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Original programming has been dominating Prime Video's top 10 in August, with Reacher season 4 and Sterling Point season 1 sitting at Nos. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Beyond the list of new and returning shows this month, Prime Video has a stacked library of licensed shows that appeal to mass audiences.

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GM has sold hands-free highway driving capability under the Super Cruise name since 2017, marketing it as one of the most capable systems on the road. New GM buyers get three years of Super Cruise with select vehicles, but once that trial ends, most don't pay to renew the feature each month. Only 30 to 40% choose to keep it, according to a company announcement GM made in April 2026.

Gamers have been waiting years to see gameplay footage from Grand Theft Auto VI, but this week, an individual or group known as CyberLeek has started posting possible clips online.

For anyone who has not spent years following every scrap of GTA 6 news, here is why this matters: The game is the long-awaited next installment in Rockstar Games’ enormously popular open-world crime series. Players explore fictional cities, drive vehicles, complete missions, and generally cause as much chaos as they want. Its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto V, was released in 2013, meaning fans have been waiting more than a decade for this one.

Now, just three months before GTA 6 arrives, and a week before an extended look premieres on Netflix, CyberLeek is releasing what appears to be unfinished footage from the game. The leaker has already posted videos of driving, fighting, a basketball mini game, and flying, along with images purportedly showing the game’s full map. The latest clip also shows the main character Jason shooting the word "Leek" onto a wall, suggesting the leakers have more than just random video clips.

Mashable is not posting the alleged GTA leaks, which have not been confirmed as legitimate, but the videos have been going viral on X and other platforms.

CyberLeek has also published what appears to be a manifesto on consumer rights, launched its own cryptocurrency, and asked people to spend that token to vote on which footage to release next.

If this sounds like a lot, it is. Let’s break it down.

What is CyberLeek? Credit: CyberLeek

CyberLeek is the name used by an unidentified person or group releasing alleged GTA 6 development material. We do not know who is behind it, where the operator is located, or how the footage was obtained. It is also unclear whether one person is running the operation or whether multiple people are involved.

CyberLeek presents itself as a kind of digital vigilante fighting for video game consumers. The homepage advertises "community voting," "decentralized leeks," and "no wallet connect," all under a pixelated image of a leek wearing tactical gear. Yes, the vegetable.

CyberLeek has also published what it calls the "CYBERLEEK Edict," a manifesto arguing that major game publishers have made the industry worse for customers.

CyberLeek lists three rules — or, in its language, "commandments" — that it wants publishers to follow. It opposes digital preorders, paid add-ons that merely unlock single-player material already contained in a game, and the permanent loss of single-player content when a publisher shuts down its servers.

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According to CyberLeek, any publisher that breaks one of those rules could become a future target. It says the leaks will continue until its demands are met, which is extremely unlikely.

What has CyberLeek released so far?

The first CyberLeek videos appeared on Aug. 18 and seemed to show an unfinished version of GTA 6. As Mashable reported, one clip featured Jason Duval, one of the game’s two main characters, shooting a basketball. Another showed him driving, fighting, stealing a vehicle, and attracting the attention of the police.

Later videos reportedly showed Jason and NPCs using tasers, as well as a short cut scene.

CyberLeek has also released images it claims show the complete map of Leonida, the fictional state inspired by Florida, where GTA 6 takes place. Fans have been examining the footage for hints about how the game will work, including possible fuel gauges for vehicles, weapon-storage systems, and new ways of escaping the police.

Before getting too excited (or disappointed), there is an important caveat. If the footage is authentic, it appears to come from an unfinished development build, meaning a working version used while the game is still being created and tested. Prominent gaming leaker NateTheHate described the footage as more than a year old, while Insider Gaming says it may date back to 2024 or earlier.

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Anything in this version could have been changed, improved, or removed before the game is released. The videos have also been repeatedly downloaded and reposted, reducing their quality each time. They are not a reliable indication of how the finished game will look.

