Microsoft has shifted gears and is embracing sharing data, reports the Economist.

TWO DECADES ago Microsoft was a byword for a technological walled garden. One of its bosses called free open-source programs a “cancer”. 

Big data research project finds that 2016 election didn’t cause widespread depression, reports Phys Post.

New research suggests that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was not associated with a subsequent large-scale increase in depression among Democrats in the United States. 

Big data can be used to help fight the destruction of the environment, reports Phys Org. 

The use of big data can help scientists chart not only the degradation of the environment but can be part of the solution to achieve sustainability, according to a new commentary paper.