Egypt’s president said Thursday that, after hundreds of Houthi maritime attacks this year, disruptions in the Red Sea cost the country $7 billion in revenue. Major shipping lines including A.P. Moller - Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, which saw their ships directly targeted by attacks, started rerouting their vessels last year to skip the Suez altogether.
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “take action” against Elon Musk’s X over its AI tool Grok producing sexualized images of children.
Speaking on Thursday, the UK premier called the images “unlawful” and urged the social media platform to “get their act together and get this material down,” as public outrage mounts over Grok generating explicit deepfakes on X.
We’ve made a lot of charts this year — here are some of the biggest trends of 2025 and where we think they might go in the 12 months ahead. And no, it’s not just about AI.
