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By Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg

Meta Platforms Inc. will stop selling political and issue-focused advertising in the European Union, citing new regulations that the company believes creates “an untenable level of complexity and legal uncertainty.”

The Facebook and Instagram parent will disband its political advertising business in the EU beginning in early October, according to a blog post released Friday. The company cited new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising, which take effect in October and limit the data that can be used to aim political messages at individuals.

Meta wrote in its blog post that it had “extensive engagement with policymakers” about this issue before the regulation was finalized, but the rules will “effectively remove popular products and services from the market, reducing choice and competition.” Alphabet Inc.’s Google also announced late last year that it will stop selling political ads in the EU.

The decision on political ads marks the latest in a series of conflicts between Meta and European regulators, who are working to rein in the power and data collection of big tech companies. EU regulators have challenged Meta’s plans to offer an ad-free version of its social networking services, and have fined the company almost €1 billion in the past 12 months. They also challenged Meta’s artificial intelligence features, leading the company to pause their rollout in the bloc, and earlier this month Meta said it won’t sign the code of practice for Europe’s new set of laws governing AI.

AUSTIN — MLS Commissioner Don Garber offered the public a rare bit of data regarding viewership of live matches under its media deal with Apple, stating that its Season Pass streams are “averaging 120,000 unique viewers per match” in 2025. Apple and MLS have largely declined to share viewership data since the launch of Season Pass in early 2023, making Garber’s comment one of the few data points released to date.

The commissioner said during his midseason press conference prior to Wednesday’s All-Star Game in Austin that the figure is up 50% year over year, which he attributed in part to new efforts to increase distribution of those matches outside the Apple TV ecosystem through partnerships with Comcast’s Xfinity cable service, DirecTV and EA Sports.

Garber didn’t define what qualifies as a “unique viewer,” and the metric doesn’t appear directly comparable to average-minute audience figures produced by Nielsen for more traditional linear sports telecasts. In fact, unique viewers (the number of people who watch some portion of the match) is likely much higher than the average minute audience (the average number of viewers watching during any given minute of the broadcast).

The ambiguity left industry observers on the ground in Austin wondering what to make of the morsel of data following years of secrecy from Apple and MLS on the subject. Garber pointed out in response to a follow-up question that unlike some other sports, MLS plays the bulk of its matches simultaneously on Saturday nights, with multiple matches starting hourly throughout the evening.

“We’re not putting on one or two games on a Saturday and then the next game on a Saturday or a handful of games regionally on a Sunday. Other leagues have a game of the week, or the game of the night, or Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV. All of our games, for the most part, are on Saturday, all up against each other,” Garber said. “So, when you have 120,000 unique viewers across that, that’s a lot of people. Aggregate all that, depending on what week it is, we’ve got over a million people that are unique viewers to a match.”

A source with knowledge of the number said the average viewership figure is being buoyed by the introduction of “Sunday Night Soccer,” a featured standalone match that receives additional promotional support from Apple.

It’s unclear why Garber deemed Wednesday the right time to provide a rare look behind the curtain at Season Pass viewership, but he said the public can expect more regular updates going forward.

“I know it’s frustrating for those who are looking for more information, but we and Apple believe we need to start sharing more information so that you all can start looking at it and what does it really mean,” Garber said. “So, it’s the beginning, it’s not the end, and we’ll continue to share more and more in the next press conference I have, which won’t be until MLS Cup [in December].”

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 starts shipping today, and I just got my hands on a Watch8 Classic model to start reviewing. You’ll have to wait a bit for the full report, but here’s what I’m enjoying (and questioning) so far. 

I’m new to Galaxy Watches in general, but I’ve reviewed Pixel and Apple watches, not to mention plenty of Garmins and other fitness watches. Here are my first impressions, including the things I like, and the things I’m most excited to test out in the coming days. 

Credit: Beth Skwarecki

As promised, the Watch 8 Classic comes with a bezel that rotates, and this rotation is tied to scrolling behavior on whatever screen you’re looking at. On the main watch face, it takes you to the notifications or your tiles, which otherwise you would swipe sideways to see. 

