News Summary

• Perplexity is making a $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser.
• The San Francisco-based company claims it has full investor backing for the offer.
• US District Judge Amit Mehta is mulling whether Google should be forced to part with Chrome as a fix for what he's called illegal monopolization of web search.
• Google, unsurprisingly, isn't eager to let go of its browser, which commands more than 60% of the worldwide browser market.
• Other companies that have signaled interest in buying Chrome include OpenAI, Yahoo, and private equity firm Apollo Global Management.