Government unveils £10m plan to launch world’s first self-driving bus
Funding initiative reveals recipients of government backing for automated vehicles, including soon-to-launch passenger service in Edinburgh
Scottish Government boosts funding for primary school STEM outreach scheme
Nicola Sturgeon unveils additional investment in programme run by the University of the...
Government to launch Office for Quantum Technologies
Senior manager sought for BEIS-based team responsible for implementing national strategy in...
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Government puts £30m into 6G development
Money committed to support next-generation network – although vast majority of country still has limited or no 5G coverage
Government STEM agencies back industrial action
Bodies including Dstl and the Met Office are among the bodies to indicate most support for potential strikes
Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
Robot submarine used to assess decommissioned oil fields
Project led by University of Southampton deploys autonomous vehicle
Scottish Government tech accelerator turns attention to protecting nature
New £2.6m support programme seeks digital solutions to challenges facing the natural world
ICO issues warning over ‘emotion analysis technologies’
Regulator claims new systems come with inherent risk of ‘systemic bias, inaccuracy and even discrimination’
Humanoid robot gives evidence to parliamentary committee
AI-powered artist takes questions from peers
Labour pledges creation of state-owned green energy provider
Leader Keir Starmer invokes party’s history of supporting technology and modernisation
Scotland gets multimillion-pound broadband boost
Scottish and UK governments both kick in funding to support programme
FCDO unit hires £770k consultancy to help shape international defence collaboration platform
New Hermes platform is intended to provide a ‘modular, scalable solution’
Government can help make the UK a world-leader in quantum technology
A pipeline of both technical and commercial skills, and proper consideration of the ethical implications is needed to ensure organisations are not left behind, according to Laura Foster of techUK
Watchdogs seek greater oversight of use of facial recognition in prisons
Scottish bodies flag up uses of facial recognition and in English and Welsh institutions
Scottish minister criticises UK government broadband rollout for leaving hardest-to-connect places to last
Finance secretary Kate Forbes claims that implementation in Scotland has begun with remote and rural areas
IPO clears patent backlog and claims digital services will help avoid future queues
Long-standing to-do list was cleared by recruitment of staff and dedication of resources to focus on key technology areas
Scottish 5G centre shows off innovation
Bank of England chief impressed by tech development
Is the UK ready for the future of compute?
The government’s upcoming review should consider ways to increase the country’s computing capacity, believes Laura Foster of techUK
The time is now for private network adoption
New forms of infrastructure can help improve public services, according to Sophie James of techUK
Scotland recognised for world-class research
All 18 institutions across the country saluted by new report
Edinburgh students’ research could lead to smartwatches charged by the human body
Team of academics claim to have developed new means of generating energy
Scottish biotech hub to