Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Some PayPal and Venmo users can now access Comet for free. The offer includes a one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro. Comet is Perplexity’s new AI-centric web browser. PayPal and Venmo users in the US and other global markets can now receive early access to …
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Skip the Waitlist: PayPal and Venmo Users Offered Early Access to Perplexity’s New Comet Browser with Free Perplexity Pro Subscription Customers to access leading AI tools, cash back offers, and a new way to manage subscriptions directly in the PayPal app. SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, PayPal announced that Venmo and PayPal customers in the US and …
Read More »Perplexity, the NVIDIA- and Bezos-backed AI company, with PayPal to get its Comet browser in front of millions of the financial tech giant’s users. The deal will see PayPal and Venmo customers in the US and select international markets gain access to the AI-powered browser, as well as a free 12-month subscription to Perplexity Pro, which normally costs $200. There …
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Invites to Perplexity’s new AI-powered web browser, Comet, are one of the web’s hottest commodities these days. The new product was made available first to the AI firm’s $200-per-month Max subscribers and a small group of invitees. But now there’s a new way to jump ahead on the waitlist. On Wednesday, PayPal announced it’s giving its customers, including PayPal and …
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David PurdumAug 26, 2025, 07:56 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA and online payment service Venmo announced a partnership Tuesday aiming to combat abuse and harassment of college athletes, some of whom have reported receiving unwanted requests for money from losing bettors and solicitation for inside information. The NCAA-Venmo partnership features …
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The college sports world has been buzzing the past couple of days with a story regarding Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer and Venmo transactions. Pictures emerged on social media of a pair 2022 transactions when Mateer played for Washington State showed the QB had put “sports gambling” as the payment description. Mateer later denied that the payments were for gambling and …
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Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer is denying he has ever bet on sports after screenshots began circulating online showing he made and received Venmo payments with “sports gambling” listed as the reason for the expense. Mateer was at Washington State at the time and the Venmo transactions were with a teammate. After a strong season at Washington State last year, Mateer …
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Ever since he transferred to the University of Oklahoma last winter, scrutiny has followed John Mateer for how the quarterback, rated one of the best in college football, would perform on the field. This week, Mateer has found himself under the spotlight for different reasons after screenshots from his personal Venmo account surfaced on social media showing two transactions labeled …
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Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer called the descriptions of payments that reference sports betting on his Venmo account “inside jokes” and denied ever betting on college football or other sports in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. “The allegations that I once participated in sports gambling are false,” Mateer’s statement read. “My previous Venmo descriptions did not accurately portray the transactions in …
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John Mateer’s alleged Venmo activity surfaces: Did Oklahoma QB pay Landon Roaten for sports gambling? Hindustan Times What we know about John Mateer and ‘Venmogate’ On3 The John Mateer gambling and Venmo rumors, explained USA Today Oklahoma to investigate John Mateer’s ‘sports gambling’ Venmo transactions, per report Saturday Down South Oklahoma QB John Mateer’s alleged Venmo payments put him under microscope for sports gambling sportingnews.com …
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