Nintendo faces test after Switch 2 success

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Tech Across the Globe

Meta buys Manus: The Facebook parent continued its AI spending spree by acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based startup that captured the attention of investors in March when it released an AI agent that could complete basic tasks.

AI gadgets: Sony, Samsung and Lenovo are among the companies that will be promotingartificial intelligence-infused devices at CES, the annual consumer technology conference, which begins next week in Las Vegas. 

Pivotal IBM leader: Louis Gerstner, credited with revitalizing IBM in the 1990s, died Saturday at 83. During nine years as chief executive officer and chairman, Gerstner pivoted IBM toward business services and away from hardware production, dumped unpopular products and broke down fiefdoms within the huge organization.

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Nintendo had an unqualified success with the rollout of the Switch 2 game console earlier this year, but the shine has dimmed as 2025 comes to an end, Takashi Mochizuki and Vlad Savov write in our series of Tech In Depth essays looking ahead to trends in 2026. Nintendo must prove in the year ahead that it can follow the Switch 2 introduction with a wider variety of models and attract consumers who aren’t already fans of its games, they write. 

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More moves by AI startups to the public markets and greater consolidation are among the predictions for the industry in 2026, Shirin Ghaffary writes in this week’s Q&AI. 

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