Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 (Lydia O'Connor/HuffPost)

Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013  —  Andrew Anglin spent his first day back on Twitter defending Ye's antisemitic rants.  —  Andrew Anglin &#8213 …

Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group  —  New York-based Gemini is trying to recover funds after FTX failure plunged market into turmoil  —  Digital asset trading group Genesis …

Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World:
Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters  —  10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA

The trial of three Wirecard executives has begun, seeking to understand how the €24B startup imploded in June 2020, one of the largest frauds in German history (Olaf Storbeck/Financial Times)

Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times:
The trial of three Wirecard executives has begun, seeking to understand how the €24B startup imploded in June 2020, one of the largest frauds in German history  —  A panel of Munich judges will from Thursday begin dissecting one of the biggest frauds in German history

A look at some implications for generative AI: "answer engines" replacing search engines, AI mastering cognitive tasks by surveilling how experts work, and more (Derek Thompson/The Atlantic)

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
A look at some implications for generative AI: “answer engines” replacing search engines, AI mastering cognitive tasks by surveilling how experts work, and more  —  This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology, and how to solve some of America's biggest problems.

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 …