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Depending on how you count them, there have been 15 major versions of Windows, with Microsoft's inconsistent naming scheme resulting in the current version of Windows being Windows 11—go figure.

TL;DR: Watch MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game for free on Apple TV. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

Football fans really don't get any time to rest and recover. We've only just made it through the Club World Cup and Concacaf Gold Cup, and Women's Euro 2025 is still ongoing. Can we squeeze in another top-quality game involving some of the best players in the world? Of course we can.

The 2025 MLS All-Star Game brings together North America's top leagues for an epic showdown. The biggest stars from MLS and Liga MX will battle it out in Austin. The MLS All-Star team is expected to include the likes of Diego Rossi, Hirving Lozano, and Evander. James Rodríguez, Alexis Vega, Sergio Ramos, and other big names could line up for the Liga MX All-Stars.

If you want to watch MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars?

MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game kicks off at 9 p.m. ET on July 23. This fixture takes place at the Q2 Stadium.

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MLS All-Stars vs. Liga MX All-Stars is available to live stream for free on Apple TV.

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Nothing is going all-in on AI with its new CMF 3 Pro smartwatch.

Available for purchase now for $79.99, the CMF Watch 3 Pro brings a lot of fitness tracker features to the table, including a dual-band five-system GPS setup for more precise tracking, a four-channel heart rate sensor for more accurate readings, blood oxygen monitoring, stress tracking, 130 activity modes, and more. But perhaps the biggest feature of the smartwatch is its AI integration, specifically when it comes to ChatGPT.

The new Nothing smartwatch. Credit: Nothing SEE ALSO: Using ChatGPT to write? MIT study says there's a cognitive cost.

The device has fully integrated ChatGPT into its design, allowing you to ask the chatbot questions, set reminders, record voice notes, and perform other tasks with simple voice prompts. The voice recorder can also auto-transcribe conversations or notes. On its face, this may not seem like big news, but it's actually worth noting that many big-name smartwatches only offer ChatGPT through awkward workarounds. The Apple Watch can only access ChatGPT via third-party apps, or by asking Siri to access ChatGPT.

The CMF Watch 3 Pro cuts out the middleman, giving users direct access to the AI chatbot. The wearable even lets you use AI-generated watch faces to customize its look.

This isn't the first Nothing product to tout ChatGPT integration — the Nothing Ear (a) buds also have this feature, as do the newly released Nothing headphones.

Whether this is a positive and genuinely helpful feature remains to be seen, but what we can say is that every AI wearable we've seen up to this point — like the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin — has been an utter failure. Will Nothing's CMF Watch 3 Pro join that list? Maybe, but one thing is certain: AI wearables are becoming more mainstream, for better or worse.

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Amazon may have just found its own version of Fitbit.

Well, sort of, anyway, in the sense that it just bought a company that makes wearables for your wrist. That company is Bee, a startup that makes a $50 AI wearable. Bee co-founder and CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo announced the acquisition in a post on LinkedIn this week, and Amazon confirmed the deal in a statement to TechCrunch, which noted that the deal is still being finalized. The terms of the deal are not yet public at the time of writing.

As of Wednesday, the Bee website included a statement that read, "Bee is joining Amazon! We’re incredibly grateful to our customers and community and we’re excited to continue our journey with you."

So, what the heck is Bee?

The startup makes a $50, screen-free, always-on, AI-powered wearable microphone that you can wear on your wrist or clip to your clothing. It looks a little like a Fitbit fitness tracker, except this wearable is always listening (unless you manually mute it) and collecting data on your tasks, habits, and relationships. Using this data, Bee can create to-do lists and daily summaries for you in a mobile app.

Credit: Bee SEE ALSO: AI-generated songs are showing up under deceased artists on Spotify

There are some interesting implications here. One is that Amazon might be looking into wearables and portable AI assistants, which until now have largely lived in Alexa-powered devices that are rooted at home. Another perhaps more important concern is that of privacy; these devices are always listening by design, making them potential privacy nightmares.

According to Bee's policies, the company doesn't store any audio data on servers and users can delete their personal data. Amazon's plans for Bee are unknown, but Echo devices recently stopped allowing for local storage, and Ring has a controversial history with privacy.

