Web application firewalls have been around for roughly 30 years. In that time, web traffic has fundamentally changed—from humans browsing pages to APIs, bots, and now AI agents executing transactions at scale. The WAF hasn’t kept pace. And in a lot of organizations, the response has been to stop touching it entirely. WAFs sit at the perimeter of web-facing applications and are supposed to distinguish legitimate traffic from malicious traffic.

Some would call me an Apple fan boy. A long time ago, exasperated by another computer operating system, I switched to what Apple then called the Power Book (with Mac OS) and I’ve never looked back.I currently own a Mac Mini, a MacBook Air, an iPad, an iPhone, an Apple Watch, an Apple TV, various accessories and an Apple display. You’re welcome, Tim Cook.

The Nothing Phone 4a Pro costs $499 and grabs the show right away with its sleek industrial design, which essentially redefines the class that the company has set with previous models. The aluminum frame surrounds it, and is the most durable yet from Nothing. Circular LED patterns on the back light up for notifications timers and music visuals while small widgets on the home screen run simple games or step counters that add a bit of personality without complicating daily use.

From emotional family stories to romantic dramas that strike a chord, the movies for this April weekend offer a little something for every kind of binge-watcher. Whether you are in the mood for warmth, drama, or a compelling love story, these exclusive, TV premieres make for an easy and entertaining marathon.   If you have missed watching in the theatre, catch this movie…

“When you experience quick commerce for the first time, it actually feels magical.” It is an observation most consumers would agree with. The experience is seamless: a few taps on an app, a short wait, and everyday essentials arrive at the doorstep. What is less visible, however, is the system that makes this possible, one that operates with extraordinary precision, speed, and coordination.

Up to 80% of U.S. mayors say their city needs to develop more multifamily housing, a Boston University survey found. Support for zoning and permitting reform was more muted, however. Elevate your perspective with NextTech News, where innovation meets insight. Discover the latest breakthroughs, get exclusive updates, and connect with a global network of future-focused thinkers. Unlock tomorrow’s trends today: read more, subscribe to our newsletter, and become part of the NextTech community at NextTech-news.com

Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring. Simona Aracri is a researcher in the Institute of Marine Engineering at the National Research Council of Italy. Previously, she was a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, working on the award winning project ORCA Hub and focusing on offshore robotic sensors.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess.

On April 2, Sony increased the price of all of its PlayStation 5 consoles. The standard disc edition now costs $650, the digital edition up to $600, and the Pro model is a hefty $900. However, when you take a step back and look closely at the PlayStation Portal, things begin to make a lot more sense. It debuted in 2023 as a way to stream games from your PS5 to your TV, but you required your enormous PS5 connected in and nearby, which didn’t work out too well.

Nearly 12 months after losing his seat, as well as taking the Liberals to an historic defeat in the May 2025 federal election, former opposition leader Peter Dutton has a new gig on the board of the state government-backed Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). The LNP government has also put another ex politician on the QIC board – former Beattie government assistant minister Michael Choi.

The global payment system is going through a big change. As digital payments get quicker, more complicated, and more global, traditional payment systems are having a hard time meeting the needs of today’s businesses. Smart payment systems are the next step in payment technology. They use artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology to make payment gateways that are smart, safe, and very fast.

Risk management in clinical trials depends on systems that detect issues, correct them, and prevent them from returning. Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs) are the structured process used to investigate deviations, address root causes, and strengthen controls. When CAPAs work, they protect study integrity and reduce recurrence. When they don’t, problems repeat and become more disruptive over time. This article explains why CAPAs fail, what makes them effective, and how teams can build CAPA practices that improve quality rather than generate paperwork.

TORONTO — Evan Pivnick, associate director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Ontario Independent System Electricity Operator’s selection of 14 projects as part of its Long-Term 2 Energy Supply (Window 1):  “Yesterday, the Independent System Electricity Operator announced the selection of 14 projects as part of its competitive, technology-agnostic procurement process.

New roles: More than two years after her return to CNN, Alex MacCallum is taking on additional duties as she was named the news network’s chief operating officer. In a memo to staffers obtained by TVNewser, CNN CEO Mark Thompson said MacCallum’s promotion comes as she has “already achieved an impressive set of critical accomplishments in record time.” MacCallum was previously CNN’s executive vice president of digital products and services, tasked with spearheading CNN’s suite of digital products, which includes the launch of its All Access subscription product, the CNN Express FAST channel, and the network’s upcoming weather service.

