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Other Wireless Chargers We TestedThere are a lot of wireless chargers. Here are a few more we like, but for one reason or another don’t warrant a place above.Photograph: Simon HillKrafted Couch Wireless Charger for $52: I thought this wireless charger that’s designed to be draped over the arm of your couch was a great idea when I saw it, but the ridges failed to keep it in place on my velvety couch, so it kept slipping down the side. The silicone finish with the Krafted logo is also a bit ugly. It’s just a silicone mat with a magnetic…

SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment. Here are this week’s highlights:  Government AI platform deal sparks outrage The Defense Department’s recent award of an $821 million contract to Accenture Federal Services for its War Data Platform (WDP) is drawing criticism for allegedly undermining goals to rapidly adopt…

Bitcoin (BTC) long positions are “facing liquidation” as volatility shows signs that a range breakout is finally coming.Key points:Bitcoin long positions face multiple threats as BTC price action heads toward new August lows, analyst warns.The correlation between Binance open interest and price reached 0.25 on Thursday as both fell.The Bitcoin bull market is not ready to make a comeback, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says.Bitcoin longs feel the squeeze as price dropsInsights published on onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant by community analyst “BorisD on Thursday said that leveraged long BTC positions are being flushed out as BTC/USD targets month-to-date lows.BTC/USD one-hour…

Widespread flooding in northeastern India that affected more than 500,000 people and claimed at least 99 lives between June and August 2026 was primarily driven by human factors like rapid urbanization, deforestation, and destruction of wetlands, new research says. It also points to structural failures rather than climate change. The findings were published by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global network of researchers who analyze the influence of climate change in extreme weather events. Floods hit India’s Assam state nearly every monsoon as the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries overflow, often submerging the surrounding landscapes. “We decided to…

UK-headquartered energy giant BP and its partners, ADNOC’s XRG and UCC Oil and Gas Holding, have secured a key license off the coast of Venezuela in a push to unlock 4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of proven gas resources. Illustration; Source: BP BP and the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have signed agreements to advance offshore gas development, including the award of an exploration and production license for the second phase of the Loran field in the Plataforma Deltana area, which contains an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources. The UK energy giant has been…

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re looking to help your 4-year-old be ready to start elementary school, you may be in luck. Earlier this year, Gov. Tony Evers secured $65 million for Get Kids Ready, a new school readiness initiative that pays child care providers to help prepare children with “academic, physical, social-emotional, self-help skills, and much more that kids will need to succeed in school,” a Wisconsin Department of Children and Families spokesperson said. About 900 providers across Wisconsin are participating in the program. “The state pays child care providers for the time kids spend in Get Kids Ready,…

Latvia’s defence ministry on Friday confirmed that NATO jets shot down a drone over eastern Latvian airspace, following an announcement from its military.  The interception came against a backdrop of heightened concern in Europe over unauthorised drone activity as the Russia-Ukraine war grinds on in its fifth year. NATO “fighter jets have successfully shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare”, the ministry wrote on X.  To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices The threat had ended, the armed…

Farage had earlier told supporters at a Reform UK event that he was “damned if I’m going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory, a ringing endorsement of all that I’ve tried to fight for, and you’ve tried to fight for, and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies”.He then added he would not attend the count as Essex Police had told him about an “organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result”.Count Binface said he had asked police if was there “any credible threat of a disruption here”, adding: “I can tell you they said unequivocally no,…

As the White House expands its “war on fraud,” the Justice Department announced criminal charges in recent days against a new symbol of that battle — a food truck in Santa Ana, Calif.Soriano Produce, a weathered white food truck advertising ice cream treats as well as fruits and vegetables, drew the attention of undercover agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement for what investigators said was a startlingly high number of food stamp transactions for such a small business.The case against the food truck owner, Esmeralda Soriano, is an example of the Trump administration’s push to show that “no fraud is…

by Lance Whitney/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft is merging Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot into one unified app.You’ll be able to sign into Copilot with a personal, work, or school account.This will reduce the clutter and confusion of juggling two separate apps.Microsoft currently offers two different Copilot apps for Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and even the web. The regular Copilot app is aimed at consumers and individual users. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is designed for organizations and professional accounts. Copilot’s dual existence is confusing, especially if you bounce between both…