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BEST OVERALL OnePlus 5T ($499) ONEPLUS The OnePlus 5T (9/10) is one of our favorite Android phones at any price. It has the chops (and chips) to go head to head with any device, but costs $200-$500 less than its rivals. You just don’t see devices with top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors, AMOLED screens, 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage for $500. And if you do want to spend another $60, you can future proof it for another year or two, giving it 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Our only real complaints were that the camera has a few quirks (still very good), it’s only “splash” proof instead of waterproof, and OnePlus doesn’t have the best history with software updates. You'll probably want to buy a case ( this one  should protect it from drops) with the money you save. It also only works on GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. I could go on, but I’ll just say this: It’s a comfortable, pleasant, fast phone to use. I used to go back to usin...

People can use the “share button” for some data control. But what are they giving up when they just log in to Facebook? Facebook co-founder, chair, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018, in Washington, DC.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg   really wants you to know   there’s a button there for you to decide who among your friends and acquaintances sees the pictures, messages, and news articles you share on Facebook. He’s less willing to talk about how or if you can decide what advertisers and marketers see when you log in to Facebook in the first place. The 33-year-old founder, chair, and CEO of Facebook returned to Congress on Wednesday to answer a variety of   questions about his social media platform   before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Among the numerous items on the agenda were data ownership and access a...