2025 saw a relentless news cycle unlike any year in recent memory, with events spanning from California wildfires to geopolitical fights in the Middle East. Getty Images curated 100 of the year's most powerful news photos, documenting chaos across the United States, Europe, and Asia. This global collection

Spending billions on AI pilots that fail to deliver real autonomy wastes precious resources. Microsoft veteran Kence Anderson’s experience with Machine Teaching shows why standalone large language models like ChatGPT won’t enable enterprise autonomy. Instead, agent teams practicing like sports squads unlock compounding expertise. Practice over raw intelligence

Traditional views frame high-stakes tech leadership as incompatible with hands-on parenting, especially at scale. Tiffany Haynes, former COO of Fingercheck, shattered this by steering a $150 million acquisition while her husband managed childcare and school leadership in rural Missouri. This division of labor isn’t just personal—it’s a

The shrinking fleet size of the US Navy stands in stark contrast to China’s rapid naval expansion, which hit an estimated 370 battle force ships last year. US shipyards struggle with delayed projects and skyrocketing costs, hampering America’s ability to meet its fleet goals amid growing global tensions.

Chip manufacturing faces brutal wafer supply costs, often locking fabs into rigid partnerships for years. Nexperia China is rewriting that script by hunting new wafer suppliers within just six months amid ongoing legal clashes with its Dutch parent company and mainland owner Wingtech Technology. At a recent shareholders meeting in

Chinese stocks surged in 2025 on multiple expansion alone, unlike global peers where earnings drove growth. Yet China's investors now say 2026 will look different: profits will take center stage for stock gains. China's government is backing this shift with macro policies, a tech self-reliance drive,

Intellectual property theft in semiconductor manufacturing costs companies billions annually. South Korea just indicted 10 people, including former Samsung Electronics executives, for leaking proprietary chip technology to Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). Five suspects were arrested, with one ex-Samsung executive accused of recruiting insiders to transfer valuable know-how to

Silver just jumped 9.6% to over $78 per ounce—its highest ever—while gold, platinum, and palladium also hit fresh records. This spike outpaces Nvidia’s 42% gain and the S&P 500’s 18% advance so far this year. The rally follows escalating geopolitical tensions, including U.

China’s sanctions target 20 U.S. defense companies and 10 executives, including Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey, freezing assets and blocking business in China. This move responds to a pending >$10 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, potentially the largest ever, underscoring escalating strategic tension in U.

Email addresses have been an unchangeable anchor to online identity, locking users into legacy decisions. Google is quietly rolling out a feature in select regions, notably Hindi-speaking areas in India, that lets users change their Gmail address up to three times without losing data. This shift is more than cosmetic—

Flying frequently to earn airline status is usually costly and time-consuming. JetBlue’s 25-for-25 challenge, which grants Mosaic status for 25 years plus 350,000 points for visiting 25 unique cities, flips this assumption with a $7,000 investment. This New York-centered flight spree leverages route density and strategic airport

Delays in energy infrastructure cost more than just dollars—Dominion Energy Virginia estimates over $5 million daily lost on construction ships alone after a federal halt. The Trump administration’s national security order stopped Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, plus four others, without detailing specific threats. This pause

Consulting industry growth slowed sharply from double-digit pandemic years to modest single digits in 2025. PwC, uniquely among the Big Four, shrank its global workforce by over 5,600 staff while still generating $56.9 billion in revenue. But this move is more than a simple retrenchment—it's

The global electric vehicle market hinges on both battery power and smart chip performance. China just made a bold move by pairing battery titan Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) with semiconductor developer Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics to form a new chip firm in Beijing. This partnership is not simply diversification—it'

OpenAI lost over a dozen top researchers and executives in 2025, including seven to Meta's billion-dollar Superintelligence Lab. These departures follow a similar executive exodus in 2024 and shake the foundations of one of AI’s most influential labs. But this isn’t just about poaching talent—it&

In 2025, entry-level hiring slowed sharply across the United States, hitting millions of Gen Z graduates. Amazon, Walmart, and McDonald’s CEOs are pushing a counterintuitive message: success in this turbulent market depends less on traditional job security and more on mindset shifts. But this isn’t just about career

Advertising budgets now often include AI-generated content despite mixed consumer sentiment. In 2025, brands like Meta, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola embraced AI in ad creation, yet faced public backlash for uncanny or inconsistent imagery. Meta'sInnovation that mimics humans without genuine emotion undermines brand trust and stalls true

Starbucks closed over 600 stores across North America in 2025, targeting locations where it couldn’t deliver the expected customer experience or financial results. Under CEO Brian Niccol, this marks a strategic shift beyond mere cost-cutting towards boosting operational leverage at scale. These closures are part of the “Back to

China’s private space industry is preparing for lift-off unlike any other emerging market. LandSpace, a Beijing-based rocket startup, just cleared a crucial regulatory tutoring milestone ahead of its planned IPO on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market. This step signals more than just capital influx—it exposes the strategic system

China’s property market has slowed sharply, with transaction volumes falling well below levels in comparable large cities globally. On December 26, 2025, the Beijing municipal government announced eased home purchase curbs by lowering individual income tax thresholds and allowing multi-child families to buy extra properties. This move signals more

AI tool adoption is turning a workplace survival skill into a competitive edge. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have emphasized that workers who master AI will replace those who don’t. This shift is reshaping careers across roles—from engineering to accounting—as AI fluency becomes

AI investment in Asia-Pacific trails the U.S. by billions despite rapid growth. Hong Kong is emerging as a neutral hub bridging the AI innovation gaps between China and Silicon Valley as of late 2025. This matters because Hong Kong’s education and financial systems create a rare cross-border platform

Ride-hailing drivers in New York City routinely lose up to 25% of their fares to platform commissions, while riders face surging prices. TADA is set to disrupt this pattern with a blockchain-based app launching in NYC in June 2026. Unlike giants like Uber and Lyft, TADA operates on a zero