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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’ve spent a decade covering Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, so it would be natural for me to weigh in here about the billionaire’s public fallout with President Donald Trump. Plenty of other reporters, armchair analysts, influencers, and bloggers have already done that. Some of it is smart, while some of it misses the mark — by miles.Since I have the benefit of institutional knowledge, and a helluva good memory, let me…

Candy is displayed for sale, as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., along with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, announce the FDA’s intent to remove from the U.S. food supply “petroleum-based synthetic” food dyes, which are present in numerous foods such as breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, at a grocery store in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2025. Brian Snyder | ReutersThe fluorescent red of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the brilliant teal of Mountain Dew Baja Blast and the colorful rainbow of Skittles may soon be dimmed.The Food and Drug Administration is phasing out the use…

The NFU has welcomed new government plans to modernise livestock traceability — but warned that sticking to outdated tag technology risks missing a major opportunity for farming.The reforms, announced earlier this week by Defra, are due to take effect from summer 2026 and include a major overhaul of the cattle identification, registration and reporting process. This will see the Cattle Tracing System replaced by the new Livestock Information Service (LIS) and, from 2027, the introduction of mandatory low frequency (LF) EID ear tags for all newborn calves. LF tech is already in use for sheep tagging.Defra argues that the switch…

Customers order at a Starbucks in Manhattan Beach, California, on July 19, 2024.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAs Starbucks aims to bring back customers and assuage investors with its turnaround strategy, it is also winning over its store managers with promises to add more seating inside cafes and promote internally.Since CEO Brian Niccol’s first week at the company, he’s been pledging to bring the company “back to Starbucks” to lift sluggish sales. That goal was in full view at the company’s Leadership Experience, a three-day event in Las Vegas for more than 14,000 store leaders this week.Starbucks unveiled a…

Washington, DC, US – It was the 250th birthday of the United States Army, and the 79th of President Donald Trump. Tanks and other armoured military vehicles rumbled down the streets of Washington, DC, on Saturday, in what Trump had teased as an “unforgettable” event and critics had called a pricey tribute to the “egoist-in-chief”. Speaking after the hour-long procession, which cut through a balmy evening dotted with raindrops, Trump framed the spectacle as a long time coming. “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did, too,” he told the crowd, which sprawled sparsely across the National…

Until recently, Jiahao’s guest house in a quiet corner of Cairo was a modest pit stop for Chinese tourists on their way to visit the Egyptian pyramids. But this spring, the hostel suddenly began to attract a different kind of client.Jiahao, the hostel’s 26-year-old owner, began welcoming groups of factory owners from across China and Southeast Asia – grizzled businesspeople whose trips were not about sightseeing, but survival.“Many business owners now book week-long stays,” Jiahao said. “I drive them to meet local officials, help them with translations, and sometimes even sit in on investment negotiations.”These visits are part of a…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil, marking a major policy shift that occurred just weeks after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation with the same aim. The order instructs the FAA to end the overland supersonic ban and create noise-based certification standards, allowing faster-than-sound travel as long as no audible sonic boom reaches the ground. “The reality is that Americans should be able to fly from New York to LA in under four hours,” Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office…

Coca-Cola beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue estimates Tuesday and largely reaffirmed its full-year outlook, as it said it expects the effects of global trade conflicts to be “manageable.”For 2025, Coke is still anticipating that its organic revenue will grow 5% to 6% and comparable earnings per share will increase 2% to 3%.Unlike rival PepsiCo, Coke did not trim its full-year forecast. Coke said its operations are “primarily local,” although costs, like aluminum and orange juice, could rise due to the trade wars sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. On Thursday, Pepsi cut its forecast for core constant currency…

A group of farmers are trialling heritage poultry breeds in a move to cut carbon emissions, eliminate the routine culling of male chicks, and help producers survive soaring costs.The project, part of an Innovative Farmers field lab, brings together six farmers and a researcher to explore the potential of ‘dual-purpose’ chickens—traditional breeds suited for both egg and meat production. These birds could offer a sustainable alternative to modern specialist breeds, which are highly efficient but come with significant environmental and ethical costs.“For decades, poultry farming has bred birds for either egg or meat production, not both,” said Mike Mallett, an…

Former Apple design chief Jony Ive (L) has joined forces with OpenAI to make a device ideal for engaging with generative artificial intelligence. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for using generative artificial intelligence (AI). The ability to engage digital assistants as easily as speaking with friends is being built into eyewear, speakers, computers and smartphones, but some argue that the Age of AI calls for a transformational new gizmo. “The products that we’re using to deliver and connect us to unimaginable technology are decades old,” former Apple chief design officer…