Welcome to the Tech Meant Right Home for Monday, October 21st,

24. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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New AI agents from Microsoft, new open source models from IBM,

perplexity is looking to raise again.

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aids. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

And something something this will be in the court for years. A judge has granted Google a temporary

stay on the epic ruling while Google appeals, which means Google might not have to change Play Store practices for a long, long

time, quoting the verge.

Technically, today's temporary administrative stay only pushes back the clock a bit long enough for the

appeals court to weigh in on a longer stay, but Judge Denato reportedly told the courtroom,

he suspects the Ninth Circuit will grant that longer stay too, which could genuinely let Google off the

hook till it gets through appeal.

The judge declined to give Google a longer stay himself.

However, Judge Denato did not press pause on one specific part of his ruling, one that could open a crack for rival app stores according to court documents.

Starting November 1st, 2024 and continuing until November 1st, 2027, Google is ordered not to make deals with carriers

or device makers that block pre-installation

of rival app stores and exchange for money,

revenue share, or perks.

Had Judge Dinato left the original deadline in place, his order

would also have let developers stop using Google Play's billing as soon as November 1st.

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