Scottish companies win £1.7m UK Government funding for healthcare innovation
Three Scottish companies are to receive funding for health tech research as part of the UK Government investment in developing technology to transform health and social care. The projects are...
UK could go it alone on digital services tax
The UK will unilaterally implement a digital service tax if there is no wider international agreement soon on how to tax the world’s biggest Internet companies, Philip Hammond, Chancellor of...
Tim Berners-Lee launches company to develop ‘the next stage of the web’
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, says it has “evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own...
Dundee University student named Young Software Engineer of the Year
A Dundee University student has been named Young Software Engineer of the Year. Can Gafuroglu won first prize for an innovative project using AI and machine learning to support smart...
What should the Scottish tech sector do to go from good to great?
In recent years, Scotland has made impressive headway in achieving its technological ambitions. Connectivity and infrastructure have either improved, or received commitments to improvement; gender balance issues are being openly...
New action plan announced to boost Scotland’s cyber security industry
A new action plan will encourage the growth of innovative Scottish cyber security research to deliver world-leading cyber security goods and services, Scottish Enterprise said in a statement. The agency...
Equate Scotland launches job site to tackle gender imbalance in STEM sector
Equate Careerhub, Scotland’s first job board tailored towards women in science, engineering, technology, and the built environment, is launched today. The hub will promote Scotland’s increasing opportunities to women STEM...
Uber in ‘early talks’ to buy Deliveroo, says Bloomberg
Ride-hailing company Uber is in early talks to buy the food-delivery company Deliveroo, reports Bloomberg. A bid for London-based Deliveroo, last valued at more than $2bn, would “mark a major...
The Data Lab secures £13.5m Scottish Government funding
Scotland’s data innovation centre, The Data Lab, has secured up to £13.5m in new Scottish Government funding. The announcement follows the data innovation centre’s success during its first phase of...
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