Babbage: Opening up

Babbage from The Economist

English - April 22, 2020 18:36 - 25 minutes - 35 MB - ★★★★★ - 398 ratings
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Tech firm Microsoft has announced plans to embrace open data. Jeni Tennison, from Britain’s Open Data Institute, says it marks a milestone in the way big companies share data. Also, could mass testing for covid-19 provide a way out of the global lockdown? And, what is causing the worst drought in over 1,000 years in the south-west of the United States? Kenneth Cukier hosts

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