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Happy Joe’s CEO Tom Sacco discusses the pizza chain’s America 250 celebration, featuring patriotic menu items, block parties and cash prizes for families. Key Takeaways: Experiential Value Over Price: In a competitive quick-service restaurant (QSR) landscape grappling with inflation and price sensitivity, Happy Joe’s strategically differentiates by emphasizing “experience” and emotional connection, aiming to preserve margins and cultivate long-term customer loyalty rather than engaging in a race to the bottom on price. Adaptive Consumer Engagement: The inclusion of a cash option for its “Freedom Flyaway Sweepstakes” demonstrates a keen understanding of current consumer financial anxieties, broadening the appeal of its…

The stage is set. The eyes of the football world will once again fixate on Didier Deschamps’ formidable French squad as they embark on their quest for redemption and a third FIFA World Cup title in 2026. Still smarting from the agonizing penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in 2022, Les Bleus arrive in North America not just as contenders, but as a wounded titan yearning to reclaim its crown. With the tournament expanding across the US, Canada, and Mexico, France’s journey promises a spectacle of skill, drama, and tactical brilliance. While the full itinerary remains fluid, early indications suggest France…

Ethan Thornton dropped out of MIT at 19 to build weapons. The first one, a hydrogen-powered system he prototyped with parts from Home Depot and Amazon, didn’t work out — “hydrogen was just a bad bet in general,” he told me this past week at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Los Angeles. Three years later, his company, Mach Industries, is running six weapons programs and earlier this month closed a $300 million Series C round at a $1.8 billion valuation. The startup has now raised roughly $485 million altogether. Thornton grew up in Burnet, Texas, a town with roughly 6,500 residents,…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Today is Juneteenth, a U.S. federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States. Key Takeaways New AI Index Reshapes AV Race: A novel generative AI platform, Autnmy AI’s Road to Autonomy Index, offers a real-time, data-driven ranking of autonomous vehicle companies, surprisingly placing China’s Baidu Apollo Go ahead of Waymo in the robotaxi sector and highlighting strong Chinese performance globally. Rapid Fleet Expansion…

Abelardo De La Espriella, a criminal defense lawyer with no prior political experience, was projected to secure a narrow victory in Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, according to preliminary results. This outcome signals a potential return to conservative governance in the nation and aligns with a broader regional shift toward right-wing politics, a trend openly supported by figures such as former U.S. President Donald Trump, who had endorsed Mr. De La Espriella during the campaign.Preliminary official results, with over 99 percent of votes counted, showed Mr. De La Espriella receiving 49.7 percent of the vote. His challenger, Iván Cepeda, a…

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MIAMI, USA – The World Cup stage in Miami just witnessed another seismic tremor, as the indomitable spirit of Cape Verde once again defied expectation, snatching a thrilling point from two-time champions Uruguay in a pulsating 2-2 draw. This isn’t just a point; it’s a thunderclap reverberating across the global football landscape, leaving Uruguay teetering on the brink of an unthinkable early exit and propelling the island nation into dreamland. Fresh from their heroic stand against Spain last week, the Blue Sharks arrived with a swagger, a belief that few outside their camp thought possible. And they didn’t just play;…

Red Devils Stumble Again: Belgium Held to Frustrating Stalemate by Resilient Iran California bore witness to another chapter in Belgium’s increasingly worrying World Cup campaign, as the much-touted Red Devils toiled to a goalless draw against a tenacious Iran. What was expected to be a comfortable outing for the 2018 semi-finalists quickly devolved into a grinding struggle, leaving fans and pundits alike questioning the squad’s cohesion and cutting edge. This wasn’t merely a slow start; it was a performance bereft of inspiration, culminating in a nervy final quarter where they battled with ten men, further deepening the sense of unease…

UK Jails Two Men for Illegally Gathering Intelligence for Hong Kong and Chinese Authorities Two men, one a serving Border Force officer, have been handed substantial prison sentences in the United Kingdom after being found guilty of illegally gathering intelligence on pro-democracy campaigners residing in the UK. The intelligence operation, which benefited the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities, was uncovered and investigated by Counter Terrorism Policing, underscoring the serious nature of foreign interference on British soil. Chi Leung Wai, also known as Peter, 41, from Staines-upon-Thames, received a total sentence of ten years’ imprisonment at the Old Bailey on June…

Polymarket has been paying online creators to post deceptive videos that show them making lucrative bets on the prediction market, according to a new investigation in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ said that it analyzed 1,100 videos about Polymarket and also viewed instructional materials that the company provided to creators. Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real. The creator videos were then amplified by a “social-media army” deployed by a marketing contractor. The WSJ said the company also told those creators not to…