Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius, N.C., is alleged to have created thousands of bot accounts on platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music. According to the indictment, he used the ...

Michael Smith was indicted by the US Government earlier this month over an alleged $10 million streaming fraud ...

And this isn’t the scam from “Office Space,” stealing ... then used an army of bots to play them billions of times on Spotify and other streamers. At one point, Smith estimated that he ...

Here's how Smith's scam allegedly worked (all quotations are from the indictment): First, he contracted with an AI firm specializing in music production (unnamed, and referred to as "Co ...

Bridge Nine Records owner Chris Wrenn said this sort of thing just highlights a sort of malpractice going on within Spotify, since it’s up to the platform holder to ensure this sort of thing doesn’t ...

Here’s how it works. There’s a reason that Spotify is so popular of course — and that’s its very solid free option in the form of Spotify Free. But just how much better is Spotify Premium ...

Scam calls really shot up, jumping 73% from 345 million in March to over 710 million in April. This was especially noticeable because all other types of calls stayed flat or even dropped.

Spotify’s AI playlist-making function, once only available in the U.K and Australia, has finally made its way to the United States. The feature, rolled out earlier this week in beta, allows ...

The “offline” descriptor simply means you’ll be able to listen to this media through the Spotify app without an internet connection. Still, that’s quite the awesome benefit, especially ...