Ecommerce firm hires former Skyscanner director
Analytics firm e.fundamentals has appointed former Skyscanner director Greg Urquhart to its board of directors. He joins the company as chief technology officer and will be based in Edinburgh with...
Scotland could “revolutionise” the world’s response to natural disasters with new breed of satellites, says top academic
A new breed of smaller satellites being manufactured in Scotland could “revolutionise” the world’s response to natural disasters by providing vital tracking data to first responders, a leading academic has...
Open data can help ‘heal society’s problems’, says former MEP as she takes up new digital role
Open data can help ‘heal society’s problems’, a former Scottish MEP has said as she takes up a new role promoting global digital transparency and interoperable standards. Catherine Stihler, who...
Edinburgh festivals to harness power of data to drive innovation
Edinburgh’s festivals are set to be enhanced by an innovation drive at the heart of a government-backed ‘City Region Deal’ – in a bid to improve the ability of organisers...
Future of cybersecurity, data & AI – as well as Donald Trump’s tweets – to be explored as part of ‘digital frontiers’ at Edinburgh Science Festival
The future of cybersecurity, data and Artificial Intelligence – as well as whether Donald Trump’s tweets reveal anything about the US President’s sanity – are set to be among the...
EduTech 2019
15 May 2019 – University of Strathclyde, Glasgow See Agenda FutureScot’s annual EduTech conference returns to Glasgow to showcase the very latest innovations in digital teaching and learning. From designing...
Public sector urged not to be “afraid” of opening up data at CivTech 3.0
Public sector officials have been urged not to be “afraid” of opening up data from their organisations to allow innovators and entrepreneurs to help them solve key government transformation challenges...
RBS Natwest sets up £1m ‘Data Academy’ to train staff in data skills
RBS subsidiary Natwest is setting up a £1m ‘Data Academy’ to train its staff in data skills – including its own Chief Executive. Ross McEwan, CEO of RBS, will be...
UK Government Digital Service Minister pays tribute to ‘vibrancy and strength’ of Scottish tech scene in flying visit to CodeBase
The UK Government’s Digital Service minister has paid tribute to the “tremendous vibrancy and strength” of the Scottish tech sector in a flying visit to Edinburgh innovation hub CodeBase. Oliver...
‘We really have to stop living in this untrusted world’
“Sun Microsystems got it right many years ago when they said the network is the computer, and they were spot on,” says Bill Buchanan, Scotland’s preeminent cryptographer, as he tries...
