Data laws to be made fit for digital age, says UK Government
The UK Government has outlined “vital protections and flexibilities” for the country’s research, financial services, journalism and legal services as part of its plans to update data protection legislation. The...
Edinburgh-based Codeplay Software to Enable Cars with A.I.
Edinburgh company Codeplay Software has announced it is working with Renesas, a leading Japanese semiconductor company, to enable their next generation of advanced automotive processors. The technology will be included...
How organisations can maximise their chances of developing data science talent
Opportunities and challenges presented to the commercial, public and academic sectors by the increasing need for data science talent will be explored at an event in Edinburgh staged by MBN,...
Building local open data about the community is crucial to success
Local efforts to build and share Open Data about the tech community in Scotland help everyone connect. The Scottish-run website Open Tech Calendar has been at the heart of that,...
Data changes everything
March 2017 will see The Data Lab bring the UK’s first ever week-long data science festival to ScotlandScotland is poised to lead a data revolution and DataFest17 will bring some...
Making a point, 15bn times
A huge cloud of data is generating a 3D world of Charles Rennie MackintoshOn the morning of Saturday 24 May 2014, as firemen watched over the smouldering remains of The...
The real deal in virtual expertise
Scotland is nurturing global players in virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligenceMartin McDonnell remembers being lifted as a child so that he could reach to play on Atari’s arcade...
‘Here be Dragons’: the risks of outsourcing data to third parties
Businesses have been stung by not having appropriate supplier checks or contracts, warns Brodies LLPWe live in what would, to our 10-year-old selves, have seemed liked a science fiction future....
Artificial intelligence ‘smart glasses’ for blind showcased in Glasgow
Smart glasses that use artificial intelligence to help blind and partially-sighted people were showcased in Glasgow earlier this month. The OrCam MyEye, developed by Israel-based firm OrCam, uses AI built...
The data doctor will see you now
Dr Michael Li is heading to Scotland on a mission: to turn people working in data-related fields into ‘bona fide data scientists’Dr Michael Li has worked has worked as a...
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