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Musician charged with fraud for inflating streams with AI and bots
A U.S. grand jury has indicted 52-year-old Michael Smith on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. Smith allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) and automated bots to inflate his music streams on streaming platforms, earning millions of…
Nvidia’s latest AI chips are reportedly cheaper to rent in China than in the US
Even though the US restricted exports of Nvidia's high-performance A100 and H100 GPUs to China in October 2022, these cards are still very easily available there. What’s more surprising is that they are even cheaper to rent in China than…
Circle to Search adds songs finder in latest Android feature drop
Alongside the Android 15 source code, Google is rolling out four new Android features today. Thankfully, these aren't limited just to Pixel devices and will be available across a wider range of Android phones. Let's unpack what's new. Circle to…
Android 15 reaches AOSP, update rollout timeline unclear for most users
The wait for the official rollout of Android 15 continues, but developers can finally get their hands on the goods. Google today uploaded the source code for the latest iteration of its mobile operating system to the Android Open Source…
Nothing ear (a) gets improved transparency with a firmware update
Nothing announced the ear (a) and ear as part of its refreshed audio lineup at the Q1 Community Update in April. The same month, Carl Pei, the CEO of Nothing, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the two earbuds would…
Qualcomm expects no revenue from Huawei following the recent US ban
The US government's ongoing trade war with China took a new turn recently as the Biden administration revoked chip export licenses to Huawei. While the US Department of Commerce did not officially name the companies whose licenses were revoked, Qualcomm…
First Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 phone to launch in mid-October
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the current Qualcomm flagship, was announced in October of last year. It's a known secret that its successor is currently in the works. A prototype sample of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 surfaced recently with below-expected…