Night owls and supper enthusiasts, mark your calendars: Popeyes Singapore is rolling out a 1-for-1 Signature Chicken Combo deal for late-night diners, running from 13 to 17 April 2026. The catch? It is only available between 10pm and 2am — so this one is strictly for the after-hours crowd. At just $10.80 for two Signature Chicken Combo meals (the usual price for one), this is one of the better fried chicken promotions we have seen this month.

Liquid AI just released LFM2.5-VL-450M, an updated version of its earlier LFM2-VL-450M vision-language model. The new release introduces bounding box prediction, improved instruction following, expanded multilingual understanding, and function calling support — all within a 450M-parameter footprint designed to run directly on edge hardware ranging from embedded AI modules like NVIDIA Jetson Orin, to mini-PC APUs like AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395, to flagship phone SoCs like the Snapdragon 8 Elite inside the Samsung S25 Ultra.

On April 9, Zhiyuan Robotics introduced its next-generation embodied AI foundation model, Genie Operator-2 (GO-2). The model aims to improve execution reliability in complex environments by bridging the gap between task understanding and physical action. GO-2 incorporates an “Action Chain-of-Thought” mechanism, generating structured high-level action sequences before producing control signals. It also adopts a dual-system architecture that separates low-frequency planning from high-frequency execution, allowing real-time adjustments based on environmental feedback.

Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based global geolocation surveillance system called Webloc. The tool was developed by Israeli company Cobwebs Technologies and is now sold by its successor Penlink after the two firms merged in July 2023, according to a report published by the Citizen Lab.

Karandeep Singh / Android Authority I didn’t intend to do this experiment, but my month-long trip away from home forced me to shut down my NAS for a good few weeks. What I expected to be a temporary inconvenience ended up feeling… normal. The NAS is such an ingrained part of my local file access workflow that I assumed I’d miss it immediately, but with a portable SSD in my hand and Google Drive practically moving everywhere with me, I had little reason to think about my home setup at all.

More design images of the upcoming new wide-folding flagship smartphone from Huawei have come out. Different from the Huawei Pura X2 that is also being prepared for launch, these images show how Apple’s iPhone Ultra is ushering in an entirely new era of foldable smartphones.This isn’t the Huawei Pura X2While the iPhone Ultra might share similarities with the Huawei Pura X, the Chinese tech giant is now working on two different Pura phones according to reports.

Jumping back into Nerf Arena Blast today provides the same adrenaline that captivated players all those years ago in 1999. People are still loading patched versions of the game onto their modern machines and connecting to active servers, where matches are quickly filling up. This game has always managed to transform what would otherwise be a bunch of kids playing with foam darts into full-fledged digital competition that still feels new 27 years later.

If you haven’t made it down to Gardens by the Bay’s annual Sakura exhibition yet, consider this your final reminder — it closes on 15 April 2026. This year’s edition is extra special, combining the beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms with beloved Sanrio characters including Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, and Kuromi, all set against a stunning tribute to Ishikawa Prefecture.

On April 9, BYD announced a major over-the-air (OTA) update for its Denza D9 model, introducing the “God’s Eye 5.0” system. The update applies to multiple variants, including the 2025 model lineup. The upgrade adds a reinforcement learning-based end-to-end driving assistance model and introduces a driving report feature that records metrics such as assisted driving mileage and lane changes. It also includes new safety functions, such as emergency stopping assistance in highway scenarios, along with improvements to parking and obstacle detection systems.

Home security gets a quiet boost when the details are clear regardless of time of day or lighting conditions. The newest Ring Indoor Cam Plus, priced at $35 (was $60), delivers on that promise with its Retinal 2K resolution, allowing you to see a misplaced key on the kitchen counter or a sleeping pet in the corner without having to squint at blurry corners.

Long-chain reasoning is one of the most compute-intensive tasks in modern large language models. When a model like DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3 works through a complex math problem, it can generate tens of thousands of tokens before arriving at an answer. Every one of those tokens must be stored in what is called the KV cache — a memory structure that holds the Key and Value vectors the model needs to attend back to during generation.

