Fixed wireless and TV ‘whitespace’ technology helps connect 100 rural homes
More than 100 homes in a remote part of a Scottish national park have been connected to superfast broadband thanks to fixed wireless and TV ‘whitespace’ technology. The homes in…
Data privacy and security ‘top concern’ for business continuity in post-Brexit world
Technology issues are now seen to be the biggest threat to business continuity in a post-Brexit world, according to new research which has shown organisations in Glasgow among the most…
Exclusive: Scottish Government to create new ‘digital commercial service’ to enable better access to tech market
The Scottish Government is set to create a new ‘digital commercial service’ in order to improve its market engagement with tech sector suppliers. The new unit, which will sit within…
Service Design – and why everyone’s talking about it
“We have had a lot of interest, the emails are near constant,” says Dr Dhruv Sharma, who takes time out of his busy schedule to speak to me. “We are…
New £100,000 fund launched to support ‘AI for good’
A new £100,000 fund has been launched in Scotland to support artificial intelligence technologies that can bring about positive social change. Nesta in Scotland, the Scottish arm of the UK’s…
New report calls for ‘greater clarity of purpose’ towards a ‘shared national mission’ for innovation
A new national innovation report has highlighted duplication and conflicts within Scotland’s academic and business research funding landscape. Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, the principal of Glasgow University, has called for…
Artificial intelligence – and why we’re a very long way from building Skynet
Professor Shannon Vallor has been hunting for sun lamps online. A born and bred Californian, she is preparing to depart the warm climes of America’s ‘golden state’ – for a…
The world at their fingertips
In the fast-paced world of tech start-ups, growth – and the speed of it – is everything. From lightbulb moment to sketching a product outline, to prototyping it and securing…
TechUK calls for named ministerial digital transformation champion in each UK government department as part of ‘manifesto launch’
techUK has today published its 2019 manifesto, Towards a Better Future, setting out how the next government should use technology to deliver a better future. The tech sector is the UK’s…
Astronaut Tim Peake to take part in STEM event for schoolchildren as part of DataFest20
Over 400 primary and secondary school pupils in Scotland will have the chance to hear from Tim Peake, thanks to The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI….
