​Zuckerberg: We need to take a more active view in policing Facebook ecosystem​

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Zuckerberg not sure law is needed to protect minors’ privacy

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Vizio’s new TVs get quantum dots, local dimming, and lots of nits

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Facebook launches research initiative, Amazon outspends on R&D

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How to change your DNS and (maybe) take the internet back

Sometimes, when your favorite websites go “down,” they’re actually still right there. You just can’t see them, because your computer doesn’t know the route. What if you could give your PC some better driving directions right now, in just a minute or two tops? What if this trick improved your privacy too? To do that, you just need to change …

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Get an Amazfit Bip smartwatch for $74.99

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Looks like an Apple Watch and a Pebble got busy… Amazfit A little over a month ago I …

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iFixit: Huawei P20 Pro harder to repair than Apple iPhone X

Huawei’s flashy new phone is harder to repair than Apple’s iPhone X, according to a new report. A teardown by iFixit gave the Huawei P20 Pro a repairability score of four out of 10, with 10 being the easiest to fix. The iPhone X, by comparison, had a score of six. Both of Samsung’s new phones, the Galaxy S9 and …

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The best way to search for podcasts

It’s easy enough to use a search engine to find a particular podcast. For example, are you a fan of Battlestar Galactica? Just hit up Bing, Google or Yahoo and you’re pretty likely to locate (shameless self-promotion alert!) Battlestar Recaptica, a podcast devoted to the show. But suppose you’re interested in actor Edward James Olmos, who played Admiral Adama. Or …

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Facebook hit with another suit for failing to protect users’ data

A law firm on Monday filed another lawsuit against Facebook for failing to protect consumer data. The suit, following a similar case last week, was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. It accuses Facebook of “unjust enrichment and violation of privacy and consumer-protection laws when it permitted app developers and other …

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Apple’s facilities all now run on 100 percent clean energy

All of Apple’s facilities around the world now run on 100 percent clean energy.  That includes the company’s retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries, Apple said in a press release Monday. The company also noted that nine more of its manufacturing partners have committed to powering all of their Apple production with renewable energy, bringing …

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Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus arrive April 13

Add the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus to the list of devices you can get in bright red. Apple on Monday announced that the two 2017 iPhone models will be available in the color later this week. The phones are part of the Product Red program, meaning that a portion of the profits from the sale of the devices goes …

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Manage your child’s Amazon FreeTime settings from the web

Amazon’s FreeTime service gives parents an easy-to-read view of precisely what a child is doing on an Amazon tablet or Android device. From breaking down how much time a child has spent reading, to which game(s) are taking up their time — FreeTime and the Parent Dashboard make it easy to monitor your children. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon’s FreeTime …

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Samsung Dex Pad sells May 13 for $99, or free with Galaxy S9

When you plug your Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus into the Samsung Dex Pad dock, you’re able to use and see all the apps and photos from your phone on a much larger monitor. In essence, your phone becomes a mini computer for hooking into a larger screen. Samsung announced that starting Monday, for a limited time, when you preorder …

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Senators urge Google and Twitter to back Honest Ads Act too

Facebook last week said it would support efforts to regulate political ads. Now US senators are urging Alphabet and Twitter to do the same. The Honest Ads Act is a senate bill that would require tech companies to disclose how political ads were targeted and how much they cost. It’s sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and …

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Apple’s rumored over

Apple is said to be working on high-end, over-the-ear headphones, according to reports from Bloomberg and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Although the headphones still fall into rumor territory, we’ve heard that they could feature Apple-specific branding — independent of its Beats subsidiary — and may arrive as early as this year. Cue these renders from German designers at Curved.de, spotted by MacRumors. …

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