous benefits but also presents significant challenges for IT and security teams tasked with ensuring seamless access to applications and protecting sensitive data outside the traditional corporate perimeter. Traditionally, network deployments often routed all internet traffic back to a central site through a perimeter firewall. While this provided security, backha

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Want more Android Authority? How to set us as your preferred source in Google Search

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 02:00:44

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Since 2007, Android Authority has strived to bring all of our readers the very best coverage of Android and the mobile tech world. And even after 18+ years as a proudly independent media outlet, we’re as driven as we’ve ever been to bring you all the latest exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, hands-on reviews, experience-based features, lab testing, and other expert analysis. Of course, how we’ve been able to get that coverage to you has changed in countl

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Study finds your smartwatch might be way off on one key health stat

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 02:59:20

Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR Study finds smartwatch stress scores often don’t match how you actually feel. Researchers tracked 800 Garmin users for three months and saw “basically zero” correlation for stress. Sleep tracking was more accurate, but better at logging hours slept than rest quality. They’re meant to be your health sidekick, you might suspect that there’s only so much that a wearable can tell you about your mental state from taking a pulse reading. If this wasn’t already

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The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Alan Macleod 2026-01-03 02:07:34

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see. Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turn

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Over 3,000 NetScaler devices left unpatched against CitrixBleed 2 bug

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-03 06:31:49

Over 3,300 Citrix NetScaler devices remain unpatched against a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication by hijacking user sessions, nearly two months after patches were released. Tracked as CVE-2025-5777 and referred to as CitrixBleed 2, this out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability results from insufficient input validation, enabling unauthenticated attackers to access restricted memory regions remotely on devices configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Pro

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275M patient records breached—How to meet HIPAA password manager requirements

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-03 11:57:05

In 2024, the healthcare sector experienced over 700 data breach incidents, which is higher than any other industry, including finance. These breaches exposed more than 275 million patient records, with password-related vulnerabilities serving as the primary attack vector in most of the cases. While threat actors use various penetration methods, compromised credentials remain the most consistent and damaging entry point. These statistics reflect a fundamental threat to patient and organizationa

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Why a new UK internet safety law is causing an outcry on both sides of the Atlantic

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-01-03 16:28:18

Illustration of the adult video website PornHub on June 5, 2025. Riccardo Milani | Afp | Getty Images It was well intentioned but a U.K. law mandating age verification on adult sites and a number of other platforms has sparked a backlash from both internet users in the country, as well as U.S. politicians and tech giants. Last month, new provisions in the Online Safety Act requiring large online platforms to implement age checks to prevent children from accessing pornographic and appropriate ma

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Google could be building a gaming community forum directly into the Play Store (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 12:02:44

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new, in-app community forum for gamers within the Play Store. The feature will allow users to create posts, share tips, ask questions, and start discussions around games. We’ve been tracking a new forum-like feature within the Google Play Store for many months. Initially, the clues weren’t sufficient to reach a conclusion, so we refrained from sharing them. But now we’ve seen enough of them to preliminarily conclude that Google

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High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 16:19:47

A high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor is under active exploitation by two Russian cybercrime groups. The attacks backdoor computers that open malicious archives attached to phishing messages, some of which are personalized. Security firm ESET said Monday that it first detected the attacks on July 18, when its telemetry spotted a file in an unusual directory path. By July 24, ESET determined that the behavior was linked to the exploitation of an unknown vulnerability

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Forget Reddit, Google wants gamers to use the Play Store as a forum (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 00:02:44

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new, in-app community forum for gamers within the Play Store. The feature will allow users to create posts, share tips, ask questions, and start discussions around games. We’ve been tracking a new forum-like feature within the Google Play Store for many months. Initially, the clues weren’t sufficient to reach a conclusion, so we refrained from sharing them. But now we’ve seen enough of them to preliminarily conclude that Google

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Saint Paul cyberattack linked to Interlock ransomware gang

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-04 03:03:24

The mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota's capital city, has confirmed that the Interlock ransomware gang is responsible for a cyberattack that disrupted many of the city's systems and services in July. On July 29th, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the National Guard in response to the crippling cyberattack that had affected St. Paul's digital services and critical systems. The city requested Minnesota National Guard's cyber protection support due to the cyberattack's impact exceeding St. Paul

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High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-04 02:13:14

A high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor is under active exploitation by two Russian cybercrime groups. The attacks backdoor computers that open malicious archives attached to phishing messages, some of which are personalized. Security firm ESET said Monday that it first detected the attacks on July 18, when its telemetry spotted a file in an unusual directory path. By July 24, ESET determined that the behavior was linked to the exploitation of an unknown vulnerability

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Claude can now reference past chats, if you want it to

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-04 16:18:06

Claude is getting a better, if selective, memory. Rather than acting as perfect catalog of everything you've talked about or shared, Anthropic says the AI chatbot now has the ability to reference past chats when asked, so you don't have to re-explain yourself. The feature seems like it could help you pick up a work project after time away, or query Claude for the details of a past research session that you don't quite remember. The key point is that Claude has to be prompted: It doesn't call on

