Anticipation for Grand Theft Auto 6 might have helped Sony’s PlayStation 5 to finally top 100 million units shipped. https://www.pcmag.com/news/as-gamers-gear-up-for-gta-6-ps5-shipments-top-100-million-units

How do we stop bot armies and AI agents from killing the web? Cloudflare's CEO suggests getting all the AI companies to agree to micropayments might be the solution: https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-do-we-stop-bot-armies-and-ai-agents-from-destroying-the-web

GTA 6 is a 212GB monster. An SSD upgrade can give your PS5 up to 4TB of extra space without slowing it down, and all you need is a screwdriver. But brace for higher than normal SSD pricing thanks to the memory shortage: https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/dont-let-gta-6-force-you-to-delete-your-favorite-games-do-this-instead

Nintendo to abandon Apple, Google Sign-ins next year on Jan 26th: Here's how to retain access: https://www.pcmag.com/news/nintendo-to-drop-apple-google-sign-ins-next-year-heres-how-to-retain-access

As some gamers consider taking a sick day to play Grand Theft Auto 6 on launch day, Logitech is giving its employees a day off to play any video game they’d like. https://www.pcmag.com/news/ahead-of-gta-6-launch-logitech-gives-employees-a-day-off-to-play-video

America's Best Tech Retailers Ranked by Real Shoppers: Micro Center and Costco come out as big winners. https://www.pcmag.com/articles/readers-choice-2026-tech-retailers

Public bodies in the UK are struggling to handle an influx of AI-written complaints and correspondence, which are often long and full of hallucinations: https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-generated-complaints-requests-flood-government-offices-its-not-going

The Nvidia-powered Surface Laptop Ultra crushes local AI benchmarks, but app compatibility issues and sky-high prices make it a tough sell for almost everyone. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsofts-5899-ai-laptop-is-here-and-you-should-absolutely-not-buy-it

Apple to shut down the decades-old Support Community forum next week: https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-to-shut-down-its-support-community-forum-next-week

According to our survey, hardware price hikes and splashy releases like GTA 6 have more than half of gamers rethinking their budgets. And nearly a quarter are holding out for Black Friday before pulling the trigger on new games and gear. https://www.pcmag.com/news/holiday-gaming-survey-2026

A new update from Sony confirms the end of PS Plus for PC on Dec. 10, citing a limited user base as the reason. https://www.pcmag.com/news/end-of-playstation-plus-on-pc-finish-your-games-by-early-december

AMD outlines its upcoming Zen 6 microarchitecture, with the potential for 12-core chiplets, more L3 cache, and PCI Express 6.0 support. Expect it first in upcoming EPYC server chips, but here's what future Ryzens might tap into. https://www.pcmag.com/news/amd-zen-6-architecture-details-epyc-venice-cpus-future-ryzens

Grand Theft Auto 6 will be capped at rendering only 30 frames per second when it launches on Nov. 19 due to hardware limitations on the 6-year-old PS5 and Xbox Series X/S: https://www.pcmag.com/news/gta-6-will-run-at-30fps-and-support-xbox-cloud-streaming-but-only-for-consoles

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) is a powerful gaming laptop with a huge screen and some cool aesthetic features. It's hard to transport, though, and doesn't offer many advantages over rival 18-inchers. Here's our review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asus-rog-strix-scar-18-2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy has sparked a class-action lawsuit that claims the company misled investors by failing to disclose the relationship. https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-accuses-nvidia-of-deceiving-shareholders-by-covering-up-ceos-affair

A new update for Googlebooks reworks the memory management to free up to 6GB of system RAM on 16GB devices. https://www.pcmag.com/news/googlebooks-get-their-first-big-update-with-ram-security-boosts

Apple now charges for high AI use in Logic Pro, debuts a new credit system: https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-now-charges-for-high-ai-use-in-logic-pro-debuts-new-credit-system

Ring released a camera drone? It's a tiny, loud quadcopter that patrols your home and is designed to spook prowlers. https://www.pcmag.com/news/i-saw-rings-new-250-home-security-drone-in-action-and-its-not-vaporware

Wi-Fi 8 PCs, phones, or other clients aren't here yet, but the first routers are. We tested an Asus ROG Rapture, and saw some astonishing speed results under certain conditions. https://www.pcmag.com/news/lab-exclusive-just-how-fast-is-wi-fi-8-our-first-test-results-hint-at-something

Don't want to miss a second of playtime? GTA 6 comes out on November 19, but you can preload the game starting tonight and have everything ready to go when it unlocks. https://www.pcmag.com/news/gta-6-preloading-starts-tonight-how-to-install-game-on-xbox-and-playstation