US | FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids
FCC Republicans kill funding for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and Wi-Fi on school buses.
UK | Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'
Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.
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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars. Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, in 1989, but people informed of this often respond with a joke: Wasn’t that Al Gore? Still, his creation keeps growing, absorbing our reality in the process. If you’re reading this online, Berners-Lee wrote the hypertext markup language (HTML) that your browser is interpreting. He’s the necessary condition behind everything from Amazon to Wikipedia, and if A.I. brings about what Sam Altman recently called “the gentle singularity”—or else buries us in slop—that, too, will be an outgrowth of his global collective consciousness.Somehow, the man responsible for all of this is a mild-mannered British Unitarian who loves model trains and folk music, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with a picnic on a Welsh mountain. An emeritus professor at Oxford and M.I.T., he divides his time between the U.K., Canada, and Concord, Massachusetts, where he and his wife, Rosemary Leith, live in a stout greige house older than the Republic. On the summer morning when I visited, geese honked and cicadas whined. Leith, an investor and a nonprofit director who co-founded a dot-com-era women’s portal called Flametree, greeted me at the door. “We’re basically guardians of the house,” she said, showing me its antique features. I almost missed Berners-Lee in the converted-barn kitchen, standing, expectantly, in a blue plaid shirt. He shook my hand, then glanced at Leith. “Are you a canoer?” she asked. Minutes later, he and I were gliding across a pond behind the house.
Berners-Lee is bronzed and wiry, with sharp cheekbones and faraway blue eyes, the right one underscored by an X-shaped wrinkle. There’s a recalcitrant blond tuft at the back of his balding head; in quiet moments, I could picture Ralph Fiennes playing him in a movie—the internet’s careworn steward, ruminating on some techno-political conundrum. A twitchier figure emerged when he spoke. He muttered and trailed off, eyes darting, or froze midsentence, as though to buffer, before delivering a verbal torrent. It was the arrhythmia of a disciplined demeanor struggling with a restless mind. “Tim has always been difficult to understand,” a former colleague of his told me. “He speaks in hypertext.”
He visibly relaxed as we paddled onto the water. Berners-Lee swims daily when it’s warm, and sometimes invites members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to “pondithons,” or pond-based hackathons. “We have a joke that if you get any number of them on the island, then they form a quorum, and can make decisions,” he said, indicating a gazebo-size clump of foliage. He spoke of the web as though it were a small New England town and he one of the selectmen. Berners-Lee raised his two children in nearby Lexington, the cradle of the American Revolution, and rose early for the annual Patriots’ Day festivities. “We took them to the reënactment on the Battle Green,” he recalled, “and the midnight ride of Paul Revere.”
The Founding Fathers idolized Cincinnatus, who was appointed dictator to save the Roman Republic, then peacefully returned to his fields. Berners-Lee is admired in a similar spirit—not only for inventing the web but for refusing to patent it. Others wrung riches from the network; Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access. He’s been honored accordingly: a knighthood, in 2004; the million-dollar Turing Award, in 2016.
Now Sir Tim has written a memoir, “This Is for Everyone,” with the journalist Stephen Witt. It might have been a victory lap, but for the web’s dire situation—viral misinformation, addictive algorithms, the escalating disruptions of A.I. In such times, Berners-Lee can no longer be Cincinnatus. He has taken up the role of Paul Revere.
“They thought they were safe,” he said, as the boat startled a flock of geese. Platforms had lulled users into complacent dependency, then sealed off the exits, revealing themselves as extractive monopolies. Berners-Lee’s escape hatch is a project called the Solid Protocol, whose mission is to revolutionize the web by giving users control over their data. To accelerate its adoption, he launched a company, Inrupt, in 2017. “We can build a new world in which we get the functionality of things like Facebook and Instagram,” he told me. “And we don’t need to ask for permission.”
Berners-Lee knows that the obstacles are formidable. But he’s pulled off a miracle before. “Young people don’t understand what it took to make the web,” he said. “It took companies giving up their patent rights, it took individuals giving up their time and energy, it took bright people giving up their ideas for the sake of a common idea.” The dock slid into view just as he reached a crescendo. Smiling, he set down his paddle. “Shall I drop you here?”
Italy poll finds 15% see attacks on Jewish people as 'justifiable'
Around 15% of Italians consider physical attacks on Jewish people "entirely or fairly justifiable", according to a survey published on Tuesday, as protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza continue across the country.
