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South Africa’s finance watchdog has a warning about the JSE

Today at 20:51 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s financial regulator warned about the decrease in local listings, saying this raises questions about the depth and vibrancy of public capital markets and about how they can support economic growth.

Sport

Elk and a taste of home on McIlroy’s Masters menu

Today at 20:20 PM, via BBC News

Rory McIlroy will use one of his mother’s favourite dishes among appetisers that also include elk when he hosts the traditional champion’s dinner at the Masters.

Education

Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills – UK study

Today at 21:05 PM, via The Guardian

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games

Playing along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research.

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London found that children...

Science/Tech

Meta Is Shutting Down VR Social Platform Horizon Worlds

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

Meta is shutting down its VR social platform Horizon Worlds, which was once a key piece of the pivot to the metaverse. The company said the app will be taken off the Quest store at the end of March, and fully removed from Quest headsets by June 15. After that date, it will shift to a standalone “mobile-only experience.” CNBC reports: The shift for Horizon Worlds, which was once a central part...

Science/Tech

SaaS Apocalypse Could Be OpenSource’s Greatest Opportunity

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: Nearly a trillion dollars has been wiped from software stocks in 2026, with hedge funds making billions shorting Salesforce, HubSpot, and Atlassian. At FOSDEM 2026, cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down his bug bounty program after AI-generated slop overwhelmed his team. A new article on HackerNoon argues that most commercial SaaS could...