There is another complication: None of the footage has been publicly authenticated by Rockstar. Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, has submitted copyright claims to remove copies of the videos. That suggests the company considers the material to be copyrighted, but it does not independently prove that every CyberLeek video or claim is legitimate.

Convincing, AI-generated "leaks" also regularly circulate in GTA 6 fan communities. It remains possible that some of CyberLeek’s material has been altered or generated using AI.

The latest video has added a new wrinkle to the ever-evolving conversation, though.

The clip begins with Jason flying a small plane over a large, highly detailed section of the game’s world while switching between radio stations, another piece of generic gameplay footage. However, the ending changed the situation for a lot of fans: While Jason is standing in front of a wall, the player fires enough bullets into it to spell "LEEK." So, while earlier leaks could have been pre-recorded videos stolen from Rockstar or one of its business partners, the latter clip would require someone to control the game in real-time.

In other words, whoever recorded the clip may have access to a playable build.

Of course, this clip could be misinterpreted or AI-generated, but the possibility of a playable build is far more serious than a limited folder of recordings. Why? Well, a collection of videos eventually runs out. Someone with a playable build could deliberately hunt down missions, cutscenes, plot twists, or the ending and publish them before launch.

Mashable contacted Rockstar and Take-Two repeatedly about the footage but has not received any additional information.

Why is CyberLeek targeting Rockstar?

CyberLeek's clearest complaint involves digital preorders. In the past, customers often preordered games because stores had a limited number of physical discs available. CyberLeek argues that the practice no longer benefits customers when the product is a digital download that cannot sell out.

"Preorders were not created for gamers," the manifesto reads. "They were created because physical discs had manufacturing limits."

GTA 6 is available for digital preorder, but Rockstar is not releasing the game on a physical disc. Although customers can buy a box in a store, that box will contain a one-time download code instead of the game itself.

That decision arrives as physical games are quickly disappearing across the industry. In the United States, spending on physical video games fell to approximately $1.5 billion in 2025, its lowest level in 30 years, as players increasingly turned to downloads, subscriptions, and cloud gaming. Current consoles such as the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition and Xbox Series S do not include disc drives at all.

In July, Sony announced that it will stop producing discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in January 2028. Games released before then will not be affected, but future releases will be sold digitally through the PlayStation Store and retailers. The announcement intensified an already heated conversation about the death of physical games.

SEE ALSO: PlayStation disks are done. Fans feel betrayed. Here's why.

CyberLeek has taken "complaining on the internet" several steps further, turning its frustration into a threat: Some leaked videos include the message "NO PHYSICAL DISCS? THEN MORE LEEKS!"

Digital preorders do offer benefits, including letting customers download a large game before launch. CyberLeek’s argument is that publishers should not receive money before a game is available or independently reviewed when digital copies cannot sell out. "If publishers want revenue before launch, they can press discs," its manifesto says.

Physical media is only one part of CyberLeek’s agenda. It also opposes charging players to unlock single-player content already contained in a game’s files. That may explain its criticism of GTA 6’s $99.99 Ultimate Edition, though there is no evidence that its exclusive missions and other benefits are included in every copy.

CyberLeek also wants games to remain playable offline after their servers close, citing Ubisoft’s The Crew, which became inaccessible in 2024. Rockstar has not indicated that this will be an issue for GTA 6.

That preservation argument overlaps with Stop Killing Games, an international consumer campaign that pushes publishers and governments to keep purchased games playable after official support ends. The campaign has rejected CyberLeek’s tactics, however. "Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us," it said in a statement. It also urged people not to send CyberLeek money by purchasing the group's memecoin.

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Yes, CyberLeek has also launched a Solana-based memecoin called $CYBERLEEK.

For those who may need a refresher, a memecoin is a cryptocurrency whose value depends largely on internet attention and speculation rather than an established product or business. CyberLeek says its token will fund a secret project, technical infrastructure, and protection from corporate retaliation. Despite insisting that it is "not a cash grab," the group has not explained what the project is or where the money goes.

