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OpenAI unveils search browser in challenge to Google
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO (UNITED STATES) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday announced an "Atlas" search browser, leveraging its artificial intelligence prowess in a direct challenge to Google Chrome.
Perplexity AI offers Google $34.5 billion for Chrome
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO — Perplexity AI offered Google on Tuesday US$34.5 billion for its popular Chrome web browser, which the internet giant could potentially be forced to sell as part of antitrust proceedings.
Trump vs Toyota? Why US cars are a rare sight in Japan
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» FUKAYA (JAPAN) - With their sleek curves and chrome grilles, the classic American cars on sale at Yosuke Fukuda's yard ooze Californian cool but on Japanese roads new US vehicles are a rare sight -- much to President Donald Trump's annoyance.
ChatGPT adds shopping help, intensifying Google rivalry
AFP, Published on 29/04/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant's market dominance.
US urges curb of Google's search dominance as AI looms
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence is poised to ramp up the tech giant's online search dominance.
Google handed setback as EU court upholds record fine
AFP, Published on 14/09/2022
» LUXEMBOURG: The European Union's second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU's record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the fee for technical reasons.
RIP Internet Explorer: South Korean engineer's browser 'grave' goes viral
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» SEOUL - A South Korean engineer who built a grave for Internet Explorer -- photos of which quickly went viral -- told AFP Friday that the now-defunct web browser had made his life a misery.
RIP Explorer: Microsoft's web browser retired
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: Internet Explorer, Microsoft's once dominant web browser that some users love to hate, was retired Wednesday after 27 years on the world's computer screens.
EU negotiators agree landmark law to curb Big Tech
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» BRUSSELS - Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.
Original Apple computer built by Jobs and Wozniak sells for B13m
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» LOS ANGELES: An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45 years ago, sold for US$400,000 (13 million baht) at auction in the United States on Tuesday.