Talk about breaking out: After getting a lot of media attention, the developer of the artificial intelligence-driven text adventure AI Dungeon 2 has gone from a part-time hobby programmer to the CEO of his own company. The firm already has two mobile apps under its belt and it all happened in the span of less than two weeks.

Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported on an old-school text adventure called AI Dungeon 2 that uses artificial intelligence to take you on a journey that is non-

In a nutshell: A Canadian clinical laboratory services provider has announced it suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive information, including test results, of up to 15 million customers. Additionally, the company admitted to paying the hackers to retrieve the stolen data.

In an open letter , LifeLabs writes that the hack, which took place in October, involved customers’ names, addresses, emails, logins, passwords, date of birth, and health card numbers. There were also 85,000 people who may

In brief: The demand for batteries for electric cars and grid storage is expected to reach 4,584 gigawatt hours by 2040, which is why a lot of startups are trying to figure out the best way to satisfy that demand. Silicon nanoparticles are a key new ingredient for improved battery capacities, and a New Orleans startup wants to help battery makers by producing it at scale using conventional manufacturing techniques.

It's easy to get excited every time there's news about a new battery technology

Why it matters: As we wave goodbye to the 2010s, it’s time to look back on the best the decade had to offer. You might have read about the top apps, games, and tech, but what about the best investment? Not too surprisingly, it was bitcoin, which, if you bought for $1 ten years ago, would now be worth over $90,000.

According to a recent report from Bank of America Securities (via CNN Business

In brief: Some companies within the PC gaming industry -- we're looking at you, Nvidia -- would have you believe that 240Hz monitors are the best way to obtain a competitive edge over other players in eSports titles like Overwatch or CS: GO. However, it seems even that isn't quite good enough for Asus. A product listing reveals that the company is now selling a monitor with "up to" an astounding 280Hz refresh rate.

The monitor in question is

Why it matters: Flying cars have long since been portrayed in works of science fiction as the preferred mode of personal transportation. In the near future, however, reality will intersect speculative fiction and we’ll finally get to see if the hype lives up to the expectation.

Autonomous helicopter startup Skyryse has thrown its name into the hat of companies interested in leading the charge with regard to the future of personal transportation.

On Tuesday, the startup shared a promotional video for its Luna autonomous helicopter platform. Unlike other companies interested

The big question: Google continues to chug along with its development of the Stadia beta. New games have been popping on to the service since launch with three more being added in this week. Four more have been confirmed for 2020, but is this really enough to make the service sustainable?

Google’s game-streaming platform Stadia got off to a rocky start . It is trying to stem the criticism by throwing more free trials into the ecosystem, but that does not help one of it's

Last call for a few great deals that are still on before the holidays hit us in full. There's a bevy of laptops on sale by Lenovo, Dell, Asus, Microsoft, and more. The Lenovo Ideapad S340 is back down to just $269, the Inspiron 15 5000 Touch laptop is only $350 after coupon code,

In brief: There is no shortage of WhatsApp vulnerabilities which is why the communications platform is meant to be used socially and not for mission-critical tasks, but at least Facebook is fixing one of them in the latest update to the app. This may be explained by the fact that a bug can compromise group chats, and even crash the app entirely until you wipe all related data.

If you're running an older version of WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android phone and have automatic updates turned off, you might