Apple executives held internal talks about buying Perplexity, says report

Apple executives held internal talks about buying Perplexity, says report

Apple executives have held internal talks about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The discussions are at an early stage and may not lead to an offer, the report said, adding that the tech behemoth’s executives have not discussed a bid with […]

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8 expert-approved AI prompting tips that work on ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more

8 expert-approved AI prompting tips that work on ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more

Artificial intelligence is making our lives easier. Popular AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity AI have all become personal assistants to millions of working professionals and students. These days there is a new AI chatbot with a new use case coming out every fortnight. However, one thing that remains common to […]

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AI-driven search ad spending set to surge to  billion by 2029, data shows

AI-driven search ad spending set to surge to $26 billion by 2029, data shows

Spending on AI-powered search advertising is poised to surge to nearly $26 billion by 2029 from just over $1 billion this year in the U.S., driven by rapid adoption of the technology and more sophisticated user targeting, data from Emarketer showed on Wednesday. Companies that rely on traditional keyword-based search ads could experience revenue declines […]

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France’s Le Monde enters into content partnership with AI startup Perplexity

France’s Le Monde enters into content partnership with AI startup Perplexity

French newspaper Le Monde entered into a content partnership with U.S.-based artificial intelligence company Perplexity on Wednesday, as AI startups compete for deals with news publications to improve the responses of their products amid intensifying competition. The deal grants Perplexity access to Le Monde’s content to enhance its search engine’s responses, while the newspaper will […]

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Google would need to move 2K employees to meet antitrust demands: Search head

Google would need to move 2K employees to meet antitrust demands: Search head

Liz Reid, the head of Google Search, has said that the company would have to divert over 20 per cent of the workforce to undertake the changes proposed by the US government in the antitrust search remedies case. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO It would mean that between 1,000 to 2,000 Google Search employees would have […]

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Apple’s plan to offer AI search options on Safari a blow to Google dominance

Apple’s plan to offer AI search options on Safari a blow to Google dominance

Apple’s plans to add AI-powered search options to its Safari browser are a big blow to Google, whose lucrative advertising business relies significantly on iPhone customers using its search engine. The news slammed shares of Google-parent Alphabet, which closed down 7.3%, wiping off roughly $150 billion from its market value. The iPhone maker was “actively […]

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Google to roll out new ‘AI Mode’ search tool to select users in the US

Google to roll out new ‘AI Mode’ search tool to select users in the US

Google is opening up access to its new AI-powered search engine tool for the first time. The new ‘AI Mode’ in Google Search responds to users’ search queries with AI-generated responses. The information will be pulled from within Google’s search index. A small percentage of users in the US will be able to test out […]

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France’s Le Monde enters into content partnership with AI startup Perplexity

Perplexity AI chatbot is now available on WhatsApp, more features to follow

On Monday, Aravind Srinivas, Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, the popular AI-powered answer engine, announced via a LinkedIn post that the Perplexity AI chatbot is now available directly through WhatsApp. This update comes just a few days after Srinivas asked users if they would like to use Perplexity natively on WhatsApp. It is worth […]

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Perplexity says it would buy Chrome if Google is forced to divest over antitrust ruling

Perplexity says it would buy Chrome if Google is forced to divest over antitrust ruling

AI-driven search startup Perplexity is prepared to buy Chrome from Google if the search giant is forced to sell it by a US federal court. The Amazon-backed startup’s chief business officer, Dmitry Shevelenko, testified in court that Perplexity could take on the project of running Chrome without diminishing its quality or charging for it. The […]

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Perplexity calls for an end to Google’s search dominance, urges for real consumer choice

Perplexity calls for an end to Google’s search dominance, urges for real consumer choice

50 years since Aryabhata: the lift-off that launched India’s satellite odyssey April 19, 2025 When thrusters of the Soviet rocket carrier Interkosmos fired Aryabhata successfully into space from the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome in 1975, it was a historic lift-off that launched India’s satellite odyssey. Fifty years later, today the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has […]

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