Scottish MedTech to develop proprietary blockchain for handling records and data
Glasgow-based health company HCi Viocare is devloping a proprietary blockchain-based system for handling sensitive client records and the data produced from the medical applications of Flexisense, its sensing technologies system for...
‘Alexa, let’s chat for 20 minutes like normal human beings’
In August 2016, Amazon challenged the world’s artificial intelligence research community to help them make Alexa, its cloud-based, intelligent personal assistant system, able to hold a natural, 20-minute conversation with...
Startups get access to decades of world-class remote sensing and data analytics expertise
The new Higgs Centre for Innovation in Edinburgh is now open for applications, and the first group of companies are expected to move in by March. The Higgs Centre has...
Guide to Cyber Security, part five: integrity and availability of data
In the previous instalment of the guide, I covered confidentiality of your data – the C in the often referred to CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability) triad of cyber security....
Hosted by Edinburgh Innovations, industry and researchers to tackle data challenges
Industry leaders who want to master data can join forces with Edinburgh University researchers to address business challenges and build new partnerships between industry and academia. On 15 March, AIMday...
Fewer than half of UK businesses and charities are aware of new data protection laws
Fewer than half of all businesses and charities are aware of new data protection laws four months before they come into force, according to new research released today. Businesses in...
Nalytics’ ‘artificial intelligence and the legal sector’ survey
Take the survey! Glasgow, London and Amsterdam based search and discovery technology pioneers Nalytics would like your views around AI. The use of AI within the legal sector has become...
Stirling’s thinkWhere takes a global view with digital maps and data system
Stirling technology company thinkWhere is setting its sights on global expansion with the launch of a new web-based system to provide easy access to digital maps and data – theMapCloud...
Arcadia Group picks Big Data for Humans for customer marketing drive
Big Data for Humans, the customer insights and marketing automation provider to retail businesses, has confirmed the addition of UK-based Arcadia Group to its growing roster of global clients. Arcadia...
GDPR enforcement extends beyond the fine – think serious brand damage
You might not think so given the somewhat hysterical, scaremongering tone of much recent media coverage but whilst the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, marks a step change in...
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