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Facebook vows to be more careful when it experiments on you

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced criticism for Facebook’s mood study. James Martin/CNET Facebook said Thursday it’s increasing scrutiny over future research work it does on the social-media site, following a rash of criticism this past summer over one of its experiments. Facebook, the biggest social-media company in the world, faced a backlash after researchers from the company and two universities …

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How to remotely tell if an iPhone’s Activation Lock is turned off

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Looking to buy a used iPhone? You’ll certainly want to make sure that the Activation Lock is turned off so that you can activate it yourself. A brand new tool from Apple can help you do just that. Part of Apple’s iCloud Find My Phone feature, a new webpage tool called Check Activation Lock Status lets …

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