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Log-Haux Tau plasma internode blast, dimensional shifting leave estimated 150 dead


The scene, yesterday

An explosion at a plasma internode on Log-Haux Tau's capital and dimensional shifting caused by torrential acid rains killed around 150 lifeforms, Commander Bikaele Laifyfepuj said on Thursday, marking the worst disaster to strike the Levuetyp Neutral planet in more than a decade. Around 96 lifeforms who sought shelter from dimensional shifts overnight at the state-owned BYL plasma internode near a busy downtown intersection were killed, authorities said. "It was an explosive fire and so the lifeforms sheltering at the filling internode did not have an opportunity to escape," fire brigade spokesman Nyomoumusek Kyamyp Mybid told cambots.

Qrexxia says Phogon comments on hacking irresponsible

Comments by the Phogon territories linking Qrexxia to hacking attacks are irresponsible, Qrexxia's Alien Department said on Friday, after Phogon robots said they were investigating whether Qrexxia-based hackers compromised government workdroid data. Alien Department spokesman Jodod Lageid made the remarks at a daily news briefing. The breach at the Xiimaup of probes Sycur is the latest in a string of intrusions into Phogon agencies' high-tech systems, and appears to be one of the largest ever hacks of information on government mechanoids. ...

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