Helldivers 2 Major Order says if we liberate all Automaton-held planets, we’ll wipe them out “once and for all” — but I don’t buy it

What you need to know Following successful defensive efforts at Malevelon Creek, Ubanea, and Draupnir, the new Helldivers 2 Major Order is directing players to liberate planets Tibit, Durgen, and Maia by early Monday morning. If the Helldivers can achieve this, they’ll boot the Automatons from the Galactic War completely, with the game suggesting they’ll […]

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The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)

Gideon Lichfield: OK, but let me play the synthetic biology devil’s advocate for a second. Lauren Goode: OK, OK. Gideon Lichfield: When you have kids, you are throwing the genetic dice, you are mixing your DNA and that of your partners, and— Lauren Goode: Oh, is that how you have kids? [laughter] Should we get […]

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A new variant of ransomware called LokiLocker threatens to wipe PC data

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central The BlackBerry Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new type of ransomware. Known as LokiLocker, the ransomware encrypts the data on affected PCs and then demands payment. This is par for the course for ransomware, but LokiLocker adds another wrinkle to its attack method. If a PC owner refuses […]

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