US lawmakers hope to outlaw online ‘bots’ snatching up hard-to-find hardware

Anyone who’s tried to buy a graphics card in the last year has felt the pinch of the chip shortage in a very specific way, enhanced by extra factors like cryptocurrency miners gobbling up limited stock. A group of US Senators are taking aim at another frustrating part of the equation: scalpers who use software […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/555798/us-lawmakers-hope-to-outlaw-online-bots-snatching-up-hard-to-find-hardware.html

Created 3y | Nov 30, 2021, 6:20:36 PM


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