Stability AI is a tech startup developing the “Stable Diffusion” AI model, which is a complex algorithm trained on images from the internet. Following a test version available to researchers, the company has officially released the Stable Diffusion model, which can be used to create images from text prompts. Unlike Midjourney and other models/generators, Stable Diffusion aims to create photorealistic images first and foremost — something that has already led to controversy over “deepfake” content....

If you are always using the Run Line and get sick of navigating the Start menu to access it; SlickRun is a cool little floating command line application always at the ready on your desktop. SlickRun takes up very little real estate on your desktop! Simply type in the command you wish to execute as you would in the Window’s Run Line and hit Enter. Right click in the text area to find the SlickRun menu....

Check Whether Your VPN Is the Problem To do so, first, make sure that you’re disconnected from your VPN. Go to Speedtest.net without your VPN connected and write down the numbers that you see. Second, connect the VPN and run the test again. If the results from the VPN are less than around 60% of your regular speed, then the VPN is the problem. If, however, the VPN only takes a few Mbps off the top of an already slow connection—or your connection is a lot slower than your ISP advertised—you may want to take a few steps to speed up your internet connection before running the test again....

Only yesterday did we come across Sony’s teaser which hinted at the arrival of the “next big thing”. And just under 24 hours from that teaser, the company has made the smartphone official. Unlike our speculations of it being the successor to the Xperia Z Ultra, this handset will be known as the Xperia T3 and is set to be a midrange smartphone sporting very capable hardware. The Xperia T3 will be packing a 5....

In what appears to be a major marketing investment, Sony has just struck a deal with FIFA to make its latest smartphone, the Xperia Z2 the official smartphone of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is set to kick off tomorrow in São Paulo, so this is just the marketing boost Sony could have asked for ahead of the biggest sporting spectacle in the world. This obviously means some new contests and offers for the fans as well....

According to the various reliable sources and reports, the tech giant Google along with the other search engines will soon implement new measures to try to slow down the piracy, as far as possible, the high levels of online piracy that currently exist in some regions. Through these measures, companies will be able to block the viewing of these links to torrent files, and their corresponding portals, from their search results....

Here’s how Spotify describes its new interactive ad in a blog post: Essentially, when a podcast presenter is telling you about a product through an ad, they can create a card with a clickable link to go along with the ad. If you want to support the show you’re listening to, you can click the ad and redeem the offer. This prevents you from remembering complicated URLs or promo codes, as the offer is embedded in the link....

Unfamiliar with the term “smishing”? Here’s a quick recap: A smishing scam is a random text message that urges you to click a link. Despite the silly name, smishing is serious. In 2020, these scams stole $86 million from Americans. Robotexts are getting even worse in 2022. As of June, the FCC received 8,500 complaints about text message scams. That’s a 49% increase from 2019! Here’s the backstory Sadly, the problem isn’t going away anytime soon....

These attacks are affecting companies large and small around the world, and they appear to be increasing in frequency. Just recently, even Twitter suffered an unprecedented site-wide cyberattack that affected some of its most famous users. Tap or click here for more details on the massive Twitter hack of July 2020. And now, it appears that gadget-makers aren’t even safe from the onslaught of hacks. One of the most popular smartwatch manufacturers has been hit with what appears to be a ransomware attack, and all of the services users depend on have become unavailable....

At the end of February, 2014, Sony officially announced the Xperia Z2, a high-end device with plenty of features to make it worthwhile to potential consumers. For anyone who might be wondering what’s next, though, the first glimpse of what could be the Xperia Z3’s front panel have leaked online. A new report from the Xperia Blog suggests that our first glimpse of the Xperia Z3 is right above, with the front panel finding its way online long before any official announcements have been made....

After Google launched Android 9.0 Pie to its lineup of devices, Android manufacturers are starting to unveil which of their own handsets will be getting the new software as well. We have already seen HTC unveil its own handful of smartphones that will be getting the Pie update at some point in the future. And Motorola recently revealed quite a few Moto-branded handsets will eating Pie (hopefully) before the end of 2018....

The Z3 Compact follows the Z1 Compact (there was no Z2 version) in providing a scaled down device, physically, without any serious spec compromises, something for which Sony should be commended, since other phone manufacturers tend to scale down internals as well in their ‘minis’. The Z3 Compact takes design cues from its big sister and feels rather splendid in the hand, even though there’s no metal that’s immediately detectable with the fingers....

The unfortunate truth is that small businesses can make very tempting targets for malicious hackers and cyber criminals because they hold the same kinds of data that large businesses have, such as personal information, credit card details, passwords, and more. But the nature of small business means that the information could be held less securely than it is within a large organisation, particularly if there isn’t a specialist information security employee on staff....

One incredibly handy feature that Google did not demo or even talk about at its I/O keynote yesterday was Smart Lock for Passwords. Like the Smart Lock feature of Lollipop, Smart Lock for Password aims to completely eliminate the need for users to enter passwords to sign in to apps and services on their devices. It is a password manager that works across Android and Chrome, and automatically allows passwords of apps and websites to be saved to a user’s Google account....

The Sony Xperia XA1 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display. Just like its smaller sibling, the Xperia XA1 Plus has ultra-minimal bezels to the side of the display. Sony hasn’t made any changes to the design of the Xperia XA1 Plus. It’s simply a bigger phone, nothing else. Under the hood, the Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra is powered by a 2.3Ghz octa-core Mediatek Helio P20 processor with Mali T880 GPU....

Dubbed Seaborgium by Microsoft, the group has worked to steal information from targeted NATO countries, particularly the US and UK, and occasionally from other countries in the Baltics, the Nordics, and Eastern Europe, as well as Ukraine government organizations prior to Russia’s February 24 invasion. On occasion, the group also leaked data as part of what seem to be disinformation/misinformation campaigns. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), which tracks sophisticated and state-sponsored actors, has focussed on Seaborgium ’s abuse of OneDrive to gain visibility into the group’s activities....

This trend was first observed when the Snapdragon 650 was unveiled and the performance it provided on a mid-range smartphone like the Redmi Note 3 surprised a lot of people. Then onwards, Qualcomm has added more such chipsets to its portfolio which can be used on smartphones that do not cost a lot of money but still provide solid performance, the Snapdragon 660 being a prime example. While the 660 was not used by a lot of OEMs initially, it has recently gained a lot of popularity with the likes of Asus, Realme, and Xiaomi using it on their devices priced less than Rs 15,000....

Sony announced a phone back in March called the Xperia L. In short, it’s a device that looks like the company’s flagship Xperia Z, except that the specs have been ratcheted way down. Forget about 1080p, or even 720p, we’re talking 4.3 inches of 854 x 480 pixels here. The Xperia L’s model number is S36h. Thanks to the Xperia Blog, we now have photos of a phone called the S39h....

The Sony Xperia Z2, unarguably, offers the best battery life among all the flagship handsets released in the first half of the year, thanks largely to its gigantic 3200mAh battery. The phone can easily last a day of heavy usage with around 5.5-6 hours of screen on time without breaking a sweat. However, if you make use of some of Sony’s pre-loaded software features, along with the tips mentioned below, you can easily increase the Z2’s battery life by a substantial margin....

Sony’s latest flagship — the Xperia Z3 — more or less packs the same specs as its predecessor, the Xperia Z2. Sony, however, has paid attention to the minute details and made an already excellent handset into a terrific one. Compared to the likes of all the flagships released earlier this year, the Xperia Z3 does not really offer any unique feature. However, it still stands out from the crowd because of its sleek design and balanced specifications....