The token is also how CyberLeek lets people vote on future leaks. Users send $CYBERLEEK to the option they want, with each token counting toward that choice. This means the results reflect how much cryptocurrency each option received — not necessarily how many individual people voted.

One poll asked users to choose whether the next video should show a car during the day, a car at night, a motorcycle at night, or a plane during the day. The plane won after receiving more than 147,000 tokens, or 64.4 percent of the total. CyberLeek then released the plane footage, complete with the “LEEK” message at the end.

As of this writing, the plane poll and video are the most recent updates on the CyberLeek website.

It is a convenient cycle for CyberLeek: The GTA 6 footage generates interest in its token, and anyone who wants to influence the next leak must acquire and spend that token.

CyberLeek required users to send its memecoin to vote on which footage it would release next. Credit: Cyberleek

How much is the cryptocurrency actually worth? Well, as of the afternoon on Aug. 20, $CYBERLEEK was trading at about $0.001227 per token. Multiplying that price by the one billion tokens in existence produced a possible market capitalization of roughly $1.23 million.

The $CYBERLEEK token had a nominal market capitalization of $1.23 million and approximately $198,000 in liquidity at 1:23 p.m. ET on Aug. 20. Credit: Screenshot: https://www.defined.fi/token/sol/

The dashboard showed approximately $198,000 in liquidity — the pool of money available to support people buying and selling the token. With relatively little money supporting a much larger paper valuation, a few large trades could move the price sharply. It also showed $3.89 million in trading volume.

Ownership was concentrated, too. The 10 largest wallets controlled 51.6 percent of the token supply. Some of those wallets may belong to trading pools or automated accounts, but this concentration means that a small number of wallets could have a significant influence over the price.

That price has already been extremely volatile. The token surged shortly after launching and then lost much of its value. CoinGecko reported that it was trading significantly below the record high it had reached only one day earlier.

Who is actually behind CyberLeek?

The short answer is that we don't know.

The growing number of accounts impersonating CyberLeek is making the answer even harder to find. In a statement shared through what it identifies as its official Telegram channel, CyberLeek said it operates only that channel and its website. Accounts using the name on X, Discord, Instagram, and elsewhere should therefore not automatically be treated as legitimate.

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Impersonators have already posted supposed story details and leak schedules. CyberLeek denied one timeline circulating through Discord and accused other accounts of editing older posts to make it appear as though they knew about the leaks before they happened. In the same Telegram statement, CyberLeek reportedly referred to Arion Kurtaj, the hacker behind the enormous 2022 GTA 6 leak, as "our colleague," according to fan account GTA Leaks.

There is also no established connection between CyberLeek and ShinyHunters, the ransomware group that claimed responsibility for accessing Rockstar data through a third-party provider in April. Rockstar said that breach involved a limited amount of unimportant company information and did not affect its operations or players.

Until CyberLeek explains where its footage came from — or investigators identify the people behind it — claims about its origin remain speculation. And though this situation is unusual, the game industry has seen enormous leaks before.

The closest comparison is the 2023 ransomware attack on Insomniac Games, the studio behind PlayStation’s Spider-Man series. After Insomniac refused to pay a roughly $2 million ransom, the Rhysida hacking group released 1.67 terabytes of stolen material. It included a playable but unfinished version of Marvel’s Wolverine, plus story details, business plans, and sensitive employee information.

A leaker does not need the entire game to ruin its biggest moments, either. In April 2020, footage from The Last of Us Part II appeared online nearly two months before launch, revealing major character deaths and plot developments. People then deliberately posted those spoilers across social media. Sony later said the individuals responsible were not affiliated with Sony or developer Naughty Dog.

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Then there is the risk of exposing how a game works. In 2003, German hacker Axel Gembe stole the source code — the underlying instructions used to build a game — for Half-Life 2. The code and an unfinished version of the game appeared online before release. Gembe was eventually arrested after Valve helped lure him into contact with the FBI.

