Perplexity’s New Browser Wants All Your Data | Tech News of the Week

The legendary Blue Meanie is back, and so are we! 🎙️ This week on Tech News of the Week, we dive into four wild stories that you need to hear about. First up, Chris rants (in the best way) about the new Slate electric truck — a throwback to the good old days where your car was a car, not a giant, glitchy computer on wheels. Manual windows? No speakers? Starting around $20K with tax credits? Sounds crazy enough to work. Find out if the Slate could be your future ride. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64564869/2027-slate-truck-revealed/

Next, Microsoft tries to fix a patch with a patch... and somehow makes it worse. 🛠️ Instead of solving a vulnerability properly, they decided to shove a folder named "inetpub" onto everybody’s system drive. Surprise! It doesn’t fix the issue and now Windows Update can break entirely. We break down the hilariously bad workaround and why Microsoft might want to actually fix Windows Update rather than apply yet another bandage. https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_mystery_folder_fix/

Then, we tackle the privacy horror show brewing over at Perplexity.AI. 🕵️‍♂️ They’re launching a new browser called Comet and, shocker, the CEO basically admitted it’s built to harvest your data for hyper-personalized ads. If you thought Chrome was bad, get ready for round two. Plus, find out why Perplexity has their sights set on buying Chrome if Google is forced to break it up. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads

Finally, we revel in Comcast’s very public meltdown. 📉 During their Q1 earnings call, Comcast admitted they’re losing broadband customers left and right — and it’s definitely not because they’ve been awful for decades. Nope, it’s the customers’ fault for wanting reasonable prices and transparency. We stand in admiration at their "woe is us" attitude and explain why competition is finally sending Comcast packing. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/after-losing-customers-comcast-admits-prices-are-too-confusing-and-unpredictable/