Sources: Twitter offers advertisers generous incentives, including matching $500K to $1M in spending in 2022, in a bid to jump start its faltering business (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter offers advertisers generous incentives, including matching $500K to $1M in spending in 2022, in a bid to jump start its faltering business  —  Advertisers booking at least $500,000 in incremental spending would be matched, up to a $1 million cap  —  Elon Musk Says Twitter Bankruptcy Is a Possibility.

Watch: How Museum of Possibilities uses Echo smart speakers and Alexa to help people with disabilities

The ‘Museum of Possibilities’ is Tamil Nadu state’s first facility for people with disabilities that showcases various accessible technologies and assistive devices such as Amazon’s Alexa voice service, Echo smart speakers, and Fire TV. The visitors of the Museum can now learn how Alexa can help people with vision and locomotor disabilities to access entertainment content, get information, control smart home appliances, connect with friends/ family and more. https://ift.tt/Wz8cfSl

TikTok and Bumble plan to use StopNCII.org's database of hashes of nude images and videos to block revenge porn; Meta has been using it since last year (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
TikTok and Bumble plan to use StopNCII.org's database of hashes of nude images and videos to block revenge porn; Meta has been using it since last year  —  The UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is on now, and “revenge porn” is in focus.  But first...  Today's must-reads:

Oppo Reno 8T appears on multiple listing sites, likely to feature 33W charging support

Oppo is reportedly working on expanding its Reno 8 series. The smartphone is likely to be the Oppo Reno 8T and has appeared on several certification sites that include TKDN, EEC, BIS, SIRIM, and Element Materials Technology bearing the model number CPH2481. https://ift.tt/waMxg4b

Oppo Find N2 Flip leaked video reveals design: What to expect

Oppo seems to have positioned the power key (integrated with the fingerprint scanner) and the volume rockers on the right side of the foldable phone. The Find N2 Flip is rumoured to be powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 9000 chipset. https://ift.tt/5WRXFJS

Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects (Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo)

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects  —  With just a few clicks, actors can look younger or older without the need for expensive visual effects.  —  Alerts

This is the best game of 2022 on Android and iOS: All you need to know about it

EA Games and Respawn Entertainment launched the free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends Mobile. At the time of launch, the game managed to grab players' attention and it appears that the player base never went away making it win the best game of 2022 award on both Apple Apple Store and Google Play Store. https://ift.tt/Qsy0tE3

In a rare interview, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew explains how US data will be kept out of China through "Project Texas", discusses "booktok", algorithms, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
In a rare interview, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew explains how US data will be kept out of China through “Project Texas”, discusses “booktok”, algorithms, and more  —  The 40-year-old Chew was funny and relaxed for most of the interview, even if many of his answers sounded straight …

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company does not plan to stop selling "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America", an antisemitic film promoted by Kyrie Irving (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company does not plan to stop selling “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America”, an antisemitic film promoted by Kyrie Irving  —  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film …

Source: despite Zhengzhou lifting its COVID-19 lockdown, Foxconn plans to keep its closed-loop system, restricting staff movements to dorms or the factory floor (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Source: despite Zhengzhou lifting its COVID-19 lockdown, Foxconn plans to keep its closed-loop system, restricting staff movements to dorms or the factory floor  —  Apple Inc.'s most important iPhone assembly plant remains in a closed-loop operation that curtails workers' movement on campus …

A look at China's growing interest in the open-source Risc-V chip architecture after US sanctions, including enlisting Alibaba and Tencent to help design chips (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A look at China's growing interest in the open-source Risc-V chip architecture after US sanctions, including enlisting Alibaba and Tencent to help design chips  —  Chinese government steps up push to use Risc-V in move aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors

Sources detail Huawei's plans to stealthily build a domestic chip supply chain with partners in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao, and Shenzhen, investing over $55.8B (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia:
Sources detail Huawei's plans to stealthily build a domestic chip supply chain with partners in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao, and Shenzhen, investing over $55.8B  —  Battered by sanctions, Huawei leads the way in stealthily building a domestic semiconductor supply chain

7 ‘biggest’ security dangers of 2023 for users and companies

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In a bankruptcy hearing, BlockFi's lawyers say the lender plans to reopen withdrawals, BlockFi lent $671M to Alameda and has $355M frozen on FTX, and more (CNBC)

CNBC:
In a bankruptcy hearing, BlockFi's lawyers say the lender plans to reopen withdrawals, BlockFi lent $671M to Alameda and has $355M frozen on FTX, and more  —  - BlockFi's first bankruptcy hearing in New Jersey kicked off on Tuesday, with lawyers emphasizing the crypto lender's strong corporate controls and customer prioritization.

Binance acquires Japan-based licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin for an undisclosed sum, the exchange's re-entry to Japan and first license in East Asia (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Binance acquires Japan-based licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin for an undisclosed sum, the exchange's re-entry to Japan and first license in East Asia  —  - Binance has entered Japan by acquiring the locally licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC).  — The terms of the deal were not disclosed.