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Rockstar apparently wanted to turn Miami into a real-life Vice City to coincide with the launch of GTA 6 – complete with branded trains, manhole covers and “Welcome to Vice City” messages at the airport. But the sheriff is pushing back against the plans.

Spanish YouTuber El Rubius was shown nearly three hours of gameplay at Rockstar North. The most important details have now been summarized on Reddit.

Instagram's fix for AI accounts pretending to be real people: hide the account until it fesses up. Whether that results in compliance, however, is another story, as AI models keep getting smarter.

A control convention dating back to GTA 3 could disappear with GTA 6. Rockstar's new approach is dividing fans.

Fans have spotted two interesting details about NPC behavior in the GTA 6 Extended Look. The scenes could suggest that NPCs will react to danger much more dynamically than before.

Android’s lock screen is supposed to keep your photos private, but WhatsApp’s video call screen can apparently get around that protection. There is no secret exploit or complicated hack involved, and the issue has already been reported to both Meta and Google.

Tough in a fight, but awkward around others? Fans have spotted several small moments in the Extended Look that are reigniting an older theory about Jason's personality.

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox are facing tougher scrutiny in the European Union after the European Commission designated them under the Digital Services Act, triggering new compliance requirements by January 2027.

How brutal will GTA 6 be? After the Extended Look raised doubts about whether the game would feature an extensive gore system, comments from a content creator who has already had the chance to play Rockstar's upcoming title are giving fans reason to breathe a sigh of relief.

Pull a gun, empty the register, get away – spontaneous robberies in GTA V were fairly simple. GTA 6 could turn them into a much more complex affair.

GTA 6 could launch without a first-person mode. While some fans can live without it, others are already calling it a “deal breaker” and a step backward compared to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Twitter is back — at least in name — as a startup founded by a former Twitter lawyer launches Twitter.now. The new social network recreates the classic Twitter experience while adding an AI-powered fact-checking system, but Elon Musk’s X is already fighting the project in court.

Twitch appears to be experiencing a widespread outage, with users reporting problems loading streams, accessing channels and using other parts of the platform. The exact cause of the disruption remains unclear, and Twitch has yet to provide a detailed explanation for the issues.

Rockstar is finally showing the Extended Look at GTA 6 today – and the community is already discussing what this could mean for Cyberleek. While some expect his days in the spotlight to be numbered, others are bracing for even more explosive leaks.

WhatsApp is replacing the six-digit PIN behind two-step verification with a password of at least eight characters. Accounts can also hold more than one passkey, and Android now shows extra detail about callers who are not in your contacts. Meta announced all three on August 25 and is rolling them out gradually.

Meta will pay $18 billion without admitting guilt to settle claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed teens. The landmark agreement includes strict new limits on youth accounts, including daily time caps, nighttime blocks, and age‑appropriate content filters to help curb social media addiction.

X Crop has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitter, the open-source project behind XCancel. The project has now suspended the service while it looks into its legal options.

New information may explain why Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar subpoenaed Discord logs. A chatter named “stayonthegrindd” uploaded Cyberleek videos prior to them becoming public. The gas station GTA 6 leak didn’t proliferate on social media until 5 days after it surfaced in a DM.

TikTok, the Chinese social media platform, has to pay a $400 million settlement to the US Department of Justice for violating child privacy laws. This lawsuit started two years ago, when US officials claimed that the platform was collecting data and details of under-13s without the consent of their parents.

A Steam Deck owner is turning his digital games into physical cartridges using microSD cards and printed cases – and his free website lets other gamers do the same.

A new GTA 6 leak shows a nudist camp, crude dialogue and plenty of violence. Many fans are breathing a sigh of relief. Despite previous concerns, Rockstar appears to be staying true to GTA’s signature style.

How to Fish has surged past numerous established Steam hits with around 268,000 concurrent players. In this article, we explain why the game has become so successful and why players are calling it “Doom but with gills.”

Fans have spotted a small HUD icon in the latest GTA 6 leak that suggests the relationship between Jason and Lucia could be influenced by player behavior. However, there is also a much simpler explanation.

YouTube now counts a view the moment playback starts, with no minimum watch time, across Shorts, long-form videos and live streams. Public view counts will climb faster without more people actually watching. Earnings are unaffected, and the stricter number lives on as engaged views in YouTube Analytics.

Another gameplay leak for GTA 6 has surfaced. This time, Jason steals a hypercar and speeds through Vice City – with fans claiming to have spotted several new gameplay mechanics along the way.

After years of waiting, the community got its first real look at GTA 6 gameplay not from Rockstar, but from a leaker. Many fans had imagined things differently. Reddit is now debating whether Rockstar itself bears some of the blame.

