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A senior games buyer at a major retailer has warned that supply of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S will not meet demand during the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. The buyer, speaking anonymously to The Game Business, said that the ongoing shortage of hardware components will prevent retailers from receiving consoles ordered […]

Microsoft has extended the free Windows 10 Extended Security Update program for consumers for an additional year. Devices enrolled in the program will continue to receive security updates until October 12, 2027. This change was made without any formal announcement; It appeared in an update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 ESU documentation and as an editor’s

Rockstar Games has announced the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 ahead of pre-orders starting at midnight. The Standard Edition will cost $79.99, while the Ultimate Edition, which includes bonus content, will cost $99.99. At launch, the game will be a single-player experience, with no separate version of GTA Online included. GTA 6 is scheduled

Meta has halted its Model Capability Initiative (MCI), an internal program that tracks employee mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes to train AI models. The company shut down the program on June 22, 2026, after documents reviewed by Reuters showed that sensitive employee data collected through MCI was inadvertently accessible to all Meta employees. It has

Samsung Electronics is getting started ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex For all employees in Korea as well as the global workforce in its Device Experience division. OpenAI calls it one of its largest enterprise launches to date. This deployment deepens Samsung’s collaboration with OpenAI, expanding from AI infrastructure to workforce-level AI integration. What Samsung employees get

Rockstar Games has announced that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 will open on June 25, 2026. Along with the news, the studio also unveiled the game’s official cover art, which is now available on Rockstar’s website. The game is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The

According to research firm CCS Insight, global smartphone shipments are expected to decline 15% in 2026 as rising memory prices driven by AI technology will drive up device costs. Some entry-level phones have seen prices increase by more than 50% from last year. The primary smartphone market declined 4.4% in the first quarter of 2026,

Google has started rolling out Android 17 and Wear OS 7 for Pixel phones and Pixel Watch devices. Samsung Galaxy and other Android phones are expected to get the update from next month. The update also introduces a new app-windowing feature called Bubbles, as well as more detailed controls for location and contact sharing, and

Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a new division focused on integrating brand advertisements directly into gameplay across its portfolio. The announcement was made on 15 June. EA estimates that more than 120 million players access its games every month during fiscal year 2026, representing the platform’s target audience. The platform builds on existing EA

MX Linux 25.2 has been released, which addresses some difficult changes introduced in version 25 and finally updates the Raspberry Pi version. The update was announced late last month and includes an alternative Licorix-built kernel 7.0 in addition to the standard Debian kernel. Existing MX Linux users can upgrade via the install-over option in the

ChatGPT has reached 1 billion monthly active users on its app, making it the fastest application in history to reach that milestone. The figures come from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, which previously held Google Maps as the record holder. It took almost five years for Google Maps to reach 1 billion monthly users. ChatGPT

Microsoft has updated the Windows 11 Native AI documentation to confirm that language model APIs can now run on PCs that are not equipped with Copilot+ but have supported GPUs. Previously, these APIs were only available on CoPilot+ PCs that had dedicated NPU hardware. The change is currently targeted for developers and is not yet

Valve has confirmed it is ending the Steam gift card program at retail stores, citing years of scam abuse. Physical Steam Gift Cards will be available at retailers while stocks last. Once those locations sell through their inventory, Valve will not restock them. The company expects all retailers to run out of physical cards by

Anthropic has introduced cloud fable 5A version of its Mythos-class model architecture with advanced security features. This model is available to Pro, Max, and Enterprise customers at no additional charge until June 22. After that date, pricing will be based on usage. Fable 5 consumes tokens at a much faster rate than previous cloud models.