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...
Scottish and English councils unite to drive ‘transformational’ digital agenda in cross-border initiative
An ambitious cross-border drive to improve digital connectivity and skills will form a ‘significant’ part of a multi-million pound bid to boost the rural economies of southern Scotland and northern England....
Dogfish Mobile becomes ‘Vidatec’ – a tech firm focused on ‘improving people’s lives’
Dogfish Mobile, a web and mobile apps development company, has been been relaunched as ‘Vidatec’, a new venture focused on developing technology aimed at ‘improving people’s lives’. Dogfish Mobile was...
Five key questions company boards must ask about their cyber security readiness
Experts in cyber security have published new guidance for Britain’s corporate leaders – including five key questions to answer – in order to understand the threats they face in cyber space,...
‘The post-PC era never really happened…and probably won’t’
On the eve of Apple’s ‘special event’, it’s an interesting exercise to consider where we are in Steve Jobs’ vaunted, much quoted ‘post-PC era’. The fact of the matter is,...
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