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The prisoner’s dilemma is a classic thought experiment that explores how people can collaborate for mutual gain — or how one might screw the other over for a lesser reward. Can you guess which outcome venture capital might resemble? A group of Boston investors wishes it were different. This week, a group of five venture capitalists and the head of a real estate consultancy launched Venx (or venx), a collaborative group that focuses on deep tech investments. The five investors hail from four different firms — Anzu…

Evolution of strategies under three scenarios. Initial conditions favor cooperation in the repeated interactions (a,b) and group competition scenarios (c,d), but they disfavor cooperation in the joint scenario (e,f). Nonetheless, uncooperative forms of reciprocity prevail in the former two scenarios, whereas cooperative forms of reciprocity prevail in the latter scenario. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07077-w A…

by Ananish Chaudhuri, Quentin Douglas Atkinson and Scott Claessens, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People's willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior, such as energy conservation. We tried to understand the psychological factors behind these differences in our recent study.…

Percentage of citizens who trust parliament ‘Not at All’. Note: Afrobarometer Round 7 data, combined weights applied. Case of Nigeria indicated in black, other cases mentioned in the paper indicated with dotted bars. Credit: Party Politics (2021). DOI: 10.1177/13540688211030219 Since 2017, political scientist Leila Demarest has immersed herself into the dynamics of Nigeria's National Assembly, the federal parliament of the…

Swiggy and Google are the latest tech firms laying off employees amid a brutal funding winter and fears of a US recession. The food delivery firm will cut 380 jobs while the search giant will cut 12,000, their CEOs wrote in emails to staff on Friday. ShareChat, Dunzo, Rebel Foods, Hubilo, Ola, Cashfree and others have already announced layoffs this year, adding to the 18,000 sackings at Indian startups in 2022.Also in this letter:■ Google vows to cooperate with CCI after Android ruling■ India needs laws to make Big Tech…

Google said it will cooperate with India's competition authority after the country's top court upheld an antitrust order forcing the US firm to change how it markets its popular Android platform. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled in October that Google, owned by Alphabet Inc, exploited its dominant position in Android and told it to remove restrictionson device makers, including those related to pre-installation of apps and ensuring exclusivity of its search. It also fined Google $161 million.Google lost a…

Google said on Friday it will cooperate with India's competition authority after the country's top court upheld an antitrust order forcing the US firm to change how it markets its popular Android platform.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled in October that Google, owned by Alphabet, exploited its dominant position in Android and told it to remove restrictions on device makers, including those related to pre-installation of apps and ensuring exclusivity of its search. It also fined Google $161 million (roughly…

A newly founded Japanese semiconductor company aiming to revive Japan's chip industry has signed an agreement to collaborate with a Belgian research organisation in developing next-generation chips for production in Japan. Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that the new company, Rapidus, which was launched last month by eight Japanese corporate giants including automakers, electronics and chip manufacturers, is teaming up with Imec, a Leuven, Belgium-based research organization known for…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus during the White House press briefing on Tuesday, November 22, 2022.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesCNBC Health & Science Read CNBC's latest global health coverage:U.S. intelligence agencies under the Biden administration, in an assessment published in August 2021, were split about the most likely origin.One agency had moderate confidence that the virus infected people after a lab…

The domestic violence case against Tekashi 6ix9ine’s girlfriend, Rachel ‘Jade’ Wattley, has been dismissed because he refused to cooperate with authorities.As reported by TMZ, court records show the charges against 6ix9ine’s partner have since been dismissed, and sources close to the situation said it’s because 6ix9ine didn’t want to get involved.Her attorney, Steven Bell, said that his lack of cooperation is one of the leading factors for why the case was dropped, but prosecutors felt there were no grounds to pursue the…