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Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center

The West Des Moines project will create 29 new jobs

Bitcoin Foundation warned by California financial regulator

The foundation maintains that it is not a money-transmission business

NSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong reportedly for Russia

Hong Kong's government said Sunday Edward Snowden had left for a third country

Reports: FTC probes Google’s Waze acquisition

The U.S. agency is reportedly reviewing the potential anti-competitive impact of Google's purchase of the Israeli mapping app developer

Facebook bug exposes contact information from millions of users

There is no evidence, the company says, that the bug has been exploited maliciously

Android ransomware marks profitable new era for cybercriminals

Oracle to charge extra for 12c database’s ‘fundamental’ feature

Intrigue builds over an Oracle and Microsoft press conference set for Monday

British intelligence tapping fiber-optic cables for massive amounts of data

The GCHQ surveillance program is even bigger than NSAs, The Guardian says

‘Hell is Other People’ is the anti-social app

Want to avoid your friends? Have we got an app for you

Civil liberties advocates call for more oversight of NSA surveillance

NSA surveillance programs need more transparency, critics say