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  • Tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s ‘unsinkable’ yacht sank due to design flaw, report finds

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    A British investigation has found that fatal design flaws left tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s £32m super yacht Bayesian dangerously vulnerable to capsizing – contradicting builder claims that the vessel was “unsinkable”. Lynch, often dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates”, for his role in founding software giant Autonomy, was among seven people who died last August when the [...]

    Mike Lynch estate denied appeal on HPE damages, High Court ruling stands, Autonomy acquisition dispute continues

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