Also in today's edition: Expenses strain household budgets; Alphabet misses the mark; SoftBank tightens its purse strings; Hackers come for NFTs (again) ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