The Chinese navy has unveiled its latest addition to the fleet, a new class of nuclear-powered submarine, marking a significant advancement in China's maritime capabilities. This development comes on the heels of China's strides in shipbuilding, with the construction of more sophisticated warships. While attention has been on China's aircraft carrier program, the submarine fleet plays a crucial role in shaping China's global ambitions.

Landmines and unexploded shells transform tracts of terrain into silent time bombs, slowing armies and claiming lives long after the conflict has ended. The British have begun employing small drones to undertake reconnaissance work for them first, allowing the computer to identify the threats so that soldiers can stay back and complete the job more quickly. Small quadcopters take to the air, flying low over rugged terrain while carrying a host of sensors that detect a variety of things.

In this tutorial, we build and operate a fully local, schema-valid OpenClaw runtime. We configure the OpenClaw gateway with strict loopback binding, set up authenticated model access through environment variables, and define a secure execution environment using the built-in exec tool. We then create a structured custom skill that the OpenClaw agent can discover and invoke deterministically. Instead of manually running Python scripts, we allow OpenClaw to orchestrate model reasoning, skill selection, and controlled tool execution through its agent runtime.

West Ham United delivered a stunning performance on Friday night, thrashing Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 at the London Stadium to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone and send Tottenham Hotspur tumbling into the bottom three for the first time since 2009. With a packed Matchday 32 weekend ahead — headlined by Arsenal vs Bournemouth, Liverpool vs Fulham, and Sunday’s blockbuster Chelsea vs Manchester City — the race for the title, European spots, and survival intensifies further.

Starting next month, UK shoppers can order the Honda Super-N for less than £20,000 ($26,910). This cool electric vehicle pays homage to a famous 1980s Honda model and injects some joy back into daily travels. Honda constructed the Super-N on a lightweight architecture derived from their popular kei cars in Japan, where it was initially known as the Super-One. The end result is a low-slung car that’s easy to drive in traffic, feels agile, and saves money without compromising any of the necessities.

Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and OPPO have introduced a new generative image super-resolution framework, VOSR (Vision-Only Super-Resolution), with the related paper accepted by CVPR 2026. The study challenges the prevailing approach of using large-scale text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models for super-resolution tasks. Existing methods typically rely on pretraining with massive image-text datasets before adapting to super-resolution, resulting in high computational and data costs.

Scientists from MIT’s Media Lab have developed extremely thin strands that wrap and unravel at the flip of an electric switch. They strikingly resemble your own muscles. When grouped together, they can generate significant force and movement, all while remaining completely silent and hidden. Each electrofluidic muscle fiber is only 2 millimeters thick and weighs roughly 2 grams. Inside, there’s a little self-contained loop of highly unique liquid and a tiny pump the size of a toothpick.

Mayor Chow said, for too long, the City has taken “a reactive approach” to streetlighting, addressing outages as they arise rather than invest in long-term solutions City’s 2026 Budget sets out a $577m investment through Toronto Hydro Energy Services to fund conversion of energy-efficient LEDs with smart lighting controls. Oh no, sadly you have viewed the maximum number of articles before we ask you to complete some basic details.

I will say that I think this product could be neat in a few scenarios. If you like to dye your own extensions, or you continually change the color of a streak and don't need to buy oodles of full-size dye containers, or you're a parent with kids that are always dip-dying their bleached ends, then it might make sense. And the resulting product does smell good.

Palred Technologies Limited announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025, presenting a mixed performance with standalone profitability contrasting against consolidated losses. The Board of Directors approved these results at their meeting held on February 13, 2026.Standalone Financial Performance The company's standalone operations demonstrated resilience with continued profitability, though at reduced levels compared to the previous year.

Whether you are already running a business or preparing to launch one, building a startup is exciting but scaling it can feel complex and demanding. The reason is that business growth comes with higher demands on your time, team, and resources. That’s why you must be willing to invest in the right systems to ease the struggles, increase efficiency, and give you more room to focus on business growth.  

Ontario, California, April 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A high-level delegation from Florida-based home furnishings leader City Furniture recently visited GARVEE’s headquarters. The visit was led by City Furniture Chairman Keith Koenig, joined by Senior Vice Presidents of Operations Shaun Feraco and Dave Clevenger, along with other core management members. The dialogue focused on a deep synergy of…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Why were US utility prices so high in Q1 2026? Is it a recent phenonemon, or is it a result of long-established trends? You’d think that natural gas itself would be the cause of rising costs, right? You would’ve been correct years ago, but there’s a set of more recent causes that are making it difficult to rein in rising utility costs.

