Disney Reveals Star Wars Spinoff ‘Ahsoka’ Is 30% Cheaper Than ‘The Acolyte’

Pre-production of the second season of streaming show cost around 30% less than the sum spent on its counterpart according to recently-released filings.  Released in 2024, became one of the most controversial instalments in Disneys saga. Before the show even launched on the Disney+ platform there was a disturbance in the force as it was branded woke due to its diverse female-led cast. This was supposedly the driving force behind its rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes plummeting when it launched.  Just a day after the debut of first episode its audience score stood at only 50% but even darker clouds soon began to gather. Overwhelmingly-negative reviews flooded in leaving with an audience score of just 19% which is lower than the notorious 1978 .  The low score was attributed to unjustified review bombing with the key evidence for this being that the show‘s Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score stands at a more respectable 79%.  However, the proof of the pudding was the size of the audience as the show only hit seventh place on Nielsen‘s Top 10 originals chart in its premiere week with 488 million minutes viewed. It climbed one spot in the second week but then experienced a dramatic fall from grace

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Sreeram Kannan Explains AI and Crypto Synergy at EigenLabs

AI is accelerating intelligence, but coordination remains stuck in the past. This was the central argument made by Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLabs, in a recent discussion with a16zcrypto. Kannan emphasized that while artificial intelligence has made intelligence practically free, the mechanisms that allow intelligence to produce tangible outcomes—like contracts, property, and capital markets—still operate at the speed of human bureaucracy.  “Programmable intelligence needs programmable institutions,” Kannan stated, pointing out that blockchain technology is uniquely positioned to bridge this gap. With AI capable of making decisions in milliseconds, the bottleneck now lies in systems of coordination, which often take days and rely on manual intervention. This mismatch, Kannan argues, could define the next decade.  AI Plus Crypto: A Necessary Convergence  AI and blockchain have often been viewed as separate, even competing technologies. Kannan reframes this narrative, calling AI “intelligence accelerated” and blockchain “coordination accelerated.” The two, he suggests, are complementary. AI generates decisions and insights, but blockchain ensures those decisions are verifiable and enforceable through smart contracts and decentralized protocols.  For example, a blockchain allows a program to hold property, carry limited liability, or even act as the legal core of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This creates the foundation for autonomous AI agents

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CoinQuant trading launches AI agent architecture

CoinQuant trading platform has expanded its architecture to serve both human traders and autonomous AI agents.CoinQuant, with over 15,000 users since launch, is expanding its no-code AI trading platform into a unified intelligence architecture designed for autonomous AI agents.The platform converts plain-English strategy descriptions into complete trading systems covering entries, exits, position sizing, and risk rules, with tick-level backtesting.The expansion targets the emerging agent economy, where AI agents settled $73 million across 176 million blockchain transactions in the twelve months through April 2026.  CoinQuant announced the expansion of its no-code trading platform into a unified trading intelligence architecture serving both human traders and autonomous AI agents. The company has attracted more than 15,000 users since launch with a product that converts plain-English strategy descriptions into full algorithmic trading systems, including entries, exits, sizing, filters, and risk rules.  “I spoke one idea into CoinQuant, ran the test, and launched a bot on my lunch break,” said Alex K., a software engineer using the platform. The platform handles tick-level backtesting automatically from a users verbal or written input, without requiring coding skills.  What CoinQuants AI agent architecture enables  The expansion into agent-native infrastructure allows autonomous AI agents to deploy, test, and execute crypto trading strategies without

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MoonPay ChatGPT app lets users buy Bitcoin and XRP

MoonPay ChatGPT app is now the first crypto onramp inside OpenAIs platform, supporting Bitcoin, XRP and Solana.MoonPay launched a dedicated app in ChatGPT‘s App Store on May 22, making it the first and only crypto onramp integrated inside OpenAI’s chatbot.Users ask ChatGPT about a crypto asset and request a purchase amount, then receive a MoonPay checkout link to complete KYC and payment at moonpay.com.The app supports Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Solana, USDC and 100-plus tokens across 30-plus chains in 160-plus countries via card, Apple Pay or bank transfer.  MoonPay launched a dedicated app inside ChatGPT‘s App Store on May 22, allowing users to generate cryptocurrency purchase links without leaving OpenAI’s chatbot. The company called itself “the first and only crypto onramp integrated in ChatGPT” in its announcement post.  The integration supports Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Solana, USDC, and more than 100 other digital assets across more than 30 chains. Users complete KYC and payment on moonpay.com after the chatbot generates a checkout link, with payment options including card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and bank transfer.  How the MoonPay ChatGPT integration works in practice  Users search for MoonPay in ChatGPTs Apps section, connect their account, and then ask the chatbot about a cryptocurrency before requesting a specific

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Anthony Edwards Uses Adidas Deal To Help Propel Off-Court Success

Anthony Edwards debuted in the NBA in the final days of 2020. Nearly three years later the Minnesota Timberwolves star revealed his first signature sneaker with Adidas and is now basking in the limelight of the brands most successful current signature basketball shoe, part of what helped him get named by as one of the Highest-Paid Athletes 25 and Under.  The 24-year-old guard has played his entire NBA career with Timberwolves. A four-time NBA All-Star (he was the All-Star Game MVP in 2026) and Olympic gold medalist, Edwards on-court earnings of $46 million is plenty impressive. But the American basketball star rakes in another estimated $23 million off-court thanks to a mix of deals, including a docuseries, , released in 2026 on Amazon Prime Video, and sponsorships with Prada, Sprite, and Adidas.  The Adidas partnership has helped grow Edwards stature in both the sneaker game and the business world. His first shoe, the Anthony Edwards 1, released in November 2023 and enjoyed success right through the release two years later in fall 2025 of his second model, the Anthony Edwards 2.  Adidas  As the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft out of Georgia, Edwards signed with the German footwear giant in December

