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Tech Tidbits: Google Hits Pause on Play Store Overhaul, Meta’s AI Gets a Job as AI Supervisor, Perplexity Aims for $8 Billion, Bitcoin ETF Options Get SEC Nod, and Meta Faces a Lawsuit (Again)

October 21, 2024

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Google’s Play Store: Hit the Snooze Button

Google has been granted a request to pause an order requiring an overhaul of its Play Store, giving the tech giant a moment to catch its breath. For now, Google’s “one app store to rule them all” can keep humming along, while everyone else wonders if they’ll ever get that much-needed software freedom. This breather feels like when you ask for an extension on your term paper and then immediately use it to nap—except Google’s nap is worth billions of dollars in app sales.

Meta’s AI Supervisor: AI Checking AI’s Homework

Meta has just unleashed an AI model that can grade other AI models’ work, because apparently even robots need oversight now. Think of it as the digital version of a teacher’s assistant, grading tests and pointing out where the other AI forgot to carry the one. If this keeps up, soon we’ll have AI monitoring AI monitoring us, and we’ll all just be watching Netflix while they figure it out. But hey, at least these AI models won’t need coffee breaks (yet).

Perplexity’s Valuation Dream: $8 Billion or Bust

Perplexity AI is reportedly in funding talks to more than double its valuation to a whopping $8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. It seems Perplexity is ready to perplex its competition, raising more cash than a Hollywood blockbuster. Investors are lining up, excited to pour funds into what could be the next big thing in AI—or at least the next big thing in talking like it knows all the answers. Just don’t ask it where your socks went.

Bitcoin ETFs Get the Green Light: Crypto Fans Rejoice

The US SEC has finally given the go-ahead for options listings for spot bitcoin ETFs on the NYSE. Crypto enthusiasts everywhere are dusting off their virtual wallets and preparing to hit the market with a vengeance. It’s official—Bitcoin is inching its way into the big leagues, though everyone’s still wondering if they’ll strike it rich or just become the next contestant on Cryptos of Fortune and Woe. Either way, expect some fireworks in the financial world.

Meta’s Lawsuit Du Jour: Massachusetts Edition

Meta must face yet another lawsuit, this time from Massachusetts, accusing the company of social media addiction. It’s like a scene out of Groundhog Day—another day, another state pointing the finger at Facebook and Instagram for causing teens to be glued to their phones. This one’s about whether the Zuckerverse is intentionally addictive or just so packed with cat videos and filters that no one can resist. Either way, Massachusetts is in line, and Meta’s lawyers probably have a loyalty punch card at this point.

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