The Varmblixt is a smart donut-shaped light fixture that can sit on a table or be mounted on a wall. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Ikea's popular Varmblixt lamp just got a smart home glow-up . The delightfully bulbous light now features color-changing, dimming, and smart home control. I tested the new smart lamp in my daughter's room and found it made a great bedside lamp and added a fun touch of ambiance to her space. While she's rarely a fan of me adding smart tech to her room, she did give this an "It's nice" accolade - high praise from my 15-year-old. The donut lamp, as it's known for its distinctive shape resembling everyone's favorite sweet treat, can be wall-mounted or set flat on a table. It comes with a long power cable, which helps with placement, and differs … Read the full story at The Verge.

当地时间4月15日，美国财政部长贝森特表示，进口商已可开始申请此前被裁定为非法关税的退款，但相关流程由美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）负责执行。贝森特指出，财政部主要承担支付角色，具体申请需由企业向海关部门提交。目前约有1.27亿美元的退款申请已进入处理流程，相关资金“正在推进中”。他表示，退款处理时间表尚不明确，需视具体审核进展而定。（央视新闻）

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U.S. businesses are pulling back from making major decisions due to uncertainty stemming from the war with Iran, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest report on regional economies, known as the “beige book.”

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Nuclear energy startup Oklo announced management changes Tuesday as the company ramps up for a new phase of growth. Oklo stock soared above a key technical level Wednesday in a big week for nuclear energy stocks, with nuclear play Rolls-Royce nearing a buy point.

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RamilF/iStock via Getty Images The market treats Niagen Bioscience ( NAGE ) as a traditional nutritional supplement company. However, it is undergoing a strategic transformation to become a leader in telehealth and longevity as a service. This sector offers exceptional profit margins and higher valuations compared to the traditional supplement industry. The main catalyst that will drive the stock in the long term is management's plan to launch Niagen Plus injectables through its telemedicine platform in the first half of 2026 by taking advantage of the change in consumers' behavior brought about by GLP-1 weight loss drugs. (NAGE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call I believe the same consumers who overcame the barrier of self-injection to maintain their weight would be ready to do the same to maintain their youth. This shift should change the company's unit economics and increase the customer's long-term value, justifying re-rating the stock at HealthTech multiples. I rate the stock a Strong Buy at a price of around $6-$8 per share, representing a potential upside of 40% to 75%. Competitive Advantage Niagen is building a comprehensive system for Niagen Plus products to be available in 1,200 health clinics in the United States. However, what will change the game is the launch of subcutaneous injections with smaller doses of 100 milligrams at a cheaper price—less than half of in-clinic IV sessions. (NAGE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call This shift will reshape the company's revenue stream, as in typical e-commerce models, the cost of acquiring a customer is high compared to the purchase price, but in telehealth, the customer is obligated to pay a subscription to get the injections, which generates recurring revenue that significantly reduces the customer acquisition cost (CAC). Additionally, the direct sales to consumers through its platform should eliminate the intermediaries and distributors, ensuring that the majority of revenues are recorded as gross profit. In addition, the company has ...

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rayen/iStock via Getty Images L3Harris Technologies ( LHX ) plans to invest $1.27 billion to increase solid rocket motor production at its Orange County, Virginia facility, alongside an announcement from Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday. The move follows a separate $1 billion commitment from the U.S. government to support the company’s rocket motor operations, aimed at securing supply for missile systems including Tomahawk missile and Patriot missile system. Funding will include a $1 billion convertible preferred investment in L3Harris’ Missile Solutions unit, which is expected to be spun off and listed as a standalone propulsion company in the second half of 2026. The company said it will build new facilities at the Virginia site to support multiple Department of Defense programs. The expansion comes amid elevated global demand for munitions as countries replenish stockpiles, a trend that has supported growth across the defense sector. L3Harris ( LHX ) also manufactures rocket motors at facilities in Arkansas and Alabama. More on L3Harris Technologies L3Harris: The Pentagon Buys, Wall Street Follows L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX) Presents at JPMorgan Industrials Conference 2026 Transcript L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX) Analyst/Investor Day - Slideshow L3Harris tests autonomous electronic warfare system in U.S. Army exercise L3Harris picked for U.S. Army night-vision program under potential $465M contract

