AI and cyber firms toast success at 14th annual Scottish digital tech awards. Cutting-edge innovation across a range of sectors was celebrated at the ceremony - hosted by tech trade body ScotlandIS - in Glasgow
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Scottish expertise to benefit water monitoring IoT trials in Lake Victoria. CENSIS - the IoT innovation centre - is helping a startup to deploy its sensor technologies to help fish farmers on Africa's largest lake
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Singapore and possibly Dubai, too. Techscaler lays groundwork for more international hubs. The Scottish Government's flagship tech education programme looks to Asia Pacific expansion. But there could be more global centres 'in time'
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Innovation accelerator in Dundee contributes £6.4 million in gross value added (GVA) to national economy, new analysis finds. Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) helps 41 companies raise £1.9 million, leading to 'direct impact' in GVA terms
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Open and usable data will lay the foundation for greater democratic participation in Scotland, says global data chief. Dan Klein and his team took a look at Scottish transport data - and here's what they found. [Partner Content with Zühlke Group]
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BT uses Scotland as testbed for potential UK-wide scheme to repurpose green street cabinets as electric vehicle charging points. The telecoms giant's EV startup Etc installed a trial charger in Haddington, East Lothian, ahead of wider rollout
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Council hit by cyberattack delivers first public information session on the incident. Western Isles council – Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – joined Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland staff yesterday in Stornoway to share insights on the November incident
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Investor showcase brings tech community together in Edinburgh. EIE24 draws to a close today as it seeks to connect emerging Scottish tech startups with national and international sources of growth capital
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Social Security Scotland will spend estimated £11.56 million on cloud hosting over next two years. The benefits agency has signed a contract with Amazon Web Services to help it deliver 14 benefits to 1.2 million people across Scotland
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Excess heat from datacentre to keep Edinburgh University students warm. Computer servers at the university's King's Buildings will help lower energy costs and decarbonise the campus, say administrators
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Medical device company spun out of the University of Glasgow secures £4.7m to accelerate ‘next generation respiratory pharmaceuticals'. Nebu-Flow's innovative tech aims to disrupt the global nebuliser market for people with respiratory illnesses
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Scottish local authority impacted by cyberattack turns to cloud technology as it seeks to recover and rebuild from the incident. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was hit by a suspected ransomware attack in November – forcing systems offline
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Researchers set to benefit from new digital service that will give them ‘faster and simpler’ access to Scottish public sector data. The Researcher Access Service is a ‘streamlined end-to-end platform for researchers accessing secure data’
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Digital skills boosted across Edinburgh and south east Scotland region thanks to data literacy programme. Almost 1,000 people ‘upskilled’ in data under a programme run by The Data Lab – Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI
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Heriot-Watt university’s green hydrogen expertise underpins new climate change partnership. 'Landmark’ deal between the Edinburgh university and Houston University will support joint research and new technologies geared towards energy transition
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Thousands of kids across Scotland missing out on coding skills because of government funding shortfall, charity warns. Digital Xtra calls for urgent financial support from tech sector to continue providing after-school digital skills clubs
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Politicians at Holyrood to get cybersecurity ‘briefing’ following series of online incidents targeting Westminster colleagues. First briefing to be held on May 22 following MPs' exposure to 'honeytrap and hacking' attempts
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Digital support for parents as new website helps signpost services at Aberdeen children’s hospital. NHS Grampian launches portal in partnership with The Archie Foundation at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
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More than one million faster broadband connections delivered in Scotland, new figures show. Milestone reached through £1 billion Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband and Reaching 100% (R100) public investment programmes
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Richard Horne appointed as new CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre. Horne will join the UK government's national technical authority for cybersecurity in the autumn following a long career in the private sector
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