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Bitcoin Recovers Its $75,000 Threshold

Bitcoins (BTC) price has fallen below the moving average lines, but bulls have taken advantage of the dip.   BTC Price Long-Term Prediction: Bearish  Buyers are attempting to push the price above the 50-day SMA support to prevent the cryptocurrency from declining further. If buyers succeed, Bitcoin will be limited to a range above the 50-day SMA support but below the 21-day SMA barrier.  However, if sellers drive the price below the moving average lines, Bitcoin will continue its downward trend. The cryptocurrency is expected to fall further to lows of $72,000 and $66,000.  Today, the price of Bitcoin has risen above its critical support of $75,000 and the 50-day SMA. On the upside, if buyers lift the price above the 21-day SMA barrier, Bitcoin will retest its previous high of $82,833. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is rising but remains stuck between the moving average lines. It is currently at $77,363.  Technical indicatorsKey supply zones: $120,000, $125,000, $130,000Key demand zones: $80,000, $75,000, $70,000  Bitcoin Price Indicator Analysis  Bitcoin is recovering and trading above the 50-day SMA support but below the 21-day SMA resistance. This suggests a likely range for the asset between the moving average lines. Bitcoins upward momentum will continue once it breaks above the 21-day SMA.  On the

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Bitcoin wallet suit targets $285B in dormant coins

A New York lawsuit filed by Noah Doe seeks legal ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallet addresses.Plaintiff Noah Doe filed suit in New York on May 1, 2026, seeking a declaratory judgment that 39,069 abandoned Bitcoin wallets belong to him under New York lost-property law.The filing was made through Brooklyn firm Lewis and Lin LLC under New York Personal Property Law Article 7-B, the lost-property statute covering found and abandoned property.The 39,069 listed wallets reportedly hold an estimated 3.7 million BTC worth approximately $285 billion, including addresses linked to Satoshi Nakamoto and the Mt. Gox hacker.  A New York Bitcoin wallet lawsuit filed on May 1, 2026 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York asks a court to declare that 39,069 dormant addresses legally belong to plaintiff Noah Doe.  The complaint, filed under index number 153119/2026 through Brooklyn law firm Lewis and Lin LLC, invokes New York Personal Property Law Article 7-B.  Doe says he discovered the wallets in October 2024 after identifying a security vulnerability that caused owners to permanently lose the ability to withdraw their holdings.  He developed a proprietary algorithm to identify wallets meeting the legal standard for abandonment, reported them to the NYPD, and spent more than

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Today’s Wordle #1802 Hints And Answer For Tuesday, May 26

Memorial Day has come and gone and summer is basically here, though our Monday holiday was quite stormy and cool. Lots of big, dark clouds and a tiny bit of rain. Still, in these high desert mountains, we‘ll take what we can get. Let’s solve todays Wordle, shall we?  Todays Bonus Custom Wordle  Now that we can create our own custom Wordles, Im including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you.  Todays Bonus Custom Wordle is 6 letters long.  The hint: Middle-aged fella  The clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.  Yesterdays Custom Wordle Answer:  How To Play Wordle  Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer:Green: The letter is in the word and in the correct spot.Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.  Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new

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Aave DAO Faces Vote on Native BTC Collateral as Babylon Labs Files Temp Check

The mechanism works through scripts on . A depositor locks onchain inside a unspent transaction output ( ). That lock creates a corresponding vault record on Ethereum.  Because Aave V4 only accepts as collateral, adapter contracts represent each vault record one-to-one as a transfer-restricted token called vaultBTC. The token can only move between the Aave V4 Hub, the Babylon Core Spoke, and the integrations adapter contract. No other transfers are permitted.  Babylon Labs co-founded the project in 2022 with Professor David Tse of Stanford and Dr. Fisher Yu. Since its ( ) protocol launched in August 2024, it has activated more than 100,000 cumulatively and currently holds approximately 51,000 , valued near $4 billion, in active stakes.  Investors backing the project include A16z, Paradigm, and Polychain, with total funding exceeding $100 million. The underlying cryptography driving Trustless Vaults comes from BaBe, a peer-reviewed paper co-developed by Babylon Labs and UC Berkeley, set to appear at CCS 2026, according to the Temp Check.  The research reduces the cost of SNARK proof verification on by roughly 1,000 times compared to prior approaches, making the fraud-proof challenge window economically viable at scale. When a users position is liquidated, a permissionless liquidator swaps the seized vault for WBTC

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BIGBANGs Taeyang Earns Career-Best Sales Week With QUINTESSENCE Album

ImaZins via Getty Images  Nearly 20 years into his career, Taeyang is still finding new peaks.  The BIGBANG vocalist and solo star has earned the biggest sales week of his career with his latest album , which moved 56,985 physical copies worldwide in its first week, according to South Koreas real-time sales chart Hanteo — more than doubling any previous first-week total in his solo discography.  The strong week was set up by a big opening day as moved 26,657 copies on its first day of release, also a career best for Taeyang, surpassing the nearly 11,300 copies sold on the first day of his last EP from 2023, . To date, Taeyang has now sold over 220,000 copies across all of his solo albums, according to Hanteo.  Take a look at how stacks up to Taeyangs past first-week sales figures. (2026) — 56,985 copies(2014) — 19,743(2008) — 16,605(2023) — 16,427(2010) — 14,344(2017) — 13,463Taeyangs Massive 2026 Continues With BIGBANG  The new record arrives at a high-visibility moment for Taeyang. Earlier this year, he joined BIGBANG bandmates G-Dragon and Daesung for a widely celebrated set at Coachella, where the group performed a run of signature hits alongside solo material — including Taeyangs 2013 fan-favorite single

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