Source: Apple is working on simplifying the "Hey Siri" trigger phrase to just "Siri" and plans to integrate Siri deeper into third-party apps and services (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Source: Apple is working on simplifying the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to just “Siri” and plans to integrate Siri deeper into third-party apps and services  —  Apple is working on a project to simplify the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to just “Siri.”

Amazon, BurgerFi, Chili's, and other companies are ending or rethinking delivery and restaurant robot trials, unable to balance their costs against usefulness (Katie Deighton/Wall Street Journal)

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon, BurgerFi, Chili's, and other companies are ending or rethinking delivery and restaurant robot trials, unable to balance their costs against usefulness  —  In retail, fast food and delivery, robots with names like Roxo, Rita and Scout have delivered mixed, sometimes quirky results, at costs some companies find too high.

Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy says the company will cut back on dealmaking and hiring as losses mount, amid fierce competition from Amazon and Reliance (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy says the company will cut back on dealmaking and hiring as losses mount, amid fierce competition from Amazon and Reliance  —  CEO Krishnamurthy insists country's ecommerce sector remains ‘vibrant’  —  Flipkart's chief executive says the Walmart-owned ecommerce group …

Twitter rolls out its new Twitter Blue subscription, which offers a blue checkmark for $8/month, on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Twitter rolls out its new Twitter Blue subscription, which offers a blue checkmark for $8/month, on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK  —  Twitter is officially rolling out its new Twitter Blue subscription service, which offers “blue check” verification to everyone for $8/month.

OpenSecrets: the crypto industry gave $73M in the 2022 US midterms, up from $13M in 2020; FTX has become the third-largest source of 2022 campaign contributions (Paul Kiernan/Wall Street Journal)

Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal:
OpenSecrets: the crypto industry gave $73M in the 2022 US midterms, up from $13M in 2020; FTX has become the third-largest source of 2022 campaign contributions  —  Industry seeks to gain influence in Washington as regulators increase scrutiny of digital assets

Sources: 1,300 Starlink units in Ukraine went offline over funding issues, as SpaceX negotiates with US DoD despite Musk's claims to keep funding the units (CNN)

CNN:
Sources: 1,300 Starlink units in Ukraine went offline over funding issues, as SpaceX negotiates with US DoD despite Musk's claims to keep funding the units  —  Ukraine's fears that its troops  may lose access to Elon Musk's crucial Starlink internet service deepened in the past week …