While big companies like Amazon and OpenAI are investing in AI devices, this product category has struggled to attract actual customers. Just think of high-profile failures like the Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI pin. Those devices both cost hundreds of dollars, while Bee's device is just $50, so maybe Bee can make headway where Rabbit and Humane could not. At any rate, Silicon Valley isn't done trying.

In a post on Linkedin, Zollo wrote, "Bee is joining Amazon and we couldn’t be more excited! When we started Bee, we imagined a world where AI is truly personal, where your life is understood and enhanced by technology that learns with you. What began as a dream with an incredible team and community now finds a new home at Amazon."

The desktop Linux ecosystem has been slowly migrating from X11 to Wayland, which is leaving behind some desktop environments. The Wayback project aims to fix that, and it has just reached its first preview release.

Video games have improved in countless ways over the decades, but I still miss many of the retro genres and franchises that have seemingly died off. Thankfully, plenty of newer releases have been keeping the spirit of retro gaming alive and thriving, and some are responsible for the recent revivals of gaming's long-lost genres.

Your Galaxy phone’s lock screen is about to get even more useful. Samsung's “Now Bar,” one of our favorite new One UI features, will soon be expanding its reach dramatically. And if you own a Galaxy Z Flip, you're in for an extra treat.

Meta introduced new safety tools for teen accounts on Wednesday, along with stats that show the impact of their latest safety features.

In a blog post, Meta said that it removed approximately 635,000 Instagram accounts earlier this year, part of a larger effort to make Instagram safer for teens.

The new features include the option for teens to view Safety Tips, to block and report accounts with just one button, and to view the date a person joined Instagram, which is all "designed to give teens age-appropriate experiences and prevent unwanted contact."

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"At Meta, we work to protect young people from both direct and indirect harm. Our efforts range from Teen Accounts, which are designed to give teens age-appropriate experiences and prevent unwanted contact, to our sophisticated technology that finds and removes exploitative content," the platform said in a press release. "Today, we’re announcing a range of updates to bolster these efforts, and we’re sharing new data on the impact of our latest safety tools."

However, Common Sense Media Founder and CEO James P. Steyer told Mashable that to protect kids online, Meta's measures are "too little, too late."

"For years, the company has prioritized the relentless pursuit of profits over our kids’ safety, ignoring repeated warnings from parents, experts, and even its own employees. These new features are a small, reactive concession that wouldn’t be necessary if Meta had been proactive about taking responsibility in the first place," Steyer said.

Meta makes moves to protect teens and kids on Instagram Credit: Meta

Teens on Instagram blocked accounts one million times in June and reported another one million after seeing a Safety Notice on Instagram, Meta reported. Last year, the company implemented a new nudity protection feature that blurs suspicious images. Now, the company says the vast majority — 99 percent — keep the tool activated. In June, over 40 percent of those blurred images stayed blurred, "significantly reducing exposure to unwanted nudity," the blog post read. Meta recently started giving users a warning when they attempted to forward a blurred image, asking them to "think twice before forwarding suspected nude images." And in May, 45 percent of people who saw the warning didn't forward the blurred message.

The platform is also implementing protections for adult-managed Instagram accounts that feature — or represent — children. Among those protections are the new Teen Account protections and additional notifications about privacy settings. The company says it will also stop these accounts from showing up as recommendations for adult accounts with suspicious behavior. Finally, the company will bring its Hidden Words feature to these kid-focused accounts, which should help prevent sexualized comments from appearing on these accounts' posts.

As part of these teen safety efforts, Meta has removed "nearly 135k violating Instagram accounts that were sexualizing these accounts," and 500,000 accounts "that were linked to the original accounts," according to the blog post.

This move from Meta is part of its continued efforts to make Facebook and Instagram safer for kids and teens — but it also comes as the company successfully lobbied to stall the Kids Online Safety Act in 2024. The Kids Online Safety Act was reintroduced this year, despite, according to Politico, a "concerted Meta lobbying campaign" to keep the bill out of Congress. Meta opposes the bill because it says it violates the First Amendment, although critics argue that its opposition is financially motivated.

SEE ALSO: Facebook to crack down on unoriginal, copycat content

This announcement comes after Meta announced it removed 10 million fake profiles impersonating creators as part of a broader push to clean up users' Facebook Feeds.

UPDATE: Jul. 23, 2025, 8:55 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with a quote from Common Sense Media Founder and CEO James P. Steyer.