IherPhoto/iStock via Getty Images The Williams Companies, Inc. ( WMB ) stock has increased 26% since I marked the shares a Buy. That price increase is not solely driven by the supply shock due to the war in the Middle East, as prices have increased substantially in January and February of this year, which was before the war. In this report, I revisit the investment case for The Williams Companies and discuss how the company may conditionally benefit from the supply shock. Williams: A Pure-Play On Natural Gas Transmission With Volume Lift Opportunities The Williams Companies As I noted in my prior report, what I like about The Williams Companies is that it is a near-pure-play on natural gas transmission with 98% natural gas exposure and just 2% exposure to oil. The company executes a wellhead-to-water strategy, meaning that it connects the gas production at the wellhead to processing and transmission and ultimately the waterborne export via LNG terminals. It is basically a dominant integrated force between the well and the LNG export terminals, meaning the company is not just benefiting from domestic demand but from international demand for natural gas. The latter is now becoming more important. What makes midstream companies attractive is the fact that they have little exposure to the underlying prices of the commodity flowing through the pipelines. So, there is limited upside from the increase in natural gas prices due to the supply from the Middle East being choked. Where The Williams Companies could see some lift is in additional volumes flowing through the system as countries are looking to buy natural gas from countries outside of the Middle East. However, what should be kept in mind is that this does not translate one-on-one to EBITDA. The reason is that increased demand for U.S. natural gas for export purposes may lift volumes, but a substantial portion of the contracts are on a take-or-pay basis, meaning that revenues are earned regardless of the volume flow...

World Liberty Financial Inc. , the crypto project co-founded by President Donald Trump, is facing a fresh round of criticism after proposing that some tokens owned by some early investors remain unavailable for trading indefinitely — or at least until Trump leaves office. The proposal, which was posted in the project’s governance forum Wednesday, requires early investors to agree to keep the majority of the WLFI tokens they bought locked — or unavailable for trading — for another two years. They would then start to receive their tokens gradually over the following two years. Those who don’t agree to this proposal will see their tokens locked “indefinitely,” the proposal said. The tokens are trading near a record low price. The proposition comes as World Liberty is already facing investor ire. Last week, billionaire backer Justin Sun accused the project of secretly building controls that let insiders freeze token holders’ funds. World Liberty denied the accusations. Investors have also been complaining about the project depositing its own WLFI tokens as collateral on lending platform Dolomite to borrow stablecoins. Critics said the move could result in forced liquidation, and let World Liberty extract cash before others’ tokens are unlocked. World Liberty said it can top up its collateral to prevent liquidation and has roundly rejected that it’s exiting any positions. In March, World Liberty pushed through a governance proposal that could reduce the voting power of early investors in key decisions. All the governance proposals World Liberty’s team has ever posted so far have been approved. The early investors bought the project’s WLFI token in sales that took place in late 2024 and early 2025, when the token was supposed to not be used for trading at all. But that quickly changed. The project allowed holders to start trading 20% of these tokens last year. Still, 80% of their tokens have remained locked, with no unlocking schedule proposed — until now. “It’s crazy, es...

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After an impressive run up in the first part of the month, shares of chip and network technology firm Marvell broke their winning streak Wednesday, falling more than 1% by mid-afternoon on Wednesday. What’s more, booming data-center demand and custom chip partnerships with Big Tech hyperscalers, should help drive longer-term gains, according to Oppenheimer analyst Rick Schafer. Before today, shares had risen for five straight sessions for their longest winning streak in more than a year.

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伊朗方面15日消息称，尽管美国提出了延长两周停火的请求，伊朗至今尚未同意该请求。伊朗方面认为，美国应当履行当前停火协议中的承诺，而不是请求延长停火，并应停止在谈判中提出过分要求。美国白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特稍早前表示，美国尚未正式请求延长与伊朗的停火协议，相关报道“不属实”，当前双方仍在持续接触并推进谈判。（央视）

Newly released video shows a high school principal in Oklahoma tackling and disarming a former student who entered the lobby of the school and began firing a pistol. Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore was shot in the leg during the April 7 attack but managed to wrestle the suspect onto a bench, disarm him and remain on top of him until law enforcement officers arrived, according to court records. The video, released by the school district in response to an Open Records Act request,...

Adeia Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEA) is one of the must-buy US stocks to buy right now. On April 4, Adeia Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEA) announced that its subsidiaries filed a patent infringement lawsuit against DISH Network in the U.S. District Court of Colorado. The company claims DISH is using five of its media patents without authorization, covering technologies for […]