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Drone Strikes Shut 38% of Russia’s Oil Refineries, Gasoline Output Falls 1 Million Tons
As of September 28, 38% of primary refining capacity – equal to 338,000 tons per day – was offline, with gasoline output falling by 1 million tons.
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Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists
A 2-year-old girl has been chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess, known as the Kumari. Aryatara Shakya replaces the previous Kumari, who has followed the tradition of stepping down upon reaching puberty.
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Ukraine Officially Reveals Long-Range Neptune-D Missile With 1,000 km Reach
The RK-360L missile, a land-attack variant of the Neptune system, boasts a range of 1,000 km and increased warhead capacity for versatile targeting.
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Chornobyl Nuclear Plant loses power after Russian attack on nearby town, Energy Ministry says
"Due to power surges, the New Safe Confinement — the key structure that isolates the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment — was left without electricity," the Energy Ministry said.
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Chornobyl Nuclear Plant loses power after Russian attack on nearby town, Energy Ministry says
"Due to power surges, the New Safe Confinement — the key structure that isolates the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment — was left without electricity," th…Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
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Germany arrests three alleged Hamas members on suspicion of plotting attacks
Germany’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday said three alleged members of Palestinian group Hamas were arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions.
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Germany arrests three alleged Hamas members on suspicion of plotting attacks
Germany’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday said three alleged members of Palestinian group Hamas were arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions.FRANCE 24
v2.0.0: Stable Release of Immich (complete with Merch and DVD)
v2.0.0 - Stable Release of Immich · immich-app immich · Discussion #22546
v2.0.0 - Stable Release of Immich Watch the video Welcome Hello everyone, After: ~1,337 days, 271 releases, 78,000 stars on GitHub, 1,558 contributors, 31,500 members on Discord, 36,000 members on ...GitHub
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French military boards Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones
Tanker, named on list of ‘shadow fleet’ vessels, may have been launchpad for drones that closed Denmark airports
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v2.0.0: Stable Release of Immich (complete with Merch and DVD)
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Russia-appointed ‘stooge’ mayor killed in apparent drone strike by Ukraine
Vladimir Leontyev had been convicted in absentia of collaboration with the enemy.
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Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91
Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world
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Data breach at dealership software provider impacts 766k clients
A ransomware attack at Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software (DMS), has exposed the sensitive data of 766,000 customers.
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Live: Samud Flotilla being intercepted by the IDF
Livestreams - Global Movement to Gaza
Watch live streams and video updates from the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to Gaza.globalsumudflotilla.org
Colombia to cancel free trade deal with Israel, "reform" treaty with US
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that his government will end its free trade agreement with Israel and seeks to revise the one with the United States.
Petro made the announcement during a cabinet meeting amid rapidly deteriorating tensions with its former partners over Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which is largely sponsored by the US.
The announcement came shortly after an open letter by the Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce, which said that 500 businessmen distanced themselves from the president’s opposition to the genocide.
According to Petro, the “pro-gringo” businessmen failed to understand that life comes before trade.
Colombia to cancel free trade deal with Israel, "reform" treaty with US
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that his government will end its free trade agreement with Israel and seeks to revise the one with the United States.
Petro made the announcement during a cabinet meeting amid rapidly deteriorating tensions with its former partners over Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which is largely sponsored by the US.
The announcement came shortly after an open letter by the Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce, which said that 500 businessmen distanced themselves from the president’s opposition to the genocide.
According to Petro, the “pro-gringo” businessmen failed to understand that life comes before trade.
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Colombia to cancel free trade deal with Israel, “reform” treaty with US [Adriaan Alsema | SEP 30 2025 | colombiareports.com]
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that his government will end its free trade agreement with Israel and seeks to revise the one with the United States.
Petro made the announcement during a cabinet meeting amid rapidly deteriorating tensions with its former partners over Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which is largely sponsored by the US.
The announcement came shortly after an open letter by the Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce, which said that 500 businessmen distanced themselves from the president’s opposition to the genocide.
According to Petro, the “pro-gringo” businessmen failed to understand that life comes before trade.
"Trade is not more important than life, as the 500 pro-gringo businessmen, who are not Colombian or do not appear to be, would have us believe. They are more interested in exporting trinkets to the United States than in preserving life on the planet." -- President Gustavo Petro
“We are not the kind of business that bows down to greed and that means we will also reform the FTA and that means we will no longer have an FTA,” said the president.
Consequently, “the coal companies that export [to Israel] must fold or sell their concessions,” said Petro.
