3.26.0b Patch Notes

• Reduced the damage of the Memory Influence Monsters.
• The Refiner's Bargain Atlas Keystone now has Lifeforce found in your Maps is granted as a random Crop instead at 150% of the value (from 300%). The client will display the old value until updated in a later patch.
• Vastly reduced the gold cost of extremely rare Unique items from Cadiro in Betrayal. The rarest unique will cost at a maximum ~135000 gold. This is to alleviate an issue where you'd have to keep a huge amount of gold on your character at all times just in case the right unique item was offered. This is approximately twenty-five times cheaper now for the most expensive unique items.
• Fixed a bug where the Cannot have Minions other than Animated Weapons Modifier on the Dark Monarch Unique was not removing Animated Guardian.
• Fixed a bug where some Mercenaries would be unable to take actions while taunted by non-players.
• Fixed several cases of Mercenaries attempting to target players that had not opted into duels. They couldn't damage them, just try to.
• Fixed Veiled Chaos Orbs not being listable on the Currency Exchange.
• Fixed Syndicate Medallion, Echo of Loneliness, Echo of Trauma and Echo of Reverence not being in the Fragments tab of the Currency Exchange.
• Fixed Blessed Orbs not being usable on Expedition Logbooks.
• Fixed Kingsmarch resources not being collected if you hadn't visited Kingsmarch yet.
• Fixed a bug with Memory Lines sometimes not generating when talking to Eagon in your hideout.
• Fixed a bug where the Quisitive Quandaries The Dweller of the Deep Challenge was being completed when clearing the Fetid Pool instead.
• Added a tooltip for disabled Currency Exchange orders to clarify they can manually be migrated from Character Selection.
• Changed the Controller button for opening the Bestiary book and Heist inventory to avoid clashing with Mercenaries.
• Fixed a bug when using Controller where the dropdown selection in the Farm Plot UI was not working.
• Fixed a bug when using Controller where the Expedition Explosives placement not responding to right stick movement.
• Fixed a bug when using Controller where the Atlas Passive Tree selector on was not functioning correctly.
• Fixed a client crash when using Controller that could occur when talking to Sin about the Pantheon.
• Fixed a client crash when using Controller that could occur in the Challenges panel.
• Fixed a crash when using Controller that could occur when entering the socket management mode UI.
• Fixed 2 instance crashes.

This patch was deployed without restarting the servers, you'll need to patch your client to get the client changes.

Patch Notes - 3.26.0b Patch Notes (restartless) - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

^{Path of Exile}

We wanted to give an update talking about how the launch went and what we're immediately working on.

Over the weekend we launched Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas. We are so thrilled to see the number of people who joined us for launch day. Welcome back, Exiles!

Starting with the elephant in the room, unfortunately primarily our European servers but also servers across the globe have been facing a barrage of DDOS attacks. We understand that this issue has ruined such an anticipated launch for many players. This is unacceptable service and we are deeply sorry. We want to assure you that we are taking this very seriously and it is the highest priority problem for our company to solve. Due to the nature of these attacks, we're unable to provide a timeframe on when it will be resolved but we do want to acknowledge that we do see the issue and are doing everything we can to mitigate this.

Another thing we caught just prior to the launch was an issue with our final console builds which did not affect our internal realms so couldn't have been caught sooner than it was. Because this required brand new builds to be created, tested and then certified, this process took quite a long time to fix, but the console realms are now fully operational and players are able to login and play. We are implementing measures to prevent this occurring in the future.

While our system administration and backend team address the issues with the servers, our development team continues to monitor feedback. Currently the leading issue we're looking to address with the league is that a number of Mercenary skills, especially once you get to the middle of the campaign start to deal overwhelming amounts of damage to the player, often instantly killing you, you should expect a patch in the near future that puts all these skills more in line. This will not affect the Mercenary balance when they are your ally.

Additionally we're looking at making some improvements to the Memory Skills granted in maps influenced by The Originator, we'll have more updates on this later this week.

We also just wanted to give a huge thank you to all our players, be it those who have returned to play Path of Exile after a year with no expansions, and all those who are new to the game.

We're very excited to not only once again be delivering content, but playing the game alongside you all.

Thank you Exiles!

Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, has a new copyright challenge. Together with audio giant Sonos, Napster faces a lawsuit demanding over $3.4 million in alleged unpaid copyright royalties. Filed by SoundExchange, the complaint centers on missed payments related to the "Sonos Radio" service, which until 2023 was powered by Napster's music catalog.

Napster and Sonos Sued for Millions in Unpaid Music Royalties * TorrentFreak

Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, now finds itself facing a new copyright challenge.

^{Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)}

Submission Statement

Between 2001 and 2021, under four U.S. presidents, the United States spent approximately $2.3 trillion, with 2,459 American military fatalities and up to 360,000 estimated Afghan civilian deaths.