As Google owner Alphabet invests heavily in AI, YouTube is discouraging “mass-produced” content enabled by those very same technologies. Elevate your perspective with NextTech News, where innovation meets insight. Discover the latest breakthroughs, get exclusive updates, and connect with a global network of future-focused thinkers. Unlock tomorrow’s trends today: read more, subscribe to our newsletter, and become part of the NextTech community at NextTech-news.com

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 975 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival. The Whitefield Art Collective (WAC) is celebrating the ninth edition of its visual and performing arts festival at VR Bengaluru.

If you’ve been the victim of fraud, you’re likely already a lead on a ‘sucker list’ – and if you’re not careful, your ordeal may be about to get worse. 10 Apr 2026  •  , 5 min. read The worst thing you can do after falling victim to fraud is let your guard down. Online scammers only care about one thing: making money, so when new opportunities arise to do just that, they take them.

Google is integrating NotebookLM directly into Gemini, making it a core part of Google's main AI product. NotebookLM lets users build notebooks from PDFs, Google Docs, websites, and other sources, then query them with AI. "Notebooks" are dedicated workspaces where you group all those sources for a single project and then ask the AI to turn them into things like graphics, infographics, images, and even talk show‑style audio conversations based exclusively on that collection.

If you’ve been eyeing a new smartphone or some smart home gadgets, now’s the time to pull the trigger. Xiaomi’s annual Fan Festival is back for 2026, running the entire month of April with significant discounts across smartphones, wearables, robot vacuums, and gaming monitors. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or picking up a gift, there are some genuinely good savings to be had.

ByteDance has released its latest voice generation model, Seeduplex, targeting improvements in speech synthesis and real-time interaction. The model focuses on delivering more natural conversational output, with enhancements in tone control, emotional expression, and multilingual capabilities. It is designed for applications such as virtual assistants, content creation, and customer service automation. Seeduplex supports low-latency response and can generate speech in multiple styles, making it suitable for interactive AI systems.

In a move that proves even the most stoic of global banking giants can eventually be coaxed into the cryptocurrency sandbox, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced on Friday that HSBC and Anchor FinTech have been granted the territory’s inaugural stablecoin issuer licenses. The regulatory nod, effective immediately under Hong Kong’s newly minted Stablecoin Ordinance, marks a supposedly historic milestone for a city determined to rebrand its skyline as a digital asset hub, even as global markets remain cautiously skeptical of tokens that claim to stay tethered to boring, old-fashioned fiat.

South Korea has built visible momentum in AI healthcare, with rising regulatory approvals and expanding policy support. Yet inside hospitals, adoption remains uneven. The issue is no longer whether AI works. It is whether hospitals can integrate it into daily practice, justify it financially, and scale it across systems. This gap is now shaping the next phase of Korea’s healthcare innovation strategy.

Complex prediction problems often lead to ensembles because combining multiple models improves accuracy by reducing variance and capturing diverse patterns. However, these ensembles are impractical in production due to latency constraints and operational complexity. Instead of discarding them, Knowledge Distillation offers a smarter approach: keep the ensemble as a teacher and train a smaller student model using its soft probability outputs.

Soiboi Soft set out to build a four-digit display out of nothing but air pressure. The finished product is an impressive design, with 3D printed pieces and ultra thin silicone sheets, without cables running directly to the section. Instead, vacuum lines pull on flexible membranes to create luminous bars, which remain in place long after the signal is turned off.

Built on trust, not transactions, the programme enables partners to lead end-to-end AI literacy engagements in enterprises Bengaluru, India, April 9, 2026 : AI&Beyond, India’s pioneering AI literacy company, today announced the launch of the AI&Beyond Partner Circle, a curated partnership programme designed to accelerate enterprise AI adoption through trusted networks of senior professionals and advisors. This programme enables partners to create AI Literacy opportunities in enterprise ecosystems.

A brief video showed a pair of arms slithering out from an ultra slim floor lamp, reaching out to pick up a rumpled blanket, and then nimbly transforming it into a clean rectangle in the blink of an eye. That lamp is called Lume, the creation of a Palo Alto-based company, and they had a rather basic idea: what if house robots looked more like furniture than machinery?