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Tech companies want to buy Chrome from Google after anti-trust ruling

Rob Beschizza
Apr 25, 2025
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Google may be broken up as a result of a court ruling that it abused its monopoly in online advertising. One outcome may be having to sell Chrome, the web browser it spitroats users with. And it looks like pretty much everyone in tech wants a chance to get it. OpenAI made clear its interest, followed by Perplexity yes…

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