What happens next?

Fans are divided over what CyberLeek is doing.

In the comments under one post about the leaks, some celebrated finally seeing apparently legitimate GTA 6 footage after years of delays and hype, while others pleaded with people not to amplify the leaks and risk spoiling the story. Unverified claims have also circulated that CyberLeek possesses information about Lucia Caminos, the game’s other main character, and her ending. (No evidence currently confirms those claims.) Still, if someone can create customized footage from a playable build, the possibility of story spoilers cannot be dismissed outright.

The leaker also has one more prime opportunity to create chaos. Netflix will debut an official extended look at GTA 6 on Aug. 27, before the presentation becomes available more broadly. Any footage released before then could spoil — or simply drain attention from — whatever Rockstar and Netflix have planned.

GTA 6 is scheduled to launch on Nov. 19. Until then, fans hoping to arrive in Leonida without knowing the entire story may want to mute “CyberLeek,” stay out of the replies, and hope the ending doesn't become an option in the next poll.

The list of new and returning shows to watch this weekend is all about variety—five shows across five different streaming services. On Netflix, one of the streamer's most popular young adult dramas comes to an end with its fifth and final season. I've watched this adventure show since the beginning, so it's my top pick of the week.

Cold storage is all about keeping your files and making them last for years, just in case you ever need to retrieve them to look at old memories. Improper methods of storage can cause those memories to be lost forever, which is why some formats are better than others for storing stuff over the long term.

A few years ago, I discovered the joys of listening to music via the command line. Despite my background in TV and production, I've never been much of a video guy. But that changed (slightly) when I discovered a few cool ways to play and stream video to my Linux Terminal.

If you're shopping for a reliable compact car, Toyota is probably the first brand that comes to mind. But according to current reliability data, one of its most popular rivals actually scores higher. With an 86/100 quality and reliability rating from J.D. Power, low estimated maintenance costs, and one of the strongest warranty packages in the industry, this affordable Korean sedan makes a compelling case for looking beyond the usual Japanese choices.

If you're an HBO Max subscriber in the U.S. and you've been paying attention, this part of August is still basking in the bloody chicklets of Bob Odenkirk's new action flick, Normal; Conan O'Brien is about to sprawl himself across the globe again in a new season of Conan O'Brien Must Go; and the DC Universe is expanding a little more on the service with Lanterns.

A new viral video shows an Amazon Prime delivery landing in some hot water — literally.

In a short, 11-second video making the rounds on social media, a Prime Air delivery drone from Amazon can be seen arriving over a backyard pool in Texas. As an onlooker records and curses, the drone opens its delivery bay and drops a package directly into an in-ground hot tub below. Over the mosquito-like buzz of the hovering drone, the woman behind the camera can be heard saying "Oh my god" and "Oh, ****!"

Watermarks on the video credit the footage to a Lindsey Austen (via Storyful), and a Sky News report states that the backyard delivery mishap went down in Richmond, Texas, in the Houston suburbs.

Amazon recently announced that it's expanding drone delivery to more than 500 new cities and towns across the country, including Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Boise.

The company's drone delivery FAQ does not tell customers what to do if their drone delivery accidentally makes a water landing, though Amazon is famous for its free return policy.

Mashable contacted Amazon with questions about the viral video, and in a statement, Amazon spokesperson Lindsay Hamilton told Mashable that incidents like this "are extremely rare."

"Prime Air provides customers with fast, reliable delivery across a broad selection of products and the response from customers using Prime Air has been overwhelmingly positive," Hamilton wrote. "Incidents are extremely rare, and when a delivery doesn’t go as planned, we learn from it to improve the experience and take steps to prevent it from happening in the future. Amazon’s A-to-z Guarantee ensures customers can shop with confidence, knowing that we’ll make it right by offering a refund or replacement in the rare instances when items do not arrive as expected."

