But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.

Case file: cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content…

Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case

^{Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)}

From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year

https://breachmedia.ca/15-movement-victories-in-2025-you-may-not-have-heard-about/

Carney’s immigration law C-12 is a new chapter in an old Canadian playbook of scapegoating migrants while serving the corporate elites

https://breachmedia.ca/canada-repeating-century-of-anti-migrant-harm-bill-c12/

A data breach at Coupang that exposed the information of 33.7 million customers has been tied to a former employee who retained access to internal systems after leaving the company.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coupang-data-breach-traced-to-ex-employee-who-retained-system-access/

0.4.0 Hotfix 4

• Fixed another client crash in cosmetics panel while using a controller.
• Fixed a client crash in the Guild UI.
• Fixed a client crash.
• Fixed a bug where wolves from Pounce/Predator's Mark would deal no damage and be invincible after you die and revive
• Fixed 5 instance crashes.
• Fixed a client crash on Vulkan renderer.
• Fixed a bug where Raging Cry Support wasn't delaying Rage decay.
• Dying outside of boss encounters in the Atziri's Temple now allows you to respawn at the checkpoint instead of the Vaal Ruins.
• Thrashing Vines will now more consistently target & hit the same enemy repeatedly, improving its Single Target DPS.
• Any existing Cartographer's Chisel and Engineer's Orb will be deleted upon next login.

Early Access Patch Notes - 0.4.0 Hotfix 4 - Forum - Path of Exile

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

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0.4.0 Hotfix 3

• Fixed a bug where Cartographer's Chisels could drop 😳
• These items will be automatically removed soon.

Early Access Patch Notes - 0.4.0 Hotfix 3 - Forum - Path of Exile

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

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0.4.0 Hotfix 2

• Fixed a client crash in cosmetics panel while using a controller.
• Fixed a common client crash.
• Fixed an instance crash.
• Fixed an instance crash when using Unearth
• Fixed an issue where the game would not pause properly sometimes.

Early Access Patch Notes - 0.4.0 Hotfix 2 - Forum - Path of Exile

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

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0.4.0 Hotfix

• Fixed a client crash that could occur in party play with a Druid.
• Fixed an instance crash.

Early Access Patch Notes - 0.4.0 Hotfix - Forum - Path of Exile

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

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3.27.0f Patch Notes

• Server maintenance and account system updates.

Downtime will be approximately 15 minutes, apologies for any inconvenience.

Patch Notes - 3.27.0f Patch Notes - Forum - Path of Exile

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

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Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.

Riding onboard with Rivian's race to autonomy | TechCrunch

^{Sean O'Kane (TechCrunch)}

Some things change. Some things stay the same.

Just a few minutes ago I had occasion to dredge up my truly ancient digital archives. These two photos are taken in the same location, and although I am positive they are not actually the selfsame flower, they are at least the same kind of flower.

Apparently I took the headline photo with my Canon PowerShot A60. This was the fourth digital camera I ever owned. First was an Afga ePhoto Smile, then HP PhotoSmart C200 which was a big deal at the time because achieved one whole megapixel, then a PowerShot A40, and then the A60.

I took this a few weeks ago with my Canon R10, using my RF 35mm ƒ/1.8.

As House Speaker Mike Johnson eyes a vote next week on a to-be-announced health care package, a growing number of House Republicans are revolting against leadership by trying to force a vote on extending the expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies.

Nearly a dozen Republicans -- many from swing districts -- have signed onto dueling bipartisan discharge petitions to extend and reform the subsidies in the hopes of bypassing leadership and triggering a vote on the House floor.

This move comes as the subsidies are set to expire at the end of the month, which will prompt health premiums for more than 20 million Americans to soar.

Growing number of House Republicans sign on to effort to force vote on ACA subsidies -- defying Speaker Johnson

Nearly a dozen Republicans have signed on to dueling measures.

^{Lauren Peller (ABC News)}

Defeat complicates the picture for Republicans across the US as they seek to redraw districts in an increasingly messy battle

The Indiana legislature’s rejection of a new map that would have added two Republican seats in Congress marked one of the biggest political defeats for Donald Trump so far in his second term and significantly damaged the Republican effort to reconfigure congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

The defeat showed that Trump’s political might is not unlimited. For months, the president waged an aggressive effort to twist the arms of Indiana lawmakers into supporting a new congressional map, sending JD Vance to meet in person with lawmakers. Trump allies also set up outside groups to pressure state lawmakers.

Heritage Action, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation, which has close ties to the Trump administration, issued a dramatic threat this week ahead of the vote: if the new map wasn’t passed, Indiana would lose federal funding. “Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame,” the group posted on X. The state’s Republican lieutenant governor said in a since-deleted X post that Trump administration officials made the same threat.

Indiana’s rejection of new voting map shows Trump’s might is not unlimited

^{Sam Levine (The Guardian)}

https://time.com/7339513/ai-fei-fei-li-virtual-worlds/

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

archive.ph/8DQK4

Dec. 12, 2025

In Gaza, nearly 50 men, teenagers and boys made their way through a stormy night and muddy, flooded streets to a makeshift cafe in a tent on the outskirts of Khan Younis, where a technician worked frantically to get the game’s livestream playing on a big TV powered by solar panels and batteries, and the cafe’s owner fed cardboard boxes and paper scraps into a fire to make hot drinks and heat the room.