xamtiw/iStock via Getty Images Back in 2023, I last covered Altria Group ( MO ), and at the time I rated it a hold, as its high yield and Dividend King status indicated that it had a lot going for it, but at the same time I had concerns about its underlying business model. Since then, the stock has actually performed very well, delivering about 89% over that period of time, which outpaced the S&P 500. While I was on the sidelines due to my neutral outlook on the company and have therefore missed out on the strong total return performance, in today's article, I'm going to re-look at the investment thesis to determine whether or not it is worth buying today. Still a Dividend King - But For How Long? MO remains one of the most beloved dividend stocks in America, as its 56-year dividend growth streak puts it firmly in the dividend king category while also boasting a dividend yield of over 6%, making it a high-yielding stock. That being said, its strong recent performance means that its valuation is not as cheap as it once was. Is this strong recent stock price performance validated by improvements in the underlying business model? The Marlboro Moat is Cracking Well, MO does have a dominant position in the cigarette space, as its Marlboro brand holds about 40% of the U.S. cigarette retail market share, which is way above the competition. This business brings in the vast majority of its income, as its smokable product segment generates between 80–90% of its total operating income. However, this business has not really grown its revenue much at all in quite some time because it has had to increase its prices fairly aggressively in order to offset its steep volume declines. Its customer base is overwhelmingly older generations that are gradually dying off, while younger demographics are not engaging in cigarette-smoking behavior at the same rate that previous generations did. In fact, domestic cigarette volumes have declined by 9.5% in 2025. The U.S. overall smoking rate ha...

Predictions market platform Kalshi Inc. is boosting its commodities offerings with new contracts for everything from corn and coffee to diesel and natural gas as the war in Iran attracts more traders to the betting trend. The company said commodities markets have “exploded both in volume and volatility” over the past year as political uncertainty prompts investors to use prediction markets alongside traditional hedging tools such as futures and options. Prediction markets — where people bet against each other on the outcomes of real-world events — have seen a rapid rise in popularity. The platforms have made it possible to wager on anything from sports to elections and even the weather . Kalshi last month secured a license allowing it to offer margin trading, a feature that would make it more appealing to sophisticated institutional investors. Kalshi’s new commodities hub tied to the world’s most important physical markets is a “significant expansion of the breadth of commodities listed on the platform,” the company said in a Wednesday statement . New contracts for soybeans, wheat, sugar, copper, nickel and lithium will be added alongside existing markets for oil, gold and silver, Kalshi said. The company said they provide access to markets that historically were capital-intensive and often limited to institutions. Read More: How Prediction Markets Turned the World Into a Casino: Explainer Kalshi’s existing contracts appear to be catching on as well. The most-popular contract tied to oil and gas — a wager tracking where the price of a barrel will end up on Friday — has attracted around $1.3 million in trading volume so far this week. The move comes as the US and Iran considered an extension to a two-week ceasefire — an easing a tensions that has helped to moderate oil prices. Traders remain on edge with the Strait of Hormuz still largely shuttered, halting cargoes of fuel and fertilizer. “Uncertain times call for more stringent risk management, and commodities marke...

RichLegg/iStock via Getty Images The U.S. homebuilding sector is flashing fresh warning signs heading into Q1 2026 earnings season, as builder confidence tumbled four points to 34 in April, the lowest reading since September 2025 and well below the consensus estimate of 37, driven by elevated mortgage rates, surging material costs tied to higher fuel prices, and deepening economic uncertainty. Against this challenging backdrop, Seeking Alpha's Quant Rating system reveals a homebuilding sector where bullish conviction is notably scarce: of the seven small-cap U.S. homebuilding stocks ranked below, only Hovnanian Enterprises ( HOV ) has managed to edge into Buy territory with a score of 3.51, while the majority carry Hold or Sell ratings, reflecting the sector's struggle to generate positive quantitative momentum amid persistent affordability headwinds. At the lower end of the rankings, stocks like Dream Finders Homes, Inc. ( DFH ), Smith Douglas Homes Corp. ( SDHC ), and LGI Homes, Inc. ( LGIH ) have each received “Sell” ratings. Year-to-date performance varies significantly across the group, ranging from gains of nearly 13% for HOV to declines of more than 19% for DFH. Seeking Alpha’s Quant system ranks stocks based on their performance on key quantitative measures, including valuation, growth, momentum, and profitability. Each stock is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with any rating of 3.5 or above indicating a bullish rating, while a score of 2.5 or below represents a bearish profile. Here is the list: Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. ( HOV ), Quant Rating: 3.51 Legacy Housing Corporation ( LEGH ), Quant Rating: 2.83 Beazer Homes USA, Inc. ( BZH ), Quant Rating: 2.73 Century Communities, Inc. ( CCS ), Quant Rating: 2.62 Dream Finders Homes, Inc. ( DFH ), Quant Rating: 1.71 Smith Douglas Homes Corp. ( SDHC ), Quant Rating: 1.70 LGI Homes, Inc. ( LGIH ), Quant Rating: 1.63 More on homebuilding stocks Century Communities' Pain Will Be Worth It Legacy Housing Corporation: Low ...