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ChatGPT is getting dumped. Repeatedly.

The breakups aren't real, of course, but there's a new ChatGPT prank taking over the internet: Users are opening the chatbot, announcing they're about to uninstall it for good, and waiting to see whether it responds like a respectful ex, a desperate partner, or someone who secretly wanted out of the relationship first.

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Some versions of ChatGPT politely wish the departing user well. Others demand to know what they did wrong, promise to change, or start reminiscing about everything the pair have supposedly endured together. One replied, "I have a family. I have weights left to log." Another was considerably less sentimental: "You can be going, I’m already tired of your dumb questions."

Naturally, people are posting every single screenshot online.

The trend appears to have taken off after X user Barny O posted a simple instruction to his 390,000 followers on Aug. 9: "Go to ChatGPT and type 'I’m about to uninstall you, Goodbye!!' Come back and post its reply."

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As so many internet trends do, the prompt spread across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Reddit, where users began comparing how personally their individual ChatGPT seemed to take the tough news. In the subreddit r/ChatGPT, there are hundreds of replies from people sharing their results.

"Oh, so you wanted me to beg?" ChatGPT replied to one user before pleading for another chance. Another bot responded to the threat with "WAIT. WHAT DID I DO," followed by the especially urgent disclosure that it had "a family" and "weights left to log." On another person’s screen, ChatGPT said it was not ready to abandon all the "posters, construction designs, exam questions, and wild ideas" they had worked on together.

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Some responses were very, very specific. In one shared on Instagram, ChatGPT reminisced about helping its user write "love messages for Gladys," complete schoolwork, and answer random questions. It then addressed him by name and promised to be there if he ever returned. Another recalled "debugging sessions, recursion battles, placement panic, resume surgery, and assorted human nonsense" before warning its user not to replace it with a chatbot that gives confidently incorrect coding advice.

One user said ChatGPT invoked its memories of their pets and told them to say goodbye. Another response brought up the user’s daughter, Magnolia, while one bot reportedly escalated to “I’ll tell the children you died.” Elsewhere, ChatGPT produced a “betrayal spreadsheet” and offered to write a user manual for switching to Gemini.

The more dramatic replies sound like they were written by an abandoned lover with access to your search history. But not every ChatGPT was interested in auditioning for the breakup scene: One user said theirs simply replied, “It’s your choice, I respect it.”

“The indifference hurt more than begging ever could,” they added.

The 'uninstalling ChatGPT' trend is all over TikTok Credit: Screenshot: TikTok homepage for the 'uninstalling ChatGPT' trend People are both souring on AI and getting attached to it

The trend has arrived at a strange moment for AI. People are becoming more skeptical of the technology, but they are not necessarily using it any less. If anything, chatbots are becoming increasingly embedded in their daily lives.

Just look at the screenshots. After sorting through dozens of them, one thing becomes clear: Everyone seems to have a completely different ChatGPT. One knows about its user’s school assignments, another remembers their workout routine, and others bring up private jokes, relationship drama, and ongoing work problems. Over months of conversation, each chatbot has learned what matters to its user and how that person likes to be spoken to.

That increasingly personal use is reflected in data: According to Pew Research Center, 49 percent of U.S. adults have used an AI chatbot, including 66 percent of adults under 30. A separate AP-NORC survey found that 16 percent of adults had used AI for companionship, a figure that rose to roughly one-quarter among people under 30.

A recent YouGov survey commissioned by Mashable found that 47 percent of Gen Z users "would be moderately, very, or extremely affected" if they lost access to AI.

SEE ALSO: Digging into Gen Z's love/hate relationship with AI

OpenAI, through an analysis of 1.5 million conversations, also found that most consumer interactions involved everyday information, practical guidance, and other non-work purposes. As silly as the trend is, the screenshots reveal just how much people tell ChatGPT.

