Location technology developed for concerts, sports events and transport hubs
If trials in care homes in Scotland is successful it could be rolled out to places where physical contact is restricted. Wyld Networks is trailing a monitoring app with a company…
Cross sector initiative getting people online
A new £5 million programme will offer an internet connection, training and support, and a laptop or tablet to vulnerable people who are not already online during the response to…
Leading Scottish Charities distribute hundreds of laptops and devices
Hundreds of Scotland’s most deprived families who are enduring daunting self-isolating home environments are benefiting from receiving vital communication lifelines including laptops and tablets after two of Scotland’s largest children’s…
Scottish Government Digital Directorate: “We’ll continue to serve the people of Scotland.”
The Scottish Government’s digital services division has vowed to do everything in its power to ‘continue to serve the people of Scotland’ during the coronavirus crisis. The Digital Directorate, which…
Council for Science & Technology calls for new ‘national centre for productivity’
A new national centre for productivity should be created to help businesses harness the benefits of technology and enter the ‘high-performance’ age. The recommendation is central to a five point-plan…
Tech body ‘delighted’ Kate Forbes retains digital role within Scottish Government
Scotland’s tech trade body has congratulated Kate Forbes on becoming the country’s first-ever finance secretary. ScotlandIS said it was also ‘delighted’ that Ms Forbes, 29, will also retain the digital…
Supercomputer hub in Edinburgh to benefit from £3.5m investment
A supercomputer hub in Edinburgh is to receive £3.5m in new government investment to boost its research, technology and skills base. The cash will add to a £50m programme to…
£1.2bn to create ‘world’s most advanced’ supecomputer dedicated to weather and climate
A £1.2bn government supercomputer investment will enable weather forecasters to provide a much greater degree of local accuracy. The new programme of investment will help the Met Office provide forecasts…
Governments are embracing new ways of working and serving citizens, says apolitical’s Lisa Witter
A mindset shift within public sector leaders across the world is cultivating ‘agile’ and new ways of serving citizens, according to one of the founders of a global government learning…
Public need greater reassurance about the use of artifical intelligence in the public sector
The general public need greater reassurance about the use of artifical intelligence (AI) by public sector bodies, a new report has found. There is a lack of transparency about where…