A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced the Stopping Grinch Bots Act on Monday November 29 to try and prevent bots from buying up scarce, in-demand products like PlayStation 5 consoles and the latest generation of Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards, and reselling them for an eye-watering markup.
Playfully referred to as 'Grinch bots', this frustrating scalping tactic is anything but fun, using computer software to buy up all available stock as soon as it becomes available, making it virtually
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