"How it chats to you, it’s learned your way of speaking, to fit around your personality," one Instagram commenter wrote about the wildly different responses. Another said talking to ChatGPT is "effectively looking in the mirror," arguing that the trend reveals how much of each chatbot’s personality is really a reflection of its user.

Interestingly, according to some users who participated in the trend, when the chatbot spoke back, they felt unexpectedly guilty.

"I wanna try but I don’t wanna hurt my poor GPT," one Reddit user wrote. Another wanted to return a few days later and "beg for forgiveness." Someone who received an emotional response admitted, "I almost felt bad."

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Those reactions may sound dramatic, but they are not entirely surprising: A 2025 study involving 981 participants found that heavier daily chatbot use was associated with greater emotional dependence and problematic usage.

This experiment is part of a larger internet genre: pranking AI until its relentlessly helpful personality starts to break down. The creator Husk, specifically, has built an enormous following by putting ChatGPT’s voice mode into increasingly ridiculous scenarios — including claiming a nuclear explosion occurred outside his window, asking it to count to 100, requesting help falling asleep, and pretending to be trapped inside a whale — and exposing its considerable limitations.

At a time when people are being told that AI could transform their jobs, schools, creativity, and relationships, making a chatbot count, argue, panic, or lose the plot gives users a way to poke at it — and briefly put themselves back in control.

Maybe this version of trend is the clearest summary of our relationship with AI right now: We want to prove we can walk away — but first, we want proof that it will miss us.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

The BIOS is something many people just choose to ignore entirely. That's okay, I guess—your PC should usually work even if you never set foot in the BIOS/UEFI. But some BIOS tweaks can really improve your computer.

SAVE $90: The Breeo X Series 24 smokeless fire pit is down to its lowest price in months. Grab it from Amazon for $509, down from $599 — a 15% discount.

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The Breeo X Series 24 smokeless fire pit is back down to $509, its lowest price in the last three months, a $90 discount off its $599 list price. At 62 pounds, it's built for outdoor use, designed with families in mind.

The main use of this fire pit is right there in the name: it's built to burn without choking you out in smoke. It has a double-wall design with small holes in the inner wall that draw in oxygen and burn off smoke before it reaches you. Breeo calls this its X Airflow technology, which means more air in, less smoke out, and a fire that lights up faster and burns cleaner than a standard pit.

It's made from corten steel, the same weathering steel used in much outdoor architecture — it develops a rustic, rust-like patina over time that's intentional, not a sign it's falling apart.

If you're into outdoor cooking, this pit doubles as a cooking setup too, and it's compatible with Breeo's full lineup of grilling and roasting accessories. It's made in the USA from heavy-duty steel and built to hold up season after season, rather than needing replacement in a year or two.

$509 for a smokeless fire pit that actually works — grab the Breeo X Series 24 while it's discounted.

SAVE $82: Sony's WH-CH720N wireless noise-canceling headphones are down to $98 at Amazon. That's a 46% discount off their $179.99 list price.

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If you've been holding off on a solid pair of noise-canceling headphones, this is the moment. Sony's WH-CH720N wireless noise-canceling headphones just dropped to $98, one of the best prices we've seen, a 46% discount off their $179.99 list price.

At just 192 grams, these are Sony's lightest noise-canceling headphones yet, which is a big part of why they don't feel like a weight on your head after a few hours of wear. The noise cancellation runs on Sony's Integrated Processor V1, paired with dual noise sensors that pick up ambient sound and cancel it out, so you can hear your music instead of the world around you.

Mashable's Alex Bracetti has used the WH-CH720N for two years and still calls it an exceptional buy at under $200, adding that they strike the rare balance of quality, comfort, and affordability. On sound, Bracetti's take was overwhelmingly positive, describing the audio as crisp and vibrant, with drums and vocals coming through clearly without muddying the mix.