The rotating bezel feels really nice to turn: it has a smooth motion with subtle, soft clicks. I showed it to my teenage son, who agreed it felt nice, but then he burst out laughing when I said “and it does the same thing as swiping like this.” 

The bezel isn’t really adding anything to your experience of the watch. I suppose that’s because the same OS is on all the Watch 8 models, but only the Classic has the rotating bezel. It still seems like a waste of effort, though. On watches with buttons and a crown, like a Coros or Suunto running watch, the scroll wheel gives you a way to easily scroll without taking your fingers off the buttons at the right. On the Galaxy, scrolling with the bezel is less convenient than just swiping over the screen. The watch even has a crown-shaped button on the side, which I kept being tempted to scroll. It’s surrounded by bumpers that keep you from getting your thumb and finger around it, which I have to speculate may be an attempt to control that temptation.

I also found the direction of scrolling felt backwards. Scrolling left (counterclockwise) is equivalent to swiping right. At least vertical scrolling makes more sense: clockwise takes you down the page.

Running dynamics actually kinda make sense

Plenty of watches these days will measure your running dynamics: how much time your foot spends on the ground, how much bounce you have in your stride, and so on. (Are they doing this accurately? I’m not so sure, but that’s a different question.) The Pixel watch and many Garmin watches do this as a matter of course.

The Galaxy Watch 8 is the first watch I’ve seen that displays this data in a clear enough way that you can tell what the heck it’s supposed to mean. Check out this result I got in my post-run summary after a trail run this morning: 

Orange metrics need improvement, green are good, and blue are great.
Credit: Beth Skwarecki

There was even a screen during the run that would show my stride’s symmetry in real time. (It was good, apparently.) I do wish they’d call it “symmetry” rather than “asymmetry,” though. I’m curious to see how different these metrics will be when I take it out for a fast road run on flat ground. 

Heart rate zones are transparent and adapt to you

Most devices display your heart rate zones without really telling you how they’re calculated. And, worse, most devices calculate your zones from an age-based formula that is wrong for many people. 

On the Watch 8, when I saw my zones for the first time, there was a little note at the top that they were based on my max heart rate, and the note also gave the number it assumed my max heart rate to be. 

After my run this morning, I got a notification that my max heart rate estimate had increased, based on the fact that the watch had recorded a higher heart rate during my run. Now, I know this isn’t my true max, since I didn’t do an all-out run, but it was nice to see the watch being proactive about keeping its zones up to date and letting me know. 

The watch faces are pretty cool

The watch face at right is the running-specific one it suggested. I like it!
Credit: Beth Skwarecki

I’m a sucker for good aesthetics, so of course one of the first few things I did was to check out the watch face gallery. There were plenty of good ones, including several celestial-themed analog faces. I prefer digital, though, so I chose something with a clearly readable time and plenty of room for data complications. 

The best part, though, is that after my run I got a notification asking if I’d like to try a run-focused watch face. I tapped “Change” and instantly had a watch face that was similar to the one I had picked, but that featured my VO2max estimate, the length of my most recent run, and a button that I could tap to start a run. 

Of course I tried the antioxidant index

Credit: Beth Skwarecki

I think this is clever, but I truly don’t know how accurate it is. To find out how healthy your diet is (in terms of vegetables and their antioxidants) you take off the watch, turn it away from you, and hold your thumb over the heart rate sensor. You can monitor the progress of the test, which only takes a few seconds, from your phone.

The watch is basically looking for an orange tone to your skin. The more orange, the more beta-carotene you’ve probably eaten lately. The more beta-carotene (which is an antioxidant), the more vegetables in general you’ve probably eaten. It’s a bit of a leap of logic. Victoria Song, over at the Verge, fooled this sensor with a Cheez-It.

The watch told me my antioxidant index is “very low.” So my watch thinks I should eat more carrots.

What I’m excited for as I work on my review

I can’t wait to try the running coach. I’ll need to do a 12-minute run (basically, a Cooper test) for the app to understand my fitness level and start prescribing workouts. 

