Qualcomm slapped with record antitrust fine in Taiwan
Taiwanese authorities have imposed a record fine of nearly $800 million on Qualcomm for antitrust violations in the latest of a string of setbacks for the US computer chip giant.
View ArticleResearch finds large pay disparities can be regarded as fair, with proper...
New research from Tae-Youn Park invokes regulatory focus theory to discussions on pay disparity and fairness issues
View ArticleDecision systems that respect privacy, fairness
Increasingly, decisions and actions affecting people's lives are determined by automated systems processing personal data. Excitement about these systems has been accompanied by serious concerns about...
View ArticleResearchers find support for redistribution is a function of compassion,...
Economic redistribution has been a core political dispute around the world for centuries. And while intuitively fairness seems a natural explanation for why people support redistribution, researchers...
View ArticleExploring the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system
Courts nationwide are making greater use of computer algorithms to help determine whether defendants should be released into the community while they await trial. The idea is to accurately determine...
View ArticleShould sports involve academia in rule changes?
The academic community could help identify loopholes in rules made to ensure fair play and entertaining sporting events.
View ArticlePhonemakers focus on flicks on the fly
The mobile phone industry is racing to improve its ability to deliver content as the popularity of watching TV series and films on small screens surges, forcing a shift in focus for the sector.
View ArticleAnimals know when they are being treated unfairly (and they don't like it)
Humans beings appear to be hardwired to have a sense of fairness. This is puzzling from an evolutionary perspective, which you would have thought would mean we were predisposed to seek advantage for...
View ArticleSouth Korean antitrust regulator fines Qualcomm $865 million
South Korea's antitrust regulator slapped a 1.03 trillion won ($865 million) fine on Qualcomm Inc. Wednesday for allegedly violating competition laws.
View ArticleMoral values influence level of climate change action
Two moral values highly rated by liberals—compassion and fairness—influence willingness to make personal choices to mitigate climate change's impact in the future, according to a new multidisciplinary...
View ArticleFrankfurt fair shakes up book world with art, tech gadgets
There will still be more books than you could ever read, but visitors to this week's Frankfurt Book Fair will also be invited to don virtual reality goggles, visit an interactive classroom and discover...
View ArticleFairness at work can affect employees' health
Employees' experiences of fairness at work can impact on their health, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA).
View ArticleFlake-like nanoparticles offer reliable rust protection
Large quantities of steel are used in architecture, bridge construction and ship-building. Structures of this type are intended to be long-lasting. Furthermore, even in the course of many years, they...
View ArticleNew nano-paint reduces the cost of processing foodstuffs
When processing milk and juice, the food industry is required to maintain high standards of hygiene. This includes keeping the number of microbes at a minimum during the whole process so that there is...
View ArticleNew hybrid inks permit printed, flexible electronics without sintering
Research scientists at INM have combined the benefits of organic and inorganic electronic materials in a new type of hybrid inks. This allows electronic circuits to be applied to paper directly from a...
View ArticleTech toys abound at New York Toy Fair
From a preschool toy designed to teach pre-coding skills to a hands-on molecule-building set for older kids that works with an app, technology abounded at this year's Toy Fair.
View ArticleEU mulls probe of UK Google tax deal as Italy investigates (Update)
Google is gearing up for a new round in its European tax fight after the EU said it could investigate its 130 million-pound ($186 million) deal for back taxes in Britain and Italy alleged Google owed...
View ArticleA focus on fairness: Study examines how children react to inequity around the...
Fairness may be a key component of human civilization, allowing us to share valuable resources, but does it develop the same way, and at the same pace, across all human cultures?
View ArticleWhat's the best way to charge millions of electric vehicles at once?
(Phys.org)—About 350,000 plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold in the US from 2008—when they first entered the market—to mid-2015. Although EVs still represent a small fraction of the...
View ArticleJust say 'No' to drugs—in water
Remember the science fair? For some of us it was an exciting time of creative experimentation. For others it was a time of botched and badly displayed data. For 16-year-old Maria Elena Grimmett, it's a...
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