Scottish Government announces £5.7 million boost for tech solutions to public service challenges
The Scottish Government has announced a £5.7 million boost to bring technology solutions to a series of public service challenges – including substance use, child protection and fuel poverty. CivTech...
Digital measures in the new programme for government – broken down
A series of digital measures around greater provision of tech skills, supporting people back to work, connecting more communities and boosting the economy have been outlined in the new programme...
Housing charity passes quality standards audit for digital alarm monitoring service
A Scottish housing charity that supports over 50,000 tenants has passed a quality standards audit for its newly-adopted digital alarm monitoring service. Bield Housing, which provides 4,500 homes across 21...
Digital health and care schools programme nominated for prestigious business award
A digital health and care schools programme – which works to foster entrepreneurial and technology skills in young people across Scotland – has been nominated for a prestigious business award....
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...
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...
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to play leading role in UK study using AI to improve lung cancer diagnosis
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is to play a leading role in a new UK study exploring how AI could be used to support earlier lung cancer diagnosis and improve...
Civil servants unveil £500 million sovereign AI investment fund in Glasgow to tap Scottish ‘pipeline’
The UK Government unveiled its £500 million sovereign AI investment fund in Glasgow last night – in a bid to encourage Scottish AI companies to apply for growth funding. Civil...
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...
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...
