TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a NatureID Plant Identification Premium Plan is on sale for £15.80, saving you 67% on list price.

Growing your own veggies and herbs is a pretty genius way to curb some of the steep grocery prices caused by inflation. But it’s far from easy. If you’re new to plant parenthood, you’ll need some assistance on your journey. That’s where NatureID comes in.

NatureID is an AI-based digital tool that helps you identify plants, diagnose plant diseases, and more. It’s basically a plant doctor and plant encyclopedia rolled up into one convenient app. And for a limited time, it’s on sale for only £15.80. It’s regularly £47 for a Premium Plan lifetime subscription, so you’ll save 67% with this deal. If you’re a plant lover, there’s a good chance you’ve run into NatureID while looking for plant-identification apps, but maybe you’ve been turned off by the price. In that case, this sale is your best friend.

The NatureID app is designed to identify over 14,000 plant species with over 95% accuracy. You can snap a photo or use an existing one and the plant encyclopedia will take care of the rest. If it’s recognised successfully, it’ll pop up with a screen to learn more about how to choose the appropriate soil, water, and fertiliser for your plant, how to set appropriate temperature conditions, and more. The light meter built into the app can measure sunlight levels in your home and help you find the perfect setup.

Beyond the identification and encyclopedia of information, NatureID can also serve as your plant doctor if things go wrong. You can use it to identify diseases, recognise the severity, and accelerate recovery. There’s also a journal where you can keep notes about your plant’s growth, insightful articles to help you on your plant parenthood journey, and timely built-in reminders for watering, feeding, trimming, and more. 

If you’re venturing into a gardening phase and want to attempt to grow your own vegetables and herbs, NatureID can serve as a helpful assistant to ensure your plants stay alive and thrive.

Get a lifetime subscription to the Premium Plan for only £15.80 for a limited time.

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TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Ivacy VPN with NAT Firewall is on sale for £47.71, saving you 95% on list price.

Public WiFi, although free, poses a risk for users. While public WiFi networks have gotten safer overall, they still open you up to the risk of being hacked. The wise thing to do is connect to a VPN if you’re working with private information. If you plan on clocking in from a café anytime soon and don’t have a VPN, this lifetime deal on Ivacy VPN should do the trick (and save you money in the process).

You can score a lifetime subscription to Ivacy VPN and NAT Firewall for just £47.71. That’s 95% off. We featured the VPN on its own earlier this month, but this security deal also packs lifetime access to the Ivacy NAT Firewall add-on, which is a £50 value on its own. 

Ivacy VPN protects your digital footprint — whether you’re working or playing — with 256-bit encryption. You can shield your actual web presence from hackers, trackers, spyware, and government surveillance with a quick connection to over 1,000 different servers in over 100 locations across more than 50 countries. It also boasts unlimited bandwidth, a strict no-logging policy, an internet kill-switch, and the ability to bypass geo-restrictions. That means you can watch Australian shows and movies from your sofa in the UK.

Ivacy NAT Firewall takes your privacy a step further with a proactive anti-hacking solution. While a VPN basically gives you a safety shield, the NAT Firewall gives you a weapon to fight back. It blocks unrequested inbound traffic, exploits, and bad data packets while you’re connected. There’s no need for additional software downloads, as it works directly through Ivacy VPN as an add-on. Plus, it gives you extra benefits like protection from OS security leakages, load distribution, and more. With both of these lifetime subscriptions in tow, you’ll be able to work wherever you want freely without concern.

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TL;DR: The Premium Microsoft Office Training and Lifetime License of MS Office Professional for Windows Bundle is on sale for £63.62, saving you 95% on list price.

Businesses of all shapes and sizes rely on Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, and Teams every day. If you don’t have these programs installed on your computer and attempt to use different tools, it can hinder workflow for not only you, but your colleagues as well.

Fortunately, Microsoft Office offers a couple of options. You can subscribe to Office 365, which involves a monthly or annual fee. Or you can buy a perpetual license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 and get the apps you need for life for one low cost. Both have their perks, of course, but only the lifetime license will net you big savings.

A suite of apps our friends at PCMag (which is owned by Mashable’s publisher, Ziff Davis) called “the best set of productivity apps for serious office work,” Microsoft Office is definitely a good investment. A perpetual license gets you access to the Office 2021 version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Publisher, and Access for life. You’ll receive license keys for each platform upon purchase and download links for quick setup. Once installed, you can start sharing files, setting up team video chats, creating presentations, drafting documents, analysing data, and beyond.

With the lifetime license, you’ll get security updates every few months and free customer service assistance for life. But you won’t get access to all the features Microsoft offers subscribers each month. The trade off is you also don’t have to worry about paying a monthly fee to use the tools you need to do your job. If you can’t fathom another subscription, the lifetime license is worth it — especially since you’ll save 95%

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Good morning, Team Wordle. Each day, there’s a new word puzzle for you to take on, and you can bookmark this page in case you find you need tips, hints or the answer for Wordle 344 on May 29.

If you prefer to cut to the chase, you’ll be able to skip to the end of this article for the answer to Wordle 344 revealed on May 29. For those of you who’d rather work out the Wordle answer yourself, keep reading for some background on the game and strategies to assist you.

Wordle was originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, but soon spread internationally. Thousands of people around the globe now play this game each day, and fans have even created alternate Wordle versions inspired by the original. This includes battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

In fact, the word puzzle game has proved so popular that the New York Times eventually bought it, and TikTok creators livestream themselves playing.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the Wordle answer for May 28.

What’s the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that makes you happy. However, if you prefer a strategic approach over an emotional one, we have some ideas to help you select the perfect opening. Such tips include choosing a word with at least two different vowels in it, plus a few common consonants such as S, T, R, or N.

Explore the Wordle archive

One Wordle a day is all well and good, but sometimes it just isn’t enough. If you want to escape into the world of Wordle for a bit longer, the entire archive of past puzzles is available for you to explore whenever you’d like. Just remember to get up and stretch every now and again, and maybe eat something.

Is Wordle getting harder?

If you’ve been finding Wordle too easy, there is a Hard Mode you can enable to give yourself more of a challenge. But unless you activate this mode, we can assure you that Wordle isn’t getting harder. 

Why are there two different Wordle answers some days?

Usually, Wordle solutions are like Highlander: There can be only one. However, occasionally the puzzle game will accept two different correct solutions on the same day, in apparent defiance of Wordle law. This aberration is due to changes the New York Times made after it acquired Wordle earlier this year.

A subtle hint for May 29 Wordle answer:

You’ll find it on this page May 29.

May 29 Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with…

We’ll share the first letter May 29.

What’s the answer to the May 29 Wordle?

We’ll share it on May 29! Stay tuned.

Reporting by Caitlin Welsh, Amanda Yeo and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.