TECHNOLOGY

The Italian Coast Guard has confirmed the recovery of the bodies of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judith Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Christopher Morvillo, and his wife Neda Morvillo from the wreckage of the Bayesian superyacht, Sky News reported. The yacht was hit by a tornado and capsized early Monday. 

AFP News and Reuters have also reported that Lynch's body had been recovered from the wreckage. Authorities (more…)

Authored by Paul Lancefield via Off-Guardian.org,

Facebook make only about £34 a year from the average customer in the UK – a little under £3 a month (and that’s before costs) so clearly there is no head-room or motivation, for a human level of customer service or attention. The user is not the customer; rather, they are the product whose data is sold to advertisers.

Thus, users do not have a direct customer relationship with the platform. The network is not directly (more…)

US chipmaker Microchip Technology disclosed that an "unauthorized party" had compromised "certain servers and some business operations." This cyberattack raises significant concerns due to Microchip's critical role in supplying advanced chips to the US defense industry, supporting critical systems such as precision strike and missile defense weapons, radar systems, autonomous platforms, image processing, and command and control centers. 

Microchip (more…)