Digital Poverty Alliance urges Scottish and Welsh election candidates to ‘keep public sector devices out of landfill’
The Digital Poverty Alliance is urging Scottish and Welsh election candidates to support its call for no public sector device to end up as waste. The charity said nine per...
UK Space Agency backs Edinburgh AI firm in quest to boost woodland creation
The UK Space Agency has backed an Edinburgh AI consultancy in its quest to develop a machine learning monitoring and reporting tool to enhance woodland creation. New Gradient built an...
Major political parties set out their tech stalls ahead of Holyrood crunch vote
Scotland’s main political parties have set out their technology offer to the public as we approach the Holyrood elections on May 7. Ranging from creating a new national AI Scaleup...
US hyperscaler unveils CodeBase partnership in bid to support Scottish AI startups
A US hyperscaler has announced a partnership with CodeBase – the growth platform for emerging technology businesses in Scotland – with a particular focus on supporting AI startups. CoreWeave, which...
National Robotarium CEO takes to LinkedIn to resign his post in £7.5 million funding row
The chief executive of the National Robotarium took to LinkedIn this afternoon to announce his shock resignation over a £7.5 million funding row with his university paymasters. Stewart Miller accused...
Britain’s top cyber agency urges public to stop using passwords for online services and move to new ‘passkey’ system
Britain’s top cyber agency is urging members of the public to replace password logins with a more secure ‘passkey’ system to access online services. Security chiefs at the National Cyber...
National Cyber Security Centre unveils ‘SilentGlass’ – a new plug-in device to protect computer monitors from hackers
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has unveiled a new plug-in device to prevent hackers from infiltrating networks via the video connection to computer monitors. HDMI and display ports which...
‘We cannot fight a machine speed threat with human speed bureaucracy,’ says security minister as new £90 million cyber fund unveiled in Glasgow
Britain’s security minister today unveiled a new £90 million fund to help small and medium-sized businesses boost their cyber resilience. Dan Jarvis said the money would be used to ‘provide...
Nation states behind majority of ‘nationally significant’ cyberattacks, Britain’s top cyber chief warns in Glasgow conference speech
Britain’s top cybersecurity chief has warned that the majority of online attacks are now being orchestrated by nation states as the country faces a geopolitical ‘perfect storm’. In a major...
Public sector organisations in Scotland invited to put forward ‘bold ideas’ for AI to transform services
Public sector organisations across Scotland are being invited to put forward ‘bold ideas’ for how artificial intelligence can transform services, improve outcomes, and unlock new efficiencies – as the Futurescot...