After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, approximately $7.12 billion worth of military equipment was left behind, according to a 2022 Department of Defense report. This equipment, transferred to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) from 2005 to 2021, included:

Weapons: Over 300,000 of 427,300 weapons, including rifles like M4s and M16s.  
Vehicles: More than 40,000 of 96,000 military vehicles, including 12,000 Humvees and 1,000 armored vehicles.  
Aircraft: 78 aircraft, valued at $923.3 million, left at Hamid Karzai International Airport, all demilitarized and rendered inoperable.  
Munitions: 9,524 air-to-ground munitions worth $6.54 million, mostly non-precision.  
Communications and Specialized Equipment: Nearly all communications gear (e.g., radios, encryption devices) and 42,000 pieces of night vision, surveillance, biometric, and positioning equipment.  

The United States has provided at least $93.41 billion in total aid to Afghanistan since 2001. This includes:

Military Aid (2001–2020): Approximately $72.7 billion (in current dollars), primarily through the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund ($71.7 billion) and other programs like International Military Education and Training, Foreign Military Financing, and Peacekeeping Operations ($1 billion combined).  

Humanitarian and Reconstruction Aid (2001–2025): Around $20.71 billion, including $3 billion in humanitarian and development aid post-2021 and $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets transferred to the Afghan Fund in 2022. Pre-2021 reconstruction and humanitarian aid (e.g., $174 million in 2001 and $300 million pledged in 2002) adds to this, though exact figures for the full period are less clear.  

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I'm making a guide to Pocket alternatives: getoffpocket.com

Still a work in progress, but even at this stage, I hope it can help you and anyone you know who has been affected by the Pocket shutdown.

Guide to Open Source Pocket Alternatives

Comprehensive comparison of open source read-it-later tools and hosting options

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ROME, June 17. /TASS/. Israel attacked Iran to help US interests in the Middle East as it loses its grip on global power amid the shift to multipolarity, former Italian envoy to Tehran and Beijing Alberto Bradanini said.

In his opinion, Israel's aggression, carried out under the pretext that Iran will soon have an atomic bomb, is actually aimed at bringing this energy-rich country to heel.

"The United States, though approaching its sunset, is still an empire, waging imperial wars in Europe against Russia through Ukraine, which is paying a huge price. The task of fighting Iran, which refuses to bend to America’s will, has been assigned to Israel, whose interests in this case coincide with its own colonial interests in relation to the lands of the Palestinians, as well as Lebanon and Syria," Bradanini told TASS in an interview.

Washington's imperialist amibitions fuel unrest in Middle East — expert

Alberto Bradanini dismissed the Western narrative that Iran is a nuclear threat

^TASS

When the Iranians targeted the Weizmann Institute early Sunday morning, they destroyed labs that will have to be rebuilt from scratch and set back research by many years

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'Years of work down the drain': Iranian missile tore through Israel's leading science institute

^{Gid'on Lev (Haaretz)}

Spanish authorities say the massive power outage in April across Spain and Portugal was due to technical and planning errors that led to a cascade of failures in the grid.

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Prime minister outlines plans to penalise countries that refuse to take back refused asylum seekers

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UK will look into more ‘transactional’ approach to granting visas, says Starmer

^{Peter Walker (The Guardian)}

Oscar winner accuses political leadership of ‘incompetence’ and ‘destructive decision-making’ in handling of anti-ICE protests and wildfires earlier this year

Mel Gibson calls for his fellow Angelenos to overthrow Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass

^{Joe Sommerlad (The Independent)}

Kenyan police have shot an apparent bystander at close range during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month

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Kenyan police shoot protester at close range during latest protests over blogger's death

^{Evelyne Musambi (The Independent)}

Program with the defense department is first under the startup’s initiative to put AI to work in governments

OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

The rules on how pan-European political parties can access EU funding are set to be tightened under a new agreement between MEPs and EU governments.

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New rules will see 95% of pan-European party funding come from EU budget

The rules on how pan-European political parties can access EU funding are set to be tightened under a new agreement between MEPs and EU governments. 

^{Benjamin Fox (EUobserver)}

Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the Houthis will come to the aid of any Arab or Muslim nation under attack.

“We will intervene to support Tehran against Zionist aggressions as we supported our brothers in Gaza,” al-Bukhaiti said.

The Houthis have been carrying out drone and missile attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure the country to end its war on Gaza.

Over the past days, Houthi missiles have coincided with Iranian launches against Israel.

LIVE: Israel, Iran trade attacks; Trump claims ‘control of skies over Iran’

Fighting between Iran and Israel rages for a fifth day with all eyes on US President Donald Trump’s next move.

^{Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)}

Exclusive: “There’s my challenge to Elon,” attorney S. Scott West told The Independent. “Make these vehicles so safe that I don’t have to do this anymore.”

‘Defectively designed’ Cybertruck burned so hot in crash that the driver’s bones literally disintegrated: lawsuit

^{Justin Rohrlich (The Independent)}

Authorities can’t enforce a new Florida law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state while the law is being challenged in court

Florida can't enforce a new immigration law while court challenge continues, judges rule

^{Mike Schneider (The Independent)}