Adidas Turnaround: Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden says the brand’s recovery after the Yeezy split depends on cutting “too many layers” of HQ decision-making and pushing more athlete input into product innovation. Food Prices & Supply: Europe’s heat wave is shrinking the potato crop, threatening smaller, pricier fries and raising costs across Germany and key producers. Volkswagen Recall: VW is recalling 208,724 vehicles in the US over a steering-rack mounting bolt that can corrode and break, with repairs planned at no cost. Energy & Policy: Macron plans a G7 energy meeting to coordinate strategic petroleum reserve releases as fuel prices spike amid hybrid attacks. Tech for Consumer Spaces: Hamburg-based eyefactive unveiled an updated round interactive multi-touch table (APOLLO) for bars, hotels, museums, and showrooms. EV Charging Finance: XCharge reported unaudited first-half 2026 results, citing progress on its C7 and GridOne products and expecting stronger activity in the second half. Healthcare Tech Buying: Black Book Research released an openEHR guide ahead of EHRCON26 in Amsterdam, pitching open clinical-data architecture as buyer leverage. Legal/Ads: US regulators and publishers are reacting to a judge’s light-touch Google adtech remedies, arguing it leaves the ad monopoly largely intact.