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Tech Across the Globe

India IT deal: Indian technology services provider Coforge agreed to buy Encora, a US-based digital engineering firm, at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion.

Japan boosts AI spending: The island nation is set to nearly quadruple its budgeted support for cutting-edge semiconductors and AI development — to about $7.9 billion — for the fiscal year starting in April.

Coupang compensation: South Korea’s biggest online retailer is offering compensation worth more than $1 billion to customers affected by the country’s biggest ever data breach.

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Revalued

China has officially launched a national venture capital fund and three large regional funds, together worth billions of dollars, as part of a push to foster successful home-grown technology companies and improve investment efficiency.

Must Read

In the second installment of our Tech In Depth reports on tech trends in 2026, Ian King writes that those assessing the future of artificial intelligence may gain more insight by watching the less-publicized chipmakers rather than keeping their eyes on market leader Nvidia.

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Jason Schreier says 2025 was a rollicking year for video games as he picks his 10 favorites in this week’s Game On. Just one is a traditional big-budget game, he writes, with the bulk of creative new ideas coming from independent developers.

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