Bilibili has spent years building its audience in China. Now, it is setting its eyes on the rest of the world, and with over 5 million downloads on Google Play in mere days, the start looks promising.

The leaker behind the two recently surfaced GTA 6 gameplay videos is now letting fans pay to vote on what should be leaked next. One user reportedly spent the equivalent of around $80 on the vote.

Two alleged GTA 6 gameplay leaks are currently circulating online – and fans believe they have spotted several new gameplay mechanics in the footage.

Sony still hasn’t set a release date for the PlayStation 6. However, that doesn’t seem to be causing much disappointment in the gaming community. Quite the opposite: Many gamers feel that the PS5 generation is only just getting started.

A US Army battalion is reportedly resorting to an unusual tactic to encourage soldiers to re-enlist: Those who sign up for another term are said to receive four days off around the launch of GTA 6. However, the unusual offer has yet to be officially confirmed.

Which games are best for unwinding after a stressful day? The Reddit community has come up with a surprisingly diverse range of answers: While some plant potatoes or clean cars, others relax by slaughtering demons.

Sony wants to develop new characters that could eventually grow into internationally recognized brands. The first candidate is a thoughtful bear named Nemu, who, despite his name, is not actually an owl.

Epic Games is working on a native Linux client for its store. The announcement has raised hopes for seamless integration with the Steam Deck and Steam Machine – and even for Fortnite on SteamOS.

Insomniac Games' latest effort may become one of the year’s best-selling PS5 games. Still, naysayers on X are dissuading buyers from pre-ordering Marvel’s Wolverine before its release date. The studio’s marketing director thinks algorithms are skewing opinions of the first-party title.

Starting August 18, Battlefield 6 will be free to play for seven full days – but there’s a catch of up to 60 GB.

Until now, Jason has been considered the most likely traitor in GTA 6. However, a new fan theory turns that suspicion on its head: A striking image comparison suggests that a supposed ally could be playing a double game.

A PS5 game on the Steam Deck? What previously seemed almost unimaginable has now been achieved for the first time: Astro’s Playroom boots on Valve’s handheld with the help of the SharpEmu emulator – though it currently runs at just 0.6 FPS.

YouTube is raising the entry bar for its Partner Program to 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views from 1 February 2027. Channels already in the program keep their ad revenue on long-form videos. They are not entirely off the hook, though, because a new Shorts threshold and a January deadline apply to them too.

Ongoing lawsuits in the UK and the Netherlands could force Sony to open up sales of digital PlayStation games to third-party retailers. Fans are dreaming of Steam on the PS6, but consider freely discountable download codes from third-party sellers more likely.

Rockstar Games has already released numerous artworks for GTA 6. One fan now suspects that some of these images may not have been created solely for marketing purposes, but could later appear as loading screens in the game.

Big Walk is a new co-op game with an unusual focus on communication. That approach has currently earned it the No. 2 spot among the highest-rated games of 2026.

The big Netflix presentation on August 27 is apparently just the beginning of the major promotional push for GTA 6. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick promises that after this “appetizer,” there will still be “starters, the main course and dessert.”

A New Mexico court has fined Meta $567 million and ordered changes to Facebook and Instagram. Accounts belonging to users under 18 get a hard cap of 90 hours a month across both apps, no push notifications overnight, and hidden like counts. The ruling also draws a line around Meta's AI chatbots.

Rockstar Games has suddenly started following several well-known streamers and other prominent accounts on Instagram, some of them with ties to GTA. Fans suspect this could point to a new promotional campaign for GTA 6, although NoPixel V may also be involved.

A Steam Deck user is bringing back the feel of physical game collections. His open-source plugin, Decky Links, lets players launch digitally installed games using floppy disks, NFC tags, QR codes, or USB drives. These physical items essentially become tangible keys to a Steam library.

The Steam Machine's interchangeable front panel was designed to let users easily customize the look of their console. A Reddit user has now shown that a faceplate can be more than just cosmetic – by turning it into a mount and charging dock for the Steam Controller.

Thousands of users are reporting issues with WhatsApp today. Most of them can't send or receive photos, while others are facing connectivity problems.

Microsoft could stop releasing future Xbox games on Steam. Insider Jez Corden claims to have "interesting information" about Microsoft's PC strategy, but for now, he's keeping the details to himself.

The transparency rules of the EU AI Act apply from today. If you publish deepfakes or AI-written text professionally or for money, you have to label it visibly, on YouTube as much as on your own blog. The grace period until December covers providers such as OpenAI and Google, not you.