US says they’ll revoke visa of Colombia’s president for call on US soldiers to disobey Trump
Apart from ending the free trade deal with Israel and seeking changes in the treaty with the US, Petro ordered the ministers of trade and transport, to prioritize road infrastructure projects that would allow increased trade with the rest of South America.
"We had the most powerful international trade agreement with the Andean Pact. And now the political satraps come out and say that it is with the United States. When was that the case? Our industrial goods were sold to Venezuela and Ecuador. There was always food trade in the Andean Pact. Why did we abandon the Andean Pact? To prioritize a free trade agreement with the United States that hurts us." -- President Gustavo Petro
The president additionally ordered his foreign minister, Rosa Villavicencio, to replace the personnel at the Colombian embassy to Beijing, claiming that his attempts to strengthen ties with China were being sabotaged.
The government began improving trade relations with China earlier this year in response to an apparent trade war on the rest of the world declared by Trump after taking office.^[[1] https://archive.ph/q1UQ2]
How to get subtitles in jellyfin
I was a regular Plex user, until they had their mental breakdown recently. So I switched to jellyfin. I have only two problems with jellyfin so far. One of them is subtitles (the other is the "remote controller" doesn't always sync properly).
Plex had an integrated subtitle downloader. You could just start a show, see that it was lacking subtitles and Plex could isntantly download subtitles for you. That doesn't seem to work in Jellyfin.
Is there an option or a plugin somewhere that can do/fix this for jellyfin?
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Ollama on Fedora Silverblue
Ollama on Fedora Silverblue
I found myself dealing with various rough edges and questions around running Ollama on Fedora Silverblue for the past few months. These arise from the fact that there are a few different ways of in…Debarshi's den
The BlueSky Patent Non-Aggression Pledge is Good for The Social Web
We are happy to see the patent non-aggression pledge published by BlueSky today.
Software patents and related intellectual property can have a dampening effect on innovation in an entire application domain, such as distributed social networks. They make developers use complex, roundabout methods to do simple tasks, just to avoid the appearance of using a technique that may or may not be patented by another company now or in the future.
By offering this pledge, BlueSky makes it that much easier for everyone in this entire area — not just those working on ATProto or closely linked technologies — to more safely explore techniques without worrying about patent trolls pouncing on them or their users sometime in the future. It was a brave and generous step on their part.
The ActivityPub specifications, including Activity Streams, are covered by the W3C Patent Policy which gives good protection from patents by the specification creators and the W3C member organizations. Patent licensing is an important advantage of working in an open standards organization.
With the BlueSky patent pledge, another distributed social networking protocol and its related technologies are free to explore and re-use with less worry about paying royalties to a patent holder. It’s a good step forward in the ecosystem.
We hope companies and projects in other distributed social network ecosystems follow up on this step by releasing their own patent pledges, or developing their standards in an open standards organization like the W3C.
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Hey Google, meet Gemini: the new voice of your smart home
Hey Google, meet Gemini: the new voice of your smart home
Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini on every Google Home and Nest speaker or display, bringing natural language, context, and new smart home features.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (The Verge)
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Launching October 1st, Gemini For Home is a suite of new AI-powered features for Google’s smart home hardware and software.The biggest change: Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on all of Google’s smart speakers, all the way back to the original Google Home speaker. This LLM-powered upgrade, announced at Google I/O, will be available through an Early Access program at first, with a wider rollout planned for next year.
On smart speakers, Gemini brings an entirely new voice assistant that uses and understands natural language, can interpret context, and can pull in more real-time information. You still activate it with the wake words “hey Google,” but Google Assistant has been evicted.
“Gemini for Home is the intelligence for your entire home,” Anish Kattukaran, head of product at Google Home and Nest, tells The Verge. “It’s not going to just replace Assistant on speakers and displays, but it’s going to upgrade your other devices as well, your cameras and doorbells, where you interact with those devices, and bring those smarts collectively to your entire home.”
I'm not excited for Apple to invent smart homes after this, completing the duopoly of LLMs being in everyone's homes even harder than before.
Long live Home Assistant
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.Home Assistant
Strike called in Italy, protests flare over interception of Gaza aid ships
ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.
In the southern city of Naples, demonstrators got into the main railway station and halted train traffic, while police surrounded the Termini railway station in Rome after protesters gathered close to entrances.
"The aggression against civilian ships that were carrying Italian citizens is an extremely serious matter," the CGIL union said, calling the strike which other smaller unions said they would join.
In the northwestern city of Genoa, the USB announced that it intended to block the port and called on all protesters to gather at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) at one of the main entrances.
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Strike called in Italy, protests flare over interception of Gaza aid ships
ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.
