14 Aug 2025

Tech: Fortnite wins battle in Oz, AI co Perplexity vies to buy

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 14 August 2025
A man plays Fortnite game on smartphone in Ankara, Turkey on November 26, 2018. 
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Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Susie to look at a victory for Fortnite creator Epic Games, which has won a partial battle in Australia over restrictions placed on it in Apple and Google Play stores - but will it result in any changes?

As antitrust action gathers pace in the US against Google, an AI company called Perplexity is throwing its hat in the ring to buy Chrome - with an offer that's wildly more than the small company is valued at. And ChatGPT creator Open AI is building its own AI browser to take on Chrome - could it be a game changer in how people browse the internet?

Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist.