Inverclyde Council ‘strong’ on digital but urged to be more ambitious on addressing £11m funding gap
Inverclyde Council is delivering highly-performing services and has a ‘strong’ track record on digital but needs to be more ambitious on addressing an £11 million funding gap, according to a...
UK Government to harness agentic AI for new national ‘cyber shield’
The UK Government’s national online security agency is to harness agentic AI to defend against autonomously generated cyber attacks targeting national infrastructure. Experts at the National Cyber Security Centre are...
Scotland’s public sector asked: do you trust AI – and are you ready for it?
Futurescot today unveils a major new survey of public sector professionals to establish how artificial intelligence is understood, used and trusted across government, health, local authority and emergency services in...
New chief executive appointed at Scotland’s digital technologies trade body
A new chief executive has been appointed at the trade body for Scotland’s digital technologies industry. Andrew Weir will lead the organisation, which was set up in 2000 to represent...
Scotland’s former chief entrepreneur Mark Logan in £15,000 pledge for creative startups
Scotland’s former chief entrepreneur Mark Logan has pledged £15,000 of his own money to help fund startups from the creative industries. The ex-Skyscanner executive, who conceived the landmark 2020 Scottish...
Shared digital platform to be developed as part of ‘once for Scotland’ obesity prevention programme
A shared digital platform is set to be developed as part of a ‘once for Scotland’ prevention programme for obesity. The new system will allow people to access the right...
Glasgow data scientists devise new way for helping AI ‘know its place’
Glasgow academics have improved the way a popular AI tool understands geography – helping data scientists make faster, more accurate predictions. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Florida State...
Jabs to jobs for online pharmacy with launch of digital skills drive for Glasgow schools
A Glasgow-headquartered online pharmacy which specialises in offering medications – including weight loss injections – direct to patients has launched a digital skills drive with schools in the city. Simple...
Cybercrime in Scotland remains flat but ‘significantly up’ from pre-pandemic levels
Cybercrime remained broadly flat in Scotland last year – up by 80 reported crimes, or 1 per cent – but incidents are still ‘significantly above’ pre-pandemic levels, according to a...
Government’s £26m post-school education and skills reforms ‘lack of clear delivery plan’, warns auditor
Scotland’s £26 million post-school education and skills reform programme is making slow progress and ‘lacks a clear delivery plan’, according to a public spending watchdog. Inadequate resourcing, weaknesses in governance...
