M&A & Investments Perplexity AI is reportedly offering $34.5 billion to buy Google’s Chrome browser. Perplexity itself is valued at $18 billion, but says it has investors ready to provide the cash. Google may be forced to scythe off Chrome as part of a competition ruling from the US Department of Justice. Perplexity’s bid may even make it more likely that the DoJ will force Google to sell Chrome. UAE-headquartered multinational telco Veon has sold its 50.1% stake in Sky Mobile, otherwise known as Beeline, in Kyrgyzstan, to Eldik Bank. Australian telco Telstra is streamlining its business and focusing on core business units. As part of this strategy, it has agreed to sell a 75% stake in its cloud services…