In the southern city of Naples, demonstrators got into the main railway station and halted train traffic, while police surrounded the Termini railway station in Rome after protesters gathered close to entrances.
"The aggression against civilian ships that were carrying Italian citizens is an extremely serious matter," the CGIL union said, calling the strike which other smaller unions said they would join.
In the northwestern city of Genoa, the USB announced that it intended to block the port and called on all protesters to gather at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) at one of the main entrances.
Strike called in Italy, protests flare over interception of Gaza aid ships
ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.
In the southern city of Naples, demonstrators got into the main railway station and halted train traffic, while police surrounded the Termini railway station in Rome after protesters gathered close to entrances.
"The aggression against civilian ships that were carrying Italian citizens is an extremely serious matter," the CGIL union said, calling the strike which other smaller unions said they would join.
In the northwestern city of Genoa, the USB announced that it intended to block the port and called on all protesters to gather at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) at one of the main entrances.
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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.Matt McGrath (BBC News)
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It's ultimately good news, but the framing is bizarre.
Who criticises global warming? Well, people like us, and pope Leo. As opposed to people who'd rather criticise us and claim that global warming is no biggie (or even not happening).
Similarly, who minimises climate change? Well, people who are actually doing something about it. People who are switching away from burning fossil fuels and taking other steps to minimise the impact of not only themselves, but others, by working in fields like renewable energy, transit, heat pumps, etc.
Even the other framing of "minimising the impact of climate change" means working with adaptation strategies.
I can only assume the framing is so weird because of choices the BBC made.
My dad, very strong "Catholic". Pope says something, my dad, "ahh don't listen to him, he's an idiot"
My interpretation is he's not actually catholic just likes the church because sometime he can use it to justify his bigotry, when it's convenient for him and nobody has the energy to challenge the hypocrisy
Probably very few people will change their mind. It might sway a few Catholics who are on the fence about global climate change (somehow).
But what the Pope says will have an impact on young people from Catholic families who haven't learned much about climate change. Especially in places like the Philippines where climate change is quite literally lapping at their shores.
The idea that all Catholics have to do what the Pope says, or even agree with the Pope, is, frankly, anti-Catholic bullcrap - back when I was a very very small child, John Birch Society bigots were passing out pamphlets claiming JFK would be taking his orders from the Vatican.
But what the Pope does have is moral and persuasive authority. And when teenagers are growing up and learning about the world, and TikTok and right wing news are spewing all sorts of climate denial garbage at them, and they're being bombarded from all sides by the message that all politicians are liars and everybody's out to take your money and trying to change anything is hopeless - don't underestimate the influence of someone who's respected as not just a world leader but a good man.
Hades 2's latest hotfix rectifies narrative hiccups and stops Olympus runs ending in the most frustrating way I can imagine
Hades 2 devs Supergiant have released the roguelike's first 1.0 hotfix, rectifying a list of issues that includes some narrative scipting.
Allianz Life says July data breach impacts 1.5 million people
Allianz Life has completed the investigation into the cyberattack it suffered in July and determined that nearly 1.5 million individuals are impacted.
Blast off! Firefox turns data power plays into a game
We’re celebrating Firefox’s 21st anniversary this November, marking more than two decades of building a web that reflects creativity, independence and trust. While other major browsers are backed by billionaires, Firefox exists to ensure that the internet works for you — not for those cashing in on your data.
Brave browser passes 100 million monthly active users
Over the past two years, the Brave browser has seen an average of about 2.5 million net new users each month. This September, we officially surpassed 100 million monthly active users worldwide.
[Patch Notes] 0.3.1 Patch Notes
0.3.1 Patch Notes
This patch contains major changes to the Endgame detailed in our recent news post, increases to the base Remnant pickup range, in addition to many other changes and bug fixes.
Endgame Changes:
- You no longer need Towers to use Precursor Tablets, instead, Tablets can now be placed into the Map Device to add their bonuses directly to your Map.
- Tablets now have a fixed number of uses, as described by its Implicit Modifier.
- Each time you use a Tablet while running a Map, the number of remaining uses on the Tablet decreases. Once it reaches zero, the Tablet is destroyed.
- You can use up to 3 Tablets with each Map, but the number of slots available is based on how many modifiers the Map has. Running a Map with 6 Modifiers will enable all 3 of the Tablets slots on the Map Device.
- Tablets cannot be applied to areas that have already been attempted.
- Towers can still be used to gain visibility on the Atlas, and they will also drop an extra Precursor Tablet as a reward for completing them.
