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Government invests £500m in military comms satellite
Deal for Airbus technology follows £400m spent on acquiring OneWeb
Minister believes government ‘likely’ to see return on £400m investment in satellite firm
Before entering bankruptcy OneWeb had been funded to the tune of $3.3bn with no revenues generated yet
Downing St assembles data science A-team
Dominic Cummings’ ambitions realised as prime minister’s office seeks to recruit crack squad of data scientists for No. 10 skunkworks
DVSA uses AI and agile to support ‘a lifetime of driving’
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has already done a great deal of work implementing technology across its operations. But digital chief Alex Fiddes tells PublicTechnology it has even bigger ambitions.
‘Crazed conspiracy theory’ – Downing St says 5G vandals are endangering lives
Government and industry make plea for spread of misinformation to cease
Government launches WhatsApp chatbot for coronavirus advice
Service offers range of information options, including latest statistics and prevention tips
Scotland expands funding for trainee STEM teachers
Number of bursaries expanded by 50%
Ministry of Defence to explore use of ‘telexistence’
Department seeks to better understand audiovisual, robotic and haptic technologies
Digitising the Natural History Museum and boosting HMRC IT – fourteen tech takeaways from the Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a range of funding and new programmes dedicated to digital, data and technology
HMRC experiments with ‘sound masking’ to reduce staff distraction
Tax agency spends £30,000 on proof of concept
Facial recognition ‘not fit for use’, Scottish committee finds
MSPs warn of potential of ‘Wild West’ environment for new technology
Military research unit to develop ‘submarine-avoidance’ app
MoD agency issues contract notice seeking supplier to help construct technology
Digital minister: ‘There is no convincing evidence that 5G is dangerous’
Matt Warman reiterates the line taken by his predecessors that any increase in radiation will be minimal and well within guidelines
Government data ethics body urges revamp of social media regulation
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has claimed that ‘current mechanisms are inadequate’
‘Embrace failure’ – plans for government blue-skies research unit gather momentum
Minister responds to think tank report by claiming government could establish UK ARPA unit this year
Stockport council introduces AI-powered chatbot
Local authority implements Ami program
Government’s top scientist urges departments to increase R&D spend
Sir Patrick Vallance says organisations that fail to adequately support research and development risk becoming ‘non-innovative’
Central London boroughs seek coaching on agile methods
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea look for expert guidance in bid to embrace new ways of working
Fighting food crime and improving analytics - a year at the FSA
Emily Miles of the Food Standards Agency reflects on 2019 and looks forward to the year ahead
Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?
Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document
UK commits to European Space Agency with £1.9bn funding
Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes