Star Wars: The Acolyte adds major Squid Game & Matrix stars to its fantastic cast

Star Wars: The Acolyte has officially entered production – and some major names have been added to its impressive ensemble cast. Revealed in a press release, Lucasfilm confirmed that the next big Star Wars TV show has started filming. The Disney subsidiary also confirmed which actors were joining lead star Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies),…

Cloudflare cut off this phishing-as-a-service platform, so it moved to Russia

Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Robin Banks has relocated its infrastructure to a “notorious Russian provider” rarely swayed by ethics or takedown requests, after being booted from the US-based CDN provider Cloudflare in July 2022. Cloudflare originally took action following a report from cybersecurity threat research company IronNet published in the same month, but new follow-up research…

Jeremy Siegel says the housing crash will force Fed chief Powell to ‘flip sometime’ on inflation and pivot

Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. REUTERS/Steve Marcus The housing market crash will push the Federal Reserve to pivot, according to Jeremy Siegel.  The Wharton professor told CNBC on Monday that Fed chief Jerome Powell relies on backward-looking housing data.  “I think the market says he’s gotta flip sometime,” Siegel said. “He will see the light, it’s…

An oil price cap won’t stop China and India from quietly snapping up Russian crude with the help of smaller insurers, S&P Global says

Suriyapong Thongsawang A price cap on Russian crude likely won’t stop China and India from quietly buying oil from Russia, sources told S&P Global. Some insurers may be willing to back shipments of Russian crude outside the price cap. Most sources said the price cap was unlikely to crimp Russian oil shipments to China and…

Digital World soars 31% after former President Donald Trump teases a 2024 election run at Sunday rally

Former President Donald Trump. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Digital World Acquisition soared 31% on Monday after former President Donald Trump teased a 2024 election run.Speculation has been building that Trump will announce a formal bid for the presidency later this month.The Digital World SPAC is still struggling to get enough shareholder votes to…

How Sergei Shoigu went from Putin’s wilderness bestie to the scapegoat for Russia’s failures in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shows mushrooms to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his vacation in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia, in August 2017. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, is a close ally and friend of Vladimir Putin. He had a steady ascent through Russia’s elite, and…

Pilot whose plane crashed into a lake in Tanzania desperately tried to get out of the cockpit before he died, witness says

A rescuer ties a winch to pull out the crashed Precision Air flight that attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania, on November 6, 2022. Sitide Protase/AFP via Getty Images A Tanzanian passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday, killing 19 people on board.  A fisherman, who arrived at the scene…

Europeans’ gas bills have more than doubled even as governments pledge billions to cushion against soaring price rises

European natural gas prices have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images) Europeans’ gas bills have more than doubled since last year thanks to Russia’s war with Ukraine.  Gas bills have surged by 111%, while electricity bills have risen by 69%, according to VaasaETT.  The steepest hikes include…

PayPal hails Venmo and BNPL growth in Q3 earnings, will accept Apple payment products

PayPal’s Q3 earnings: Total payment volume (TPV) grew 14% year over year (YoY) to hit $337 billion on a constant currency basis, per its. TPV growth was roughly flat compared with 13% in Q2 but slowed from the 24% increase reported in the same period last year.Net revenues jumped 12% YoY to $6.85 billion. The headlines: Here are the…

The same air defense systems that shield Washington, DC 24/7 have arrived in Ukraine from the US as Russia batters cities with missiles and suicide drones

National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) Courtesy of Raytheon Technologies Ukraine’s defense minister said Monday that National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems have arrived. The NASAMS provided by the US offer short- to medium-range protection against drones and missiles. The US itself has used this system to protect Washington, DC for nearly two decades. Long-awaited air…