- Non-Unique Tablets now have 10 uses (previously 12 to 18), or in the case of the Overseer's Tablet it now has 10 uses (previously 2 to 4).
- As your tablets are now directly applied to your Maps, this means that you can now apply the content you desire to every single Map you run (assuming you have the tablet supply). However, the ceiling for the amount of content you can apply to a single Map has been lowered. Overall this results in a more streamlined and consistent experience, but in order to not have the ceiling come down too far, we've buffed the modifiers on Tablets:
- Bountiful: Now has a value of 15 to 40 (previously 10 to 15).
- Breeding: Now has a value of 4 to 10 (previously 3 to 7).
- Brimming: Now has a value of 15 to 40 (previously 10 to 15).
- Collector's: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 7 to 10).
- Elevated: Now has a value of 5 to 20 (previously 5 to 10).
- Plundering: Now has a value of 4 to 10 (previously 3 to 70.
- Teeming: Now has a value of 25 to 70 (previously 15 to 25).
- Treasurer's: Now has a value of 1 to 3 (previously 1).
- of Ancient Fiends: Now has a value of 15 to 40 (previously 10 to 15).
- of Compartments: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of Conquering: Now has a value of 20 to 80 (previously 20 to 40).
- of Crystals: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of Envy: Now has a value of 8 to 24 (previously 3 to 8).
- of Eternity: Now has a value of 6 to 12 (previously 3 to 6).
- of Fissuring: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Freeze Time: Now has a value of 2 to 5 (previously 2)).
- of Devotion: Now has a value of -30 to -20 (previously -15 to -10).
- of Hoards: Now has a value of 10 to 20 (previously 10 to 15).
- of Knowledge: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Omens: Now has a value of 25 to 70 (previously 15 to 25).
- of Madness: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Mirrors: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Pathways: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Persecution: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Phobia: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Prayers: Now has a value of 1 to 3 (previously 1).
- of Relics: Now has a value of 6 to 18 (previously 3 to 6).
- of Runes: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Rupturing: Now has a value of 4 to 10 (previously 2 to 4).
- of Sacrifice: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Spirits: Now has a value of 50 to 100 (previously 30 to 50).
- of Shrines: Now has a value of 50 to 100 (previously 30 to 50).
- of Strongboxes: Now has a value of 50 to 100 (previously 30 to 50).
- of Treasure: Now has a value of 20 to 60 (previously 15 to 20).
- of Undertaking: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of Verisium: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of Wisps: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of Worship: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of the Appeal: Now has a value of 15 to 40 (previously 10 to 15).
- of the Cartographer: Now has a value of 20 to 50 (previously 10 to 20).
- of the Commander: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of the Cult: Now has a value of 15 to 40 (previously 10 to 15).
- of the Demolition: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Detonator: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Dogma: Now has a value of -30 to -20 (previously -15 to -10).
- of the Domain: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Essence: Now has a value of 50 to 100 (previously 30 to 50).
- of the Exile: Now has a value of 25 to 50 (previously 15 to 25).
- of the Flash: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Foundling: Now has a value of 25 to 70 (previously 15 to 25).
- of the Hand: Now has a value of 1 to 3 (previously 1).
- of the Horde: Now has a value of 25 to 70 (previously 15 to 25).
- of the Invasion: Now has a value of 4 to 10 (previously 4 to 6).
- of the Occult: Now has a value of 300 to 600 (previously 100 to 300).
- of the Pursuit: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Simulacrum: Now has a value of 10 to 30 (previously 5 to 10).
- of the Writings: Now has a value of 1 to 2 (previously 1).
- of the Unending: Now has a value of -30 to -20 (previously -15 to -10).
- We've also added 7 new Tablet modifiers:
- Azmeri's: Area contains 1 additional Azmeri Spirit
- Crystallised: Area contains an additional Essence
- Exiled: Area is inhabited by 1 additional Rogue Exile
- Summoner's: Area contains an additional Summoning Circle
- of the Antiquarian: Area contains an additional Strongbox
- of the Devoted: Area contains an additional Shrine
- of the Summoning: Area has 25 to 50% increased chance to contain a Summoning Circle
- All Maps now contain Map Bosses (except for some Unique Maps and Hideouts). To complete a Map you are only required to kill the Boss, you no longer have to kill any Rares and you can do as much or as little of the rest of the Map as you please.
- The existing icons that currently indicate there is a Map Boss now instead signify the area contains a Powerful Map Boss that is extra challenging and rewarding.
