Update: Messi’s first match in the MLS, Inter Miami vs Cruz Azul, starts in 30 minutes. Subscribe to MLS Season Pass to watch.

Apple has the exclusive streaming rights to Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass, running through 2023. Apple has even helped MLS secure a big new player for the league, with esteemed football player Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami. The star makes his debut tonight. Here’s how to watch.

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Apple introduced a bunch of new capabilities for web apps with iOS 16.4, including access to push notifications and permission for third-party apps to add web apps to the iPhone and iPad Home Screen. Now popular web browser Google Chrome is taking advantage of these new features, as its latest update lets users add their favorite websites to the iOS Home Screen.

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Is Matter going to be a great thing for smart home users? Yes. Is it going to replace Homebridge as a usable solution? Not anytime soon. I’ve been extremely impressed with the Homebridge platform over the years, and it’s done a lot of good for expanding compatibility for products that either don’t support Matter or ever will in terms of onboarding them into HomeKit. It’s now available on the fast-growing Umbrel home server as well.

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Meta last week launched Threads, its new microblogging social network that comes to compete with Twitter. While Threads is available in over 100 countries around the world, it’s not available in European Union countries due to local regulations. And the bad news is you might not be able to use Threads in Europe if you’re just traveling around there.

Update: Meta has confirmed it’s blocking users “in most European countries” from accessing Threads. The company also said it wants to bring Threads to more countries in the future. You can read the original article below.

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Apple announced on Thursday that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available to users in the UK. For those unfamiliar, the feature turns the iPhone into a payment terminal, so vendors can use their phone to accept contactless payments. Now it seems that Tap to Pay is coming soon to Brazil as well.

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