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ScotlandIS has today announced the shortlist for its 12th annual Digital Technology Awards 2022, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard. The Awards showcase excellence within the industry, rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of companies across the breadth of Scotland’s digital sector.
This programme is looking for tech companies of all sizes to trial and experiment with Arm’s Morello SoC and demonstrator board based on CHERI, a new instruction set architecture developed by the University of Cambridge. Programme benefits For six months
Yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak released his Spring Statement, highlighting that despite efforts in successive budgets, uptake of various tax relief schemes has been low and UK R&D spending is still lagging behind international competitors. The Government is therefore proposing three
Over 6,000 people in Scotland are more resilient against online crime after taking part in a week-long event designed to raise awareness of cyber threats. Now in its fourth year, Cyber Scotland Week drew together 90 events across the country
The Data Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has joined forces with The Scottish Government, ScotlandIS, the Scottish Digital Academy and key companies from across Scotland’s tech ecosystem, to become the latest Partner of the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative.
Edinburgh robotics startup Touchlab has announced the successful raising of $4.8 million in seed funding. The Scottish firm, which develops an electronic skin (e-skin) for robots, had its investment round led by Octopus Ventures, one of the EU’s largest early-stage investors. Octopus Ventures
PureLiFi, the Edinburgh-based firm behind technology that uses light to transmit data, has unveiled what it claims is a ground-breaking system aimed at home users. The company’s “LiFi@Home” system has been launched at a major industry conference in Barcelona. LiFi is
A Scottish space tech firm has appointed three high-profile executives to its team as it eyes global expansion. Edinburgh-headquartered R3-IoT has also acquired an office space in Glasgow and announced a series of further senior hires and promotions. The scale-up,
A fresh £445,000 cash injection has gone towards getting 10 UK space science projects off the ground across the UK. The Technology for Space Science initiative is a joint venture between the UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme and the Science
Scottish Procurement has recently issued the Contract Notice for their Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) via Public Contracts Scotland. This DPS will replace the Telephony Services DPS which is due to expire on 31 March 2022. Scottish Procurement intend