- The following Map Boss Atlas Passive Skills now require a Powerful Boss to be present in the Map: Beyond Reality, Crystal Realm, Directed Worship, Drawn To Light, Old Pirate's Trick, and Organised Forces.
- Map Areas now generate with 1 to 3 extra random content, including Breach, Delirium, Ritual, Expedition, Shrines, Strongboxes, Essences, Wisps, Rogue Exiles, and Summoning Circles.
- This content will be added in addition to the content added by your Tablets and Map Modifiers, and selected afterwards. If you have a Modifier that adds an Expedition Encounter, which cannot have more than 1 in an area, a different type of extra content is selected instead.
- Content icons for Breach, Delirium, Ritual and Expedition have been removed from the Atlas.
- The size of the following Map Areas has been reduced: Penitentiary, Vaal City, Channel, Bastille, Grimhaven, Epitaph, Oasis, Augury, Hidden Grotto, Wetlands, Savannah, Blooming Field, Rupture, Slick, and Fortress.
- The number of Monster Packs in lower-Tier Maps has been reduced by roughly 30%. As you proceed through the tiers, the number of Monsters Packs will increase so that by Tier 15 it is the same as it was before.
- Adjusted the composition of all naturally spawning Monster Packs in Maps. This results in more packs of a smaller number of Monsters, but roughly the same total amount of Monsters in a Map.
- The Ground Effects for the "of Ice", "of Lightning", and "of Flames" Map Modifiers now cover 75% less of the Map on Tier 1 to 5 Waystones, 68% less on Tier 6 to 10 Waystones, and 62% less on Tier 11 or higher Waystones.
- Increased the chance of Citadels spawning by 66%.
- The Visions of Paradise Unique Precursor Tablet now adds Irradiated rather than removing it.
- Atlas Maps connected to a Sealed Vault can now spawn a Vaal Beacon on map completion, which when clicked will drop an Idol of Estazunti. Previously, this item dropped from the final Rare monster or Map Boss.
- Added visual effects to the Atlas around maps near to Vaults, Sandstorms, and Maelstroms to help guide players.
- Updated the Precursor Towers Quest to end once you've spoken to Doryani after activating a Precursor Tower.
- Updated various Doryani dialogue lines to reflect changes made to Precursor Towers and Tablets.
- The walking sequence from the Sacred Reservoir Map has been removed.
Rise of the Abyssal Changes:
- The Well of Souls now shows a more detailed description for the type of Passive Skill nodes the revealed modifier options will affect.
- The Well of Souls now applies the resistance penalty of your highest reached Act rather than strictly Act 2.
- Icons for Abyss cracks no longer display on the edge of the minimap when out of range.
- Enabled the Eruption of Souls Abyssal Rare Monster Modifier.
- Added Abyss to the Atlas Map Legend.
Player Changes:
- When calculating chance to Hit vs Players or their Minions, we now use the following formula: Chance to Hit = 1 - (0.95 * defender_evasion) / (defender_evasion + 4 * attacker_accuracy)
- The chance to hit formula vs Monsters is unchanged.
- Players no longer receive Evasion Rating scaling with level. Player base Evasion Rating is now 7 (previously 27). This will result in all classes having a 5% chance to evade baseline at level 1 with no equipment.
- Monster Accuracy Rating scaling has been adjusted slightly to account for the above changes.
- The base pickup radius for all Remnants has been increased by approximately 50%.
- The Stormweaver's Remnant Range Ascendancy Passive Skills now have "Remnants can be collected from 20% further away" (previously 30%).
- The Principal Infusion Notable Passive Skill now has "Remnants can be collected from 20% further away" (previously 15%).
- Small Passive Skills that provide Remnant Pickup Range now have values of 15% (previously 10%).
- Harmonic Remnants Support I and II now have "Remnants created by supported Skills can be collected from 35% further away" (previously 100%).
- Siphon Elements now has Remnants created by Supported Skills can be collected from 14-38% further away at gem levels 8-20 (previously 17-47%).
- You are now unable to have more than 10 Ancestral Warrior Totems currently active at once.
- Made improvements to Parry's behaviour to reduce the number of times it looks like a hit should be Parried but isn't.
- Reduced the Heavy Stun buildup a player gains when Parrying a hit by approximately 30%.
- Reduced the amount of Heavy Stun buildup applied by monsters at very low levels.
- The Void Illusion Skill now works with Hollow Palm's Physical Damage modifier.
- The plants from Vine Arrow can now only take poison damage from allies.
