The Federal Trade Commission launched a new website for consumers to report alleged failures to comply with the Take It Down Act, which went into full force today. Critics fear the law will be used to censor online speech, but the website also has resources for domestic violence survivors.
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On May 11th, I told you how a million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers due to the poor security in Meari’s cloud and app. Petcube says today that it uses camera hardware from Meari but not any of the company’s software, cloud services, or APIs.
The changes are intended to help Apple’s chip teams work better with its product teams, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Srouji got chief hardware officer job after former SVP of hardware engineering John Ternus was tapped to succeed Tim Cook as CEO.
Join us on the live stream as soon as Google’s keynote wraps up. Hayden Field and I will be in the studio to talk over the biggest announcements, which I’m going to make the bold prediction right now probably involves a lot of AI. Tune in and post your thoughts in the live chat.
We’re here at the Shoreline Amphitheater for the keynote, liveblogging fingers at the ready. We also caught Phil and Vjeran in line. Not pictured is one Dieter Bohn, who approved of us upholding the Verge tradition of being first in the press line.

It’s time to usher in Gemini season.
Apple’s dedicated sports app (where betting odds may be on by default until you turn them off) has expanded to 90 new markets. Apple also says that new features include a tournament bracket view for the World Cup stages, visual formations of each starting lineup, and one-tap links to Apple News coverage.

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The latest headphones from Sony are a more plush take on its flagship series, with a price tag to match.
