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Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-04 21:11:53

A team of engineers has come up with designs of a 36-mile spacecraft, dubbed Chrysalis, designed to carry up to 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. As first spotted by Live Science, the ambitious vision recently won the team the top prize at the Project Hyperion Design Competition, which was launched last year by an international consortium of scientists, engineers, and urban planners. Unsurprisingly, Chrysalis sounds like it was yanked straight out of a sci

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Here’s a look at the unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen’s hidden note-taking trick

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 21:14:30

Charlie Callow TL;DR An unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen has surfaced, and its tail button can be configured to launch Android’s default notes app in a floating bubble. Getting the button to function requires pairing the stylus via Bluetooth and then enabling a specific developer option and setting a default notes app. The pen currently doesn’t work with Google Keep, and despite the accessory’s appearance, there is still no official news about a Pixel Tablet successor. When Google released the Pi

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Google’s unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen had its own magnetic sleeve

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-04 21:47:08

TL;DR An X (formerly Twitter) user got their hands on an unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen with the full packaging. It includes a full manual for the device. The stylus would have shipped with a magnetic sleeve that attaches to the back of the tablet. Once upon a time, Google planned to release a stylus for its Android tablet called the Pixel Tablet Pen. However, after the Pixel Tablet 2 was canceled, those plans completely evaporated. Although the Pen never saw the light of day, the unreleased dev

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Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 16:33:26

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules 5 hours ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia - wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its

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Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 10:33:26

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules 2 hours ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia - wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its

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Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-05 16:31:51

Ahead of an August 12 deadline for a US-China trade deal, Donald Trump's tactics continue to confuse those trying to assess the country's national security priorities regarding its biggest geopolitical rival. For months, Trump has kicked the can down the road regarding a TikTok ban, allowing the app to continue operating despite supposedly urgent national security concerns that China may be using the app to spy on Americans. And now, in the latest baffling move, a US official announced Monday t

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Cutting Through the Security Noise: How XDR helps Teams Focus on Real Threats

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-01-05 18:00:39

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a modern security technology designed primarily as a Security Operations Centre (SOC) enabler tool. It addresses the complexities and challenges faced by security teams in today’s evolving threat landscape. The core idea behind XDR is to take challenging incident response processes and make security analysts more effective, even at more junior levels. The term XDR itself has emerged over the last few years and can be seen as somewhat nebulous, with diffe

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Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-05 21:37:06

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules 25 minutes ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia - wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of

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Mistral Integration Improved in Llama.cpp

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 21:10:46

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

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Designing Software in the Large

news.ycombinator.com David Foster 2026-01-06 02:25:58

Designing Software in the Large Software75 Jul 22, 2025 – Filed as: A Philosophy of Software Design is my favorite book I’ve read to date about designing large long-lived maintainable software programs. Here’s what I learned: Complexity Complexity is anything related to the structure of a software system that makes it hard to understand & modify the system. Symptoms of complexity: Change Amplification - A seemingly simple change requires code modifications in many different places. High Cog

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Humanity's Past Is a Blur in This '90s Techno-Noir Cult Classic and It's Streaming Free on Tubi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-06 02:00:00

Techno-noir is having a comeback, but cyberpunk vibes have been around for decades. Movies like the Matrix may have popularized the genre, but it's full of underrated gems. Films in the genre combine jaded perspectives, futuristic dystopian settings and dark vibes. One of my overlooked favorites is Dark City, a mind-bending techno-noir thriller that explores the idea of identity against the backdrop of a city swathed in darkness. Released in 1998, this absolute gem preceded The Matrix by a year

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Latest Tech News

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

Android's pKVM hypervisor earns SESIP Level 5 security certification

Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion: Report

Best Home Security Cameras With Floodlights in 2025: Illuminate Your Yard

Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA

Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion

A Unified Approach to Branch Security and SD-WAN: Streamlining Operations

Want more Android Authority? How to set us as your preferred source in Google Search

Study finds your smartwatch might be way off on one key health stat

The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

Over 3,000 NetScaler devices left unpatched against CitrixBleed 2 bug

275M patient records breached—How to meet HIPAA password manager requirements

Why a new UK internet safety law is causing an outcry on both sides of the Atlantic

Google could be building a gaming community forum directly into the Play Store (APK teardown)

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

Forget Reddit, Google wants gamers to use the Play Store as a forum (APK teardown)

Saint Paul cyberattack linked to Interlock ransomware gang

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

Claude can now reference past chats, if you want it to

Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri

Here’s a look at the unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen’s hidden note-taking trick

Google’s unreleased Pixel Tablet Pen had its own magnetic sleeve

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

Cutting Through the Security Noise: How XDR helps Teams Focus on Real Threats

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

Mistral Integration Improved in Llama.cpp

Designing Software in the Large

Humanity's Past Is a Blur in This '90s Techno-Noir Cult Classic and It's Streaming Free on Tubi

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