The issue of states regulating — or not regulating — AI is back in a big way.

On Wednesday, the White House unveiled the AI Action Plan, its highly-anticipated report identifying key areas for federal AI policies. The plan largely focuses on pulling back restrictions for tech companies in order to foster AI innovation and secure the U.S. as a global industry powerhouse. Part of these recommendations laid out in the sweeping report bring back policies that look an awful lot like the AI moratorium that Republicans tried to pass in the Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Senate voted 99-1 to remove the proposed 10-year ban on state regulation of AI from the budget bill. But the AI Action Place looks to bring it back, citing "states with burdensome AI regulations that waste [federal] funds" as bureaucratic barriers to AI prosperity.

In the section titled "Remove Red Tape and Onerous Regulation," the plan advises the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to "work with Federal agencies that have AI-related discretionary funding programs to ensure... that they consider a state’s AI regulatory climate when making funding decisions and limit funding if the state’s AI regulatory regimes may hinder the effectiveness of that funding or award."

Essentially, the plan seeks to give agencies the power to withhold federal funding based on whether states align with the Trump Administration's AI regulatory strategy.

The AI moratorium is back

"This is the AI moratorium, redux," Cody Venzke, Senior Policy Counsel, Surveillance, Privacy, and Technology for the ACLU told Mashable in an email. Despite the Senate's almost unanimous rejection of the proposal, "the Administration is nonetheless looking to give AI companies a blank check," said Venzke. "Although the legal mechanisms might differ, the effect is the same: it opens the door to AI harms that are already occurring, and negating states are already stepping up." 

Critics of the AI moratorium said it would erase states' abilities to protect their residents from AI harms. Those condemning this section of the AI Action Plan echoed those same concerns. "In the absence of Congressional action, states must be permitted to move forward with rules that protect consumers," said Grace Gedye, policy analyst for AI issues at Consumer Reports. "Today’s action leaves states in a lurch; it’s unclear which state laws will be considered 'burdensome' and which federal funds are on the line."

Some industry experts, like Gabriel Weil, a professor at Touro Law Center, are raising questions about the AI Action Plan's lack of specifics.

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Tying state AI regulation to federal funding was the final iteration of Republicans' AI moratorium. The proposal that was rejected by the Senate offered $500 million in federal broadband funding if states voluntarily opted for the moratorium. Before being voted down, it was ultimately softened to offer financial incentives instead of enforcing an outright ban on states' legislative abilities. The AI Action Plan has taken a similar approach of offering a carrot instead of a stick, but with the stick looming nearby.

"This is also incredibly dangerous; this administration has regularly used federal funds as a cudgel to attack state and local policies they disagree with, often doing so without transparency or due process," said Venzke, who added that such policies could impact any number of "AI-related" funds from education to rural communities building broadband access.

Feds overstepping?

The AI Action Plan also advises the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to evaluate whether "state AI regulations interfere with the agency’s ability to carry out its obligations and authorities," invoking the Communications Act of 1934. This law gives the FCC authority to ensure that all Americans have access to telecommunication services. Yet, Venzke is skeptical that the FCC's authority extends to overruling AI state regulation in this area. "The FCC's authority generally does not include the services that ride on those lines or airwaves, like websites, social media, TV programs, or apparently even broadband service," he said.

Venzke also questions whether the president has the authority to conditionally offer federal funding without states' consent. "Likewise, the Executive Branch can only impose conditions on funds if Congress permits it by law — there is no reason to believe that Congress gave that permission for many of the programs that are likely to be impacted," he added.

Another way of framing the state AI legislation issue is as prudent oversight of how states can effectively manage federal funding, as one X user noted. Plus, "at the moment, it’s hard to identify any significant source of 'AI-related federal funding' to states, although this could change in the future," wrote Charlie Bullock, senior research fellow for the Institute for Law and AI. "This being the case, it will likely be difficult for the federal government to offer states any significant inducement towards deregulation unless it first offers them new federal money."

However, Venzke notes that privacy laws, broadband deployment, technology development funds, and deepfake laws are among the state programs that could be affected.

For now, it seems that states with concerns about AI's proliferation — from its impact on education to the job market to environmental degradation — better start making plans to evade the federal government's reach.

