Big data and machine learning can help archivists organize millions of pages of data, reports Horizon Magazine. 

From wars to weddings, Europe’s history is stored in billions of archival pages across the continent. While many archives try to make their documents public, finding information in them remains a low-tech affair. Simple page scans do not offer the metadata such as dates, names, locations that often interest researchers. Copying this information for later use is also time-consuming.

Often big data is hard to store and use, a platform called Tonic can help companies make their big data more manageable, reports Tech Crunch.

Big data is a sham. For years now, we have been told that every company should save every last morsel of digital exhaust in some sort of database, lest management lose some competitive intelligence against … a competitor, or something.

OpenSensors, a London based company, is using big data to help companies safely reopen offices, reports Venture Beat. 

The message about whether workers should return to the office has been confusing during the pandemic, with shifting government advice forcing many companies to send newly returned employees home.