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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

AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia

Today at 21:30 PM, via The Guardian

Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027

AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia.

Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and speakers, the tech – known as CrossSense – guides wearers through everyday life by means of a...

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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...

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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...