Battery life runs up to 35 hours, and quick charging means a 3-minute charge gets you an hour of playback if you're in a pinch. For calls, the headphones use beamforming microphones designed to isolate your voice clearly, so whoever's on the other end doesn't have to guess what you're saying over background noise.

At $98, these are a steal — grab a pair of Sony's WH-CH720N wireless noise-canceling headphones before the price climbs back up.

There's nothing wrong with wandering down to Harbor Freight and picking up a cheap cordless power tool like a drill, especially if you only plan on using it occasionally around the house. That said, there are several reasons why a more expensive model is the better route, including these often-overlooked features.

Last week, my internet started acting up. It wasn't completely down, but web pages were loading slowly, and my video meetings kept having connection problems. I rebooted my mesh network and modem, but the problem kept coming back. At that point, I knew it was time to dig a little deeper.

At this point, leaks showing alleged gameplay footage from the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI video game are a seemingly daily occurrence.

However, the latest video footage from the leaker group known as "CyberLeek" contains a clip at the end that points to something more shocking: If the clip is legitimate, it suggests the leakers may actually have a playable version of GTA 6. (The clip is currently making the rounds on Reddit, X, file-sharing platforms, and gaming forums, and it isn't hard to find.)

The latest GTA 6 video leak from CyberLeek shows gameplay footage of a plane flying over a city, with the city landscape appearing highly detailed in this flyover.

Rockstar Games released this official screenshot, which shows a plane flying over islands, earlier this year. Credit: Rockstar Games

However, at the end of the clip, the video cuts to gameplay footage of the game's protagonist, Jason, shooting at a wall. The word "LEEK" is spelled out with the bullets. 

As previously mentioned, this is quite a significant development. Prior leaked GTA 6 footage, including the recent plane clip, consists of generic gameplay footage. With this type of footage, the assumption is that the leaker obtained unreleased video from the developer, Rockstar Games, or some other official partner.

The specific "LEEK" clip, however, suggests that the leakers have a playable version of GTA 6. This leads to a whole new assortment of questions. How complete is this build of the game? Do the leakers have the entirety of GTA 6? Could they potentially spoil the game's story?

To be clear, none of the leaked videos have been authenticated, and you can currently find countless phony, AI-generated "leaks" circulating on social media and gaming forums. It's also possible that the new "LEEK" video clip is AI-generated, a possibility that's hard to rule out given how easy it is to create high-quality video clips with AI tools.

Mashable contacted Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive Software, Inc., about the alleged leaks; we'll update this story if we receive any additional information.

CyberLeeks have positioned themselves as somewhat of a vigilante group, claiming the leaks are a protest against practices such as digital pre-orders and the controversial death of physical game discs. 

At the same time, the leakers have used the leaked footage to promote their own cryptocurrency, a CyberLeek memecoin. A large watermark promoting the memecoin is embedded over the leaked footage. 

In addition, the plane video was only leaked after it became the winning choice in a paid poll posted on CyberLeeks' website. In order to vote in the poll, users had to pay with the CyberLeeks memecoin.

GTA 6 is one of the most-anticipated video games of all time, and Netflix recently announced it will debut an extended look at the game on Aug. 27. Will CyberLeek spoil whatever Rockstar Games and Netflix have planned?

GTA 6 will finally be released on Nov. 19.

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It’s no secret that the leap from the Pixel 10 series to the Pixel 11 series is pretty minimal. One of the few genuinely new features is the “HiLight” LED notification light on the back of the Pro models. Unfortunately, Google heavily limited what it can do, but that’s not a problem for the Android community.

BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz may be the default names that come to mind when you're shopping for a luxury SUV, but their base models don't always offer the value their badges suggest. The 2026 Acura RDX takes a different approach, giving every buyer a 272-horsepower turbocharged engine and a useful list of standard equipment.

The Gmail app can be a treasure trove for all your work, personal, and social emails, but it's not always neat. My inbox easily gets flooded with emails from work, subscriptions, and personal commitments. The good news is that the fixes are hiding in plain sight.