IntelliJ is one of the most popular integrated development environments (IDEs) out there, with a focus on Java and Kotlin. And now, it's getting even better with the addition of a few new changes that will make the experience better.

Super Mario Bros. was the first video game I played. It was the winter of 1995, and I was at my kindergarten buddy’s birthday party. I got hooked the moment I took the controller. I’ve replayed it countless times since, as well as many other Nintendo classics, many of which have a special place in my heart.

The Amazon Fire TV 65” Omni QLED Series 4K UHD Smart TV has just hit its lowest price ever, dropping to a shockingly low $450 at Amazon. That's a massive 38% off its regular price of $720, saving you a whopping $270. This kind of deal for this TV hasn't been seen since Prime Day, so it's great for those who missed it.

If you're one of the few who know about and take advantage of AT&T's Photo Storage feature, which is a free cloud backup option similar to Google Photos or iCloud, we have some bad news. This week, AT&T and its partner Asurion announced that the service will stop working in October.

The Food and Drug Administration's new AI tool — touted by Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a revolutionary solution for shortening drug approvals — is initially causing more hallucinations than solutions.

Known as Elsa, the AI chatbot was introduced to help FDA employees with daily tasks like meeting notes and emails, while simultaneously supporting quicker drug and device approval turnaround times by sorting through important application data. But, according to FDA insiders who spoke to CNN under anonymity, the chatbot is rife with hallucinations, often fabricating medical studies or misinterpreting important data. The tool has been sidelined by staffers, with sources saying it can't be used in reviews and does not have access to crucial internal documents employees were promised.

SEE ALSO: Healthcare data breach impacts over five million Americans

"It hallucinates confidently," one FDA employee told CNN. According to the sources, the tool often provides incorrect answers on the FDA's research areas, drug labels, and can't link to third-party citations from external medical journals.

Despite initial claims that the tool was already integrated into the clinical review protocol, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told CNN that the tool was only being used for "organizational duties" and was not required of employees. The FDA's head of AI admitted to the publication that the tool was at risk of hallucinating, carrying the same risk as other LLMs. Both said they weren't surprised it made mistakes, and said further testing and training was needed.

But not all LLM's have the job of approving life-saving medicine.

UPDATE: Jul. 23, 2025, 2:40 p.m. In response to CNN's investigation, the HHS issued the following comment, explaining that former AI models, shelved by the department, have since been replaced by a new AI system: "The information provided by FDA to CNN was mischaracterized and taken out of context. FDA was excited to share the success story of the growth and evolution of its AI tool, Elsa. Unfortunately, CNN decided to lead the story with disgruntled former employees and sources who have never even used the current version of Elsa. The only thing 'hallucinating' in this story is CNN’s failed reporting."

The agency announced the new agentic tool in June, with Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), and Makary writing that AI innovation was a leading priority for the agency in an accompanying Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article. The tool, which examines device and drug applications, was pitched as a solution for lengthy and oft-criticized drug approval periods, following the FDA's launch of an AI-assisted scientific review pilot.

The Trump administration has rallied government agencies behind an accelerated, "America-first" AI agenda, including recent federal guidance to establish FDA-backed AI Centers of Excellence for testing and deploying new AI tools, announced in the government's newly unveiled AI Action Plan. Many are worried that the aggressive push and deregulation efforts eschew necessary oversight of the new tech.

"Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards," the action plan reads. "A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, 'try-first' culture for AI across American industry."

UPDATE: Jul. 23, 2025, 5:36 p.m. This story was updated with official comment from the Department of Health and Human Services, denying CNN's reporting.

Qi2 was the first major update to the ubiquitous wireless charging standard in 15 years, yet it hasn’t been the huge win everyone expected. The Wireless Power Consortium is hoping to change that with another upgrade: Qi2 25W.

Since adding a Nintendo Switch 2 to my existing handheld collection—with a handheld PC in the mix—it means that many games are available on both devices. Which means that I need to choose where I'm going to buy that title.

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Prime Day was only a few weeks ago, but the summer deals haven't dried up (unlike the neighborhood grass). Macy's is celebrating Black Friday in July, and the retailer has plenty to offer, like back-to-school clothing and luggage for those remaining summer trips. They also have some summer essentials on sale, like the Ninja Creami which is one of Mashable's favorite ice cream makers.

