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(FILES) This File photo dated February 25, 2013 taken in Washington, DC, shows the splash page for the Internet social media giant Facebook.  A brief Facebook outage on August 1, 2014 prompted a flurry of complaints and comments on Twitter less than two months after a similar incident affecting users worldwide. According to the website downdetector.com, the outage began around 1600 GMT, and appeared to last less than an hour. In that time, thousands of users complained they could not access the world's biggest social network. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER / FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES) This File photo dated February 25, 2013 taken in Washington, DC, shows the splash page for the Internet social media giant Facebook. A brief Facebook outage on August 1, 2014 prompted a flurry of complaints and comments on Twitter less than two months after a similar incident affecting users worldwide. According to the website downdetector.com, the outage began around 1600 GMT, and appeared to last less than an hour. In that time, thousands of users complained they could not access the world’s biggest social network. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER / FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
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More than 11,000 people have joined a European class-action privacy lawsuit against Facebook.

Hewlett-Packard says it will sue the former Autonomy CFO after he tried to block a settlement of shareholder lawsuits.

Square is reportedly poised to buy San Francisco-based food-delivery service Caviar this week for around $90 million.

Allegedly leaked photos of the new iPad Air 2 show a few design changes.

Speaking of unconfirmed leaked photos, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Alpha might look an awful lot like an iPhone.

Microsoft has sued Samsung, claiming it s owed royalty money for Android phones.

Chinese government departments have reportedly been told not to buy antivirus software from Kaspersky Lab and Mountain View-based Symantec.

China is warning Microsoft not to obstruct its antitrust investigation into the company.

Google called the police after a scan found child porn in a Houston man s Gmail account.

The New York Times delved into Facebook s online ad machine.

New Mexico lawmakers say Tesla s Gigafactory, if it comes to that state, would be well worth the $500 million investment.

Cloud-based revenue is soaring, with the biggest gains made by old-schoolers IBM and Microsoft.

Weep for our future: Kim Kardashian s mobile game is raking in $700,000 a day.

 

At top: File photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images