I’m also looking forward to trying out the treadmill feature. It’s always frustrated me how running watches, like Garmins, can’t pull data from treadmills to know how fast you’re going. The Apple Watch has GymKit, which can, but it only works with the native Workout app. I know the treadmills at my gym can sync with Samsung Galaxy watches, so I’m looking forward to seeing whether Samsung can beat Apple on making this data more accessible to more apps.

I’m also curious about (and a bit skeptical of) some of the other metrics, like the vascular load index that Samsung announced. A strange thing about the wearables market is that companies can announce new health metrics that reviewers have no way of easily validating. I can tell you whether a watch measures heart rate as well as a chest strap, and with some effort I can tell you whether it estimates my VO2max as well as a lab test. But what is my antioxidant index really? That’s something you and I may have to give up on really knowing.

Premium reformer fitness brand expands globally with flagship UAE location

High-end reformer fitness brand BodyBase has officially launched its first international franchise studio inside the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai. This opening marks a significant step in the company’s global expansion and introduces its signature reformer experience to the Middle East.

Founded in Rotterdam in 2019, BodyBase has earned a reputation for immersive, music-driven classes and its proprietary BaseLine Machine, developed in-house to support functional movement. The Dubai location debuts the brand’s dual-concept model: Black Label, which focuses on high-intensity strength training, and White Label, which blends yoga and Pilates for a slower-paced, breath-centered flow.

“This launch is more than a studio. It’s a vision for the future of luxury wellness,” said Sabrina Albert, founder of BodyBase. “We’re bringing together world-class hospitality and high-performance fitness to offer something new for global travelers and local communities.”

Integrated into the wellness offerings of the JW Marriott Marquis—home to Saray Spa and the Health Club—the studio delivers an elevated fitness experience rooted in intention, design, and innovation. The new space also underscores BodyBase’s potential for rapid expansion across premium hospitality and real estate settings.

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President Donald Trump has signed another executive order pertaining to AI. However, this time, it’s requiring AI companies that work with the federal government to remove “ideological agendas” from their models.

“Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” which was ordered on Jan. 25, 2025, mandates that agencies only use large language models (LLMs) aligned with “Unbiased AI Principles” focused on truth-seeking and ideological neutrality, per a White House Fact Sheet released on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. On the same day, Trump unveiled his “AI Action Plan.”

“This order revokes certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to American AI innovation, clearing a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence,” the order states.

Under the order, AI tools must prioritize “historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity” — while avoiding outputs influenced by frameworks like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Fact Sheet reads. 

Developers must also avoid embedding partisan or ideological views unless specifically prompted by users.

“From now on, the U.S. government will deal only with AI that pursues truth, fairness, and strict impartiality,” Trump said at an AI summit in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, according to NPR.

The outlet also pointed out that the executive order starkly contrasts with the Biden administration’s approach, which focused on preventing AI from reinforcing bias or violating civil rights — protections that Trump supporters argue amount to censorship of conservative views.

Neil Sahota, a technologist and advisor to the United Nations on AI, said the industry is deeply concerned about the situation.

“They’re already in a global arms race with AI, and now they’re being asked to put some very nebulous measures in place to undo protections because they might be seen as woke,” Sahota said, per NPR. “It’s freaking tech companies out.”

While some studies suggest chatbots occasionally give left-leaning answers, experts say it often depends on question phrasing or the sources being summarized, NPR reported. There’s no evidence that major models are deliberately biased against conservatives.

“Most of the examples I’ve seen conservatives cite of AI being too ‘woke’ are LLMs refusing to confirm conspiracy theories or racist claims,” said Talia Ringer, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, per NPR.

The White House also plans to revise federal AI safety guidelines put in place by the Biden administration, stripping references to DEI, climate change, and misinformation, the outlet reports.

“President Trump is protecting Americans from biased AI outputs driven by ideologies like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the cost of accuracy,” per the Fact Sheet.

Since beginning his second term in January 2025, AFROTECH™ has kept up with the signing of multiple executive orders from Trump, rolling back “harmful” Biden-era policies — particularly those related to AI and efforts to dismantle DEI initiatives in the federal government and schools.

Only time will tell how these moves impact society.