- Persistent buff skills that must be active in all weapon sets now describe this requirement.
- Whirling Assault now uses pathfinding to avoid obstacles.
General Changes:
- You can now use Orbs of Alchemy on Magic items. When used on Magic items the original modifiers are not retained.
- Enabled the Romira's Requital and Kalisa's Crescendo Lineage Support Gems, which were mistakenly not able to drop. They are now in the global drop pool.
- Added 779 more foiled Unique Item options that the Twilight Reliquary can yield.
- Elzarah, the Cobra Lord in Sel Khari Sanctuary now drops a one-time guaranteed Djinn Barya that can be used to obtain your third set of Ascendancy Points if you have not already acquired them. This will drop for new and existing characters, regardless of whether they have already killed Elzarah.
- Updated the Treasures of Utzaal quest steps to be more clear for characters that were defeating the Forgemaster in The Molten Vault after having already completed the Treasures of Utzaal quest on another character in the same league.
- Added Jacob, the Town Crier to Kingsmarch, who will update the town on your journey as you progress through Act 4.
- Character Panel estimations for player Accuracy, Armour and Evasion now use a maximum Monster level of 82 for calculations (previously level 84).
- The Stash and Merchant UI will now remember your previously entered search terms.
- Omen of Whittling will now correctly highlight Desecrated modifiers if they can be rerolled.
- Undying Hate now has a keyworded description for Unstable Desecration, clarifying that Preserved Cranium currency items have an increasing chance to destroy the item.
- Updated the description of Zenith II Support to clarify that only mana costs are recouped.
- Updated descriptions of Freeze, Electrocute and Pin buildup on monsters.
- Adjusted the density and spacing of packs in The Khari Crossing and Qimah.
- Added the Salvage and Reforge benches to The Khari Bazaar.
- Added a second sprint animation for higher movement speeds.
- Added more appropriate crossbow reload animations for very slow reloads.
- Changed some suggested supports that were incorrect for Flash Grenade and Lightning Warp.
- Reduced the damage and the projectile count of the Treant Foulspawn barrage skill.
- The Bloodthief Queen Monster can no longer be Tamed or bound as a Spectre.
- Enabled the existing Darkshard Armour Set, Hood, and Helmet Attachment microtransactions for use in Path of Exile 2.
- Enabled the existing Ancient Dread Armor Set and Primordial Dread Helmet Attachment microtransactions for use in Path of Exile 2.
- Enabled the existing Darkshard Cloak and Darkshard Wings microtransactions for use in Path of Exile 2.
- Enabled the existing Solar Knight Armour Set microtransactions for use in Path of Exile 2.
- Made adjustments to the audio system. This may help with audio performance, as well as some situations where audio could cut out.
- Improved the performance of the overkill explosion effect from the Trampletoe Unique Boots.
- Improved the performance of Abyss cracks and craters.
- Improved the performance in the Scorched Farmlands.
- Improved the performance in Kingsmarch.
- Forge Hammer aftershocks are no longer silent.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug preventing Fracturing Mirrors from spawning in Delirium.
- Fixed a bug where additional Monster Modifiers on Unique Monsters were not applying some stats correctly, such as Maximum Life or Item Rarity.
- Fixed an issue where some Map Bosses were not benefiting from increased difficulty modifiers.
- Fixed an issue where some Map Bosses that changed form during the fight would not benefit from increased difficulty modifiers.
- Fixed a bug where Zolin, Blood Priest could re-animate and become invulnerable if you killed them and then returned to the area.
- Fixed a bug where Ashar the Sand Mother and similar Bosses could leap out of their arenas.
- Fixed a bug where Karash, The Dune Dweller could escape the arena in The Silent Cave Unique Map.
- Fixed a bug where the Aurelian, the Grand Adjudicator Boss fight was not affected by Map Difficulty.
- Fixed a bug where Avelyne, the Withered Rose could sometimes ignore you and continue to dance around not fighting you in the Derelict Mansion Map.
- Fixed a bug where The Black Crow Map Boss could fail to transition to the second phase of the fight.
- Fixed some cases where Diamora, Song of Death could fail return to her arena after diving into the water.
- Fixed a bug where you could not re-enter the second arena of the final Act 4 boss fight after the fight begins.
- Fixed a bug where the grace period during the phase change of the final Act 2 boss was removed too early.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent Unique enemies from receiving the appropriate Heavy Stun Buildup from some hits.
- Fixed a bug with Ancestral Warrior Totem that allowed other Totems to bypass their Limit.