If you happen to be a Lego fan, Macy's Black Friday in July sale has hundreds of sets on sale for as much as 40% off. Building a Lego set offers some of the most wholesome fun around, regardless of age, and that's one of the main reasons we're so smitten with Lego sets here at Mashable. If you feel the same, here are some great deals at Macy's. While browsing, keep in mind that now is a great time to start holiday shopping, so you can avoid the chaos of Black Friday sales come November.

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Winter will be here before we know it, and we'll soon be shopping Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving. Once that rolls around, the bright hues of blooming flowers that we see outside right now will be long gone. But Legos offer a great way to keep things in bloom year-round. The Lego Icons Tiny Plants and Flowers set keeps evergreen blooms fresh inside, and this set includes nine potted plants. Keep them all together or spread them out on bookshelves.

While it's 20% off, consider buying a set for yourself and a set for a friend as a holiday gift. This set could also make for great dorm room decor for anyone who's heading off to college soon.

The best home and kitchen deals to shop this week

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• KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer — $379.95 (List Price $499.99)

• Eufy Omni C20 Robot Vacuum and Mop With Self-Emptying Base — $419.99 (List Price $699.99)

SAVE UP TO $22.50: Through July 25, you can pick up a DoorDash gift card for $25, $50, $100, or $150 for 15% off at Target, knocking those prices down to just $21.25, $42.50, $85, or $127.50, respectively.

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The best things in life may be free, but the tastiest things in life cost an arm and a leg once you include taxes, fees, and tips. Food delivery prices are outrageous, but you can score more for less if you take advantage of a discounted DoorDash gift card at Target.

Through July 25, you can grab a DoorDash gift card valued from $25 to $150 for 15% off at Target. That means you could score $100 worth of dinner delivered to your door for only $85, $50 for $42.50, $25 for $21.25, or a whopping $150 for $127.50.

SEE ALSO: Get a free $10 Target gift card when you stock up on household essentials you'd buy anyway

All of the pricing tiers except for the $150 gift card are available as both digital and physical gift cards (the $150 option is only physical). Digital gift cards are quicker and easier; they just require an email address and will be sent directly to your inbox a few hours after purchase. You can transfer your digital gift card to someone else if you wish, just as you can with a physical card.

Whether you want to lock in the savings for yourself or bless someone else in your life, meals (and more) delivered to your door for 15% less is a deal worthy of adding to your cart. Act quick, though. These DoorDash gift card deals will disappear Friday.

Best home and kitchen deals

• Skylight Frame 10-inch Digital Picture Frame — $139.99

• Ninja Crispi Air Fryer — $159.95 (List Price $179.99)

• Birdfy AI Smart Solar Powered Bird Feeder with Camera — $159.99 (List Price $249.99)

• KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer — $379.95 (List Price $499.99)

• Eufy Omni C20 Robot Vacuum and Mop With Self-Emptying Base — $419.99 (List Price $699.99)

Touchscreen controls are fine for mobile gaming, but nothing beats that feeling of analog buttons and physical joysticks. Controllers offer superior feedback, and you don't need a console to use one. With a controller connected to your phone or tablet, you’ll never return to the touchscreen again.

SAVE 41%: As of July 23, you can get the Anker Solix C100 Portable Power Station for $469, down from $799, at Amazon. That's a 41% discount and $330 in savings.

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If you've ever been caught in a power outage or just wished for a way to power your gear on a camping trip, this deal on an impressive, portable power station is for you.

As of July 23, the Anker Solix C1000 Portable Power Station is on sale at Amazon for just $469. That’s $330 off and a 41% drop from its regular list price of $799 — but as a limited-time deal, it won't last long.

SEE ALSO: Our tech reporters' favorite Anker charging accessories

The Anker Solix C1000 can go from empty to a full charge in just 58 minutes from a wall outlet. It’s also powerful enough for demanding electronics, with a standard 1800W output that can be boosted to 2400W thanks to its SurgePad feature. That means it can handle things like coffee makers and microwaves without issue.

Another big plus is the battery itself. Anker uses a LiFePO4 battery, which is designed for a 10-year lifespan and can handle 3,000 charge cycles (so this isn't something you'll need to replace in a year or two). You can also keep tabs on everything through the Anker app, which lets you monitor power stats in real-time.

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