Saturday, April 26, 2025

US v. Google: Chrome General Manager Parisa Tabriz testified that only Google can run Chrome, given the browser's "interdependencies" on other parts of Google (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: Chrome General Manager Parisa Tabriz testified that only Google can run Chrome, given the browser's “interdependencies” on other parts of Google  —  Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today …



Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Motorola partnership, Perplexity's upcoming browser Comet, TikTok bid, ChatGPT's scale, Google's DOJ trial, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Motorola partnership, Perplexity's upcoming browser Comet, TikTok bid, ChatGPT's scale, Google's DOJ trial, and more  —  Aravind Srinivas discusses his partnership with Motorola, fighting Google, and why AI assistants are coming for browsers.



A look at efforts by Apple and others to become carbon neutral by investing in eucalyptus farms in Brazil's Cerrado region, amid skepticism from some ecologists (Gregory Barber/MIT Technology Review)

Gregory Barber / MIT Technology Review:
A look at efforts by Apple and others to become carbon neutral by investing in eucalyptus farms in Brazil's Cerrado region, amid skepticism from some ecologists  —  We were losing the light, and still about 20 kilometers from the main road, when the car shuddered and died at the edge of a strange forest.



UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)

Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times : UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published...