- Fixed a bug where Damage over Time would reserve all Darkness immediately.
- Fixed a bug where Skeletal Reaver's Enrage would stop dealing damage to themselves if they survived long enough.
- Fixed a bug where Forge Hammers could persist indefinitely if the Skill Gem was modified while deployed.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Deliberation Support from being able to support Freezing Salvo.
- Fixed a bug where Firestorm was still unable to inflict ignite despite no longer consuming ignite.
- Fixed a bug where you could receive Heavy Stun build up from enemy hits indefinitely after being interrupted while Parrying.
- Fixed an issue where you could spectre the Expedition Vaal Zealots, they now are replaced by their non-expedition versions.
- Fixed an issue where some Act 4 Monsters that were spawned by Strongboxes did not function correctly when bound as a Spectre.
- Fixed a bug where Triggered Living Lightning did not having the Cooldown type, which prevented supportability for Cooldown Recovery Support.
- Fixed a bug where Forge Hammer's impact was not creating Aftershocks.
- Fixed a bug where Forge Hammer's impact was not visually displaying when it was Ancestrally Boosted.
- Fixed a bug where certain Passive Skills that granted Maximum Fire Resistance were not applying to the Smith of Kitava's Forged in Flame Ascendancy Passive Skill.
- Fixed a bug where network latency could be reported incorrectly when idle, particularly at high latencies.
- Fixed a bug where Strongboxes did not spawn monsters in the following Maps: Caldera, Cliffside, Flotsam, Rupture, Sinkhole, Stronghold, or Wayward Isle.
- Fixed a bug where the barrels created by the Rotting Demolitionist Monster could block players.
- Fixed an issue where some movement skills were not able to be used in the Boss arena of the Sacred Reservoir Map.
- Fixed a bug where Dodge Roll was not avoiding Curses granted by Rogue Exile's Hand of Chayula.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Rogue Exiles from dodge rolling.
- Fixed a bug where the Map Device UI didn't display the +1 to Monster Level from Irradiated Atlas Icons sometimes.
- Fixed a bug where the modifiers applied to Maps by the Liquid Paranoia and Diluted Liquid Ire did not display in the Map Area modifiers list.
- Fixed a bug where the Heavy Stun meter was not correctly showing how far through the stun animation a monster was.
- Fixed a bug where the Target Cursor Aiming Mode Option would not function correctly with some channelled skills.
- Fixed a bug where Ignites applied to players were purple if they had the Black Covenant Keystone allocated.
- Fixed a bug where the checkpoints in Howling Cave were not functioning correctly.
- Fixed a bug where the Specialisation Book obtained for the Clearing the Way Quest incorrectly completed the world map icon for The Abominable Yeti in the Howling Caves.
- Fixed a bug where the Morior Invictus Unique Body Armour was not working correctly with socketed Talismans.
- Fixed a bug where some music, most notably Una's, was not playing.
- Fixed a bug where using some Skills while mounted on a Rhoa when using a Controller would target the ground if you were not targeting an enemy.
- Fixed a bug where you could be unable to revive another player when using a Controller if you had a Skill bound to the Revive button. We've also added an Option that can be enabled to prioritise reviving over using Skills, this can be found under Controller in the Game Options tab.
- Fixed a bug where the interact button on Controller could stop working after interacting with a Strongbox.
- Fixed an issue where Spirit calculation could be incorrectly taking invalid Skills into account when using a Controller.
- Fixed a bug where the league migration option was hidden when using a Controller.
- Fixed an issue where players on PlayStation could experience crackling audio or had the audio cut out.
- Fixed a bug where Microtransactions applied to Weapons were not carrying over when the item was used from another weapon set.
- Fixed a bug where the Light of Divinity Sceptre Skin microtransaction was replacing the 2D art of your equipped Sceptre.
- Fixed a visual bug with the Overgrown Gargoyle Portal Effect microtransaction.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the client freeze when entering a new area after respawning in party play.
- Fixed some situations where the DirectX 12 renderer could crash.
- Fixed a client crash that could occur on PlayStation.
- Fixed 4 client crashes.
- Fixed 2 instance crashes.
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in reply to BrikoX • • •And the context that is sorely needed due to the intentionally clickbait inflammatory headline and description (not OPs but the article writer):
The previous FCC lead overstepped their bounds. Misappropriating taxpayer dollars was a staple of the previous administration.
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Yet George W. Bush did that for bookmobiles so we know Carr is full of shit.
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in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •and then quoted the applicable (Universal Service) law that directly contradics Carr's bullshit.