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pros and cons Pros Adjusts watering to its surroundingsLearns how to maintain each plantLong battery life Cons Bridge requiredCosts add up with each planter Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.As a stereotypical plant-hoarding, book-loving, socially anxious millennial who writes about smart home tech for a living, I live for inventions like the LeafyPod. This smart planter lets you repot your own plant (as long as it fits) with your own potting soil, and then it basically takes care of it for you.Also: 10 useful smart home gadgets that make life so much easier (and most are discounted)I’ve had…

(World Oil) – A leading supplier of deep-water drilling rigs to Brazil’s national oil company expects the industry to favor oil and gas projects in Latin America, where geopolitical risk is lower than the Middle East. Constellation Oil Services Holding SA recently extended three offshore drilling contracts with Petrobras and is optimistic about Brazil’s exploration prospects in other deep-water regions, including the Equatorial Margin and the Pelotas Basin in southern Brazil, Chief Executive Officer Rodrigo Ribeiro told Bloomberg in an interview. “Brazil continues to be the best market in the world for offshore drilling,” Ribeiro said. “South America gains importance, not…

Mitchell G. Tyson, a member of the Board of Directors at Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB), reported the sale of 10,000 shares of Common Stock for a transaction value of approximately $423,000, according to the SEC Form 4 filing. Metric Value Shares sold (direct) 10,000 Transaction value $423,100 Post-transaction shares (direct) 33,199 Post-transaction value (direct ownership) ~$1.36 million Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($42.31); post-transaction value based on April 1, 2026 market close ($40.88). How does the size of this sale compare with Tyson’s historical trading pattern?The 10,000-share sale matches the median size for Tyson’s sell transactions…

It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools. According to a customer email shared on Hacker News, Anthropic said that starting at noon Pacific on April 4 (today), subscribers will “no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw.” Instead, they’ll need to pay for extra usage through “a pay-as-you-go option billed separately from your subscription.” The company said that while it’s starting with OpenClaw today, the policy “applies to all third-party harnesses and will be rolled out to more shortly.”…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Is the Iran war prompting some non-American governments to ditch dollar debt? That question has recently hovered over the markets, amid weak Treasury auctions — and a near-50 basis point jump in 10-year bond yields since the war started (albeit now slightly reversed). And the FT has now also revealed that non-US central banks have sold $82bn worth of Treasuries since the war started, according to Federal Reserve custody data. That leaves their $2.7tn holdings at the lowest level since 2012.Of course,…

Just a 30-minute drive outside Dublin sits the Village at Lyons, a privately owned village dating back to the 18th century. It recently went on the market for $23,078,698.  The village sits on 20 acres and has 47 bedrooms. Some additional features include a caretaker house, a carriage house, a guest house, a fitness room, and a yoga space. It also has lake, river views and an indoor and outdoor spa.   Part of the village dates back to the 18th century and was left abandoned for many years before the co-founder of Ryanair, Dr. Tony Ryan, bought it in the…

(By Oil & Gas 360) – The global energy system is being tested in real time, and the response is starting to shift from reaction to coordination. More than 40 countries have begun discussions on how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s blockade, a move that has effectively choked off one of the world’s most critical energy corridors. The urgency reflects the scale of the disruption: roughly 20% of global oil and LNG flows pass through this single chokepoint, and even partial closures can destabilize markets. At the same time, markets are reacting exactly as expected in a…

(Image credit: Getty Images)If you spend enough time sitting in local diners or answering the phones at a wealth management firm, you start to notice a rhythm to human anxiety.The headlines change, the names of the politicians rotate, and the specific economic “boogeyman” of the month evolves, but the underlying sentiment remains remarkably consistent.Right now, the air is thick with a familiar brand of apprehension. You hear it in the booth next to you over breakfast, and you see it in every notification on your phone: From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Become a smarter, better informed investor.…

(Image credit: Getty Images)Claiming your Social Security benefits is one of the most important decisions you can make in retirement. It’s a decision that lasts the rest of your life, with little room for do-overs.It’s not just the regret of making a poor choice with your hard-earned Social Security that could cost you, but it’s real dollars at stake.A 2022 study by Larry Kotlikoff estimates the average couple misses out on $182,370 over their lifetimes because of poor Social Security decisions. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Become a smarter, better informed investor. Subscribe from just $107.88 $24.99,…

Welcome to Kiplinger’s My First $1 Million series, in which we hear from people who have made $1 million. They’re sharing how they did it and what they’re doing with it. This time, we hear from a single, 50-year-old, newly retired fiber optic splicer in Columbus, Ohio. He reports that he had a starting salary of $16,000 and ended at $101,000 over 30 years with small annual increases.See our earlier profiles, including a writer in New England, a literacy interventionist in Colorado, a semiretired entrepreneur in Nashville and an events industry CEO in Northern New Jersey. (See all of the…