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Study finds League of Legends may boost some cognitive skills more than turn-based card game

A study found the real-time competitive game League of Legends may have a greater effect on improving some cognitive abilities than a turn-based strategy card game. Researchers compared League of Legends with Sanguosha in a five-month trial in which 68 university students played for an hour a day, five days a week. Both groups improved across cognitive tasks, but the League of Legends group performed better on tasks requiring rapid judgment and tracking multiple targets, with differences persisting 10 weeks after play ended.

Mobility

Sony, Honda to effectively wind down EV joint venture, reassign staff to parent companies

Sony Group and Honda will effectively halt their EV development joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility, after concluding it would be difficult to launch products and services in the near term under the current structure. Staff will be reassigned within the groups, reflecting employees’ preferences, while the company will be maintained. The move directly affects the Afeela EV brand, whose first model planned for 2026 has been halted, and development of a second model has also stopped.

AI & Enterprise

SoftBank to exclusively sell Natural AI Phone in Japan

SoftBank has introduced an AI-focused smartphone in Japan, beginning a test of AI-centric devices as it seeks to expand AI experiences in both hardware and services. The company will exclusively sell Brain Technologies\' Android-based Natural AI Phone in Japan for one year from April 24, priced at 93,600 yen, with preorders already open. The phone integrates a Natural AI agent at the operating-system level and includes an AI button. SoftBank also unveiled a generative AI trial web service, DareDemo AI.