New ‘check in’ digital service launched to improve Scotland’s contact tracing efforts
A new digital service was launched today to support businesses collecting personal information of visitors in order to speed up the national Covid-19 contact tracing system. More than 6,400 venues...
Scottish Government’s former head of digital transformation takes up new tech role
The Scottish Government’s former head of digital transformation has joined an IT company in a new tech role. Alison McLaughlin has taken up the post of sales director for Edinburgh-based...
Falkirk Council becomes ‘first’ Scottish local authority to ditch analogue telecare
Falkirk Council has become the ‘first’ local authority in Scotland to go live with a fully digital telecare service – four years before a national deadline that will see traditional analogue...
Scottish disability app wins global acclaim in United Nations-backed awards
An Edinburgh-based startup which builds tech solutions for disabled people has won acclaim at the United Nations-backed World Summit Awards. The accessibility app WelcoMe, designed by Neatebox, gives disabled people access...
Home Secretary threatens US tech giants with ‘huge penalties’ if they fail to protect children from online harm
Home Secretary Priti Patel has ignited a row with US tech giants – threatening to hit them with ‘huge penalties’ if they fail to protect children from being abused and...
Scottish college ‘first in UK’ to partner with Microsoft to equip students with digital skills
A Scottish college has become the ‘first in the UK’ to team up with Microsoft to give free digital skills training to students, businesses and local communities to help them...
Scottish parliamentary candidates urged to sign up to ‘democratise data’ pledge
Scottish parliamentary candidates for the forthcoming elections in May are being urged to sign up to a pledge to ‘democratise data’ as part of national post-pandemic recovery efforts. The Data...
New £90,000 ‘state-of-the-art’ IT systems installed in Stornoway council chamber
New £90,000 state-of-the-art IT systems have been installed in a Stornoway council chamber by communications software and visual aid companies. Ajenta and MediaScape, who provide video and audio communication software...
Scotland sets out vision to attract international investment in green datacentres
The Scottish Government has published details of a drive to encourage international investment into a dozen sites under consideration for re-development as ‘green datacentres’. The renewable energy-powered facilities would enable...
Scottish start-up secures extra funding for artificial intelligence Covid-19 biosafety tool
A Scottish start-up has been awarded additional funding to continue its pioneering development of an artificial intelligence bio-safety assessment tool for Covid-19 and other infectious diseases. Data Innovation.AI, based in...
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