Ismail Nasser al-Din, 20, sat dripping wet, clutching a Palestinian flag. He said he had lost his brother, a cousin and a friend in the war. “I hope our team will win,” he said. “We need any reason to laugh, enjoy and get some relief.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/middleeast/palestine-soccer-saudi-arabia-arab-cup.html

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40248576

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

archive.ph/8DQK4

Dec. 12, 2025

In Gaza, nearly 50 men, teenagers and boys made their way through a stormy night and muddy, flooded streets to a makeshift cafe in a tent on the outskirts of Khan Younis, where a technician worked frantically to get the game’s livestream playing on a big TV powered by solar panels and batteries, and the cafe’s owner fed cardboard boxes and paper scraps into a fire to make hot drinks and heat the room.

Ismail Nasser al-Din, 20, sat dripping wet, clutching a Palestinian flag. He said he had lost his brother, a cousin and a friend in the war. “I hope our team will win,” he said. “We need any reason to laugh, enjoy and get some relief.”

Peter Link

2025-12-13 00:08:28

For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

archive.ph/8DQK4

Dec. 12, 2025

In Gaza, nearly 50 men, teenagers and boys made their way through a stormy night and muddy, flooded streets to a makeshift cafe in a tent on the outskirts of Khan Younis, where a technician worked frantically to get the game’s livestream playing on a big TV powered by solar panels and batteries, and the cafe’s owner fed cardboard boxes and paper scraps into a fire to make hot drinks and heat the room.

Ismail Nasser al-Din, 20, sat dripping wet, clutching a Palestinian flag. He said he had lost his brother, a cousin and a friend in the war. “I hope our team will win,” he said. “We need any reason to laugh, enjoy and get some relief.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/middleeast/palestine-soccer-saudi-arabia-arab-cup.html

https://time.com/7339513/ai-fei-fei-li-virtual-worlds/

Khaled Hroub
9 December 2025 09:16 GMT

In a time of deep Palestinian anguish, the national football team's successive victories in the Arab Cup, currently taking place in Qatar, have ignited a rare and precious sense of unity.

This joy begins in the rain-soaked tents of displaced families in Gaza, stretches to refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, and ripples across Palestinian communities worldwide.

From Rafah comes Ihab Abu Jazar, the team's coach, whose family home was destroyed and whose mother was moved to a tent in the Mawasi area. He becomes, suddenly, a beacon of hope.

For a fleeting moment, his squad delivers triumph on the green pitch, qualifying for the next round and dedicating the victory first to Gaza and then to Palestinians everywhere.

Behind the Fida'i, the team's nickname meaning fighter, a collective spirit emerges. It transcends sport, reflecting a profound yearning among Palestinians to reclaim an unfragmented identity, free from the suffocating grip of political division and despair.

At the Arab Cup, Palestinian football is uniting what politics has divided

Amid genocide and despair, the Palestinian team's victories have offered the people a rare moment of triumph and defiance, as national identity transcends political fragmentation

^{Middle East Eye}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40247167

Khaled Hroub
9 December 2025 09:16 GMT

In a time of deep Palestinian anguish, the national football team's successive victories in the Arab Cup, currently taking place in Qatar, have ignited a rare and precious sense of unity.

This joy begins in the rain-soaked tents of displaced families in Gaza, stretches to refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, and ripples across Palestinian communities worldwide.

From Rafah comes Ihab Abu Jazar, the team's coach, whose family home was destroyed and whose mother was moved to a tent in the Mawasi area. He becomes, suddenly, a beacon of hope.

For a fleeting moment, his squad delivers triumph on the green pitch, qualifying for the next round and dedicating the victory first to Gaza and then to Palestinians everywhere.

Behind the Fida'i, the team's nickname meaning fighter, a collective spirit emerges. It transcends sport, reflecting a profound yearning among Palestinians to reclaim an unfragmented identity, free from the suffocating grip of political division and despair.

Peter Link

2025-12-12 23:39:10

At the Arab Cup, Palestinian football is uniting what politics has divided

Khaled Hroub
9 December 2025 09:16 GMT

In a time of deep Palestinian anguish, the national football team's successive victories in the Arab Cup, currently taking place in Qatar, have ignited a rare and precious sense of unity.

This joy begins in the rain-soaked tents of displaced families in Gaza, stretches to refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, and ripples across Palestinian communities worldwide.

From Rafah comes Ihab Abu Jazar, the team's coach, whose family home was destroyed and whose mother was moved to a tent in the Mawasi area. He becomes, suddenly, a beacon of hope.

For a fleeting moment, his squad delivers triumph on the green pitch, qualifying for the next round and dedicating the victory first to Gaza and then to Palestinians everywhere.

Behind the Fida'i, the team's nickname meaning fighter, a collective spirit emerges. It transcends sport, reflecting a profound yearning among Palestinians to reclaim an unfragmented identity, free from the suffocating grip of political division and despair.

At the Arab Cup, Palestinian football is uniting what politics has divided

Amid genocide and despair, the Palestinian team's victories have offered the people a rare moment of triumph and defiance, as national identity transcends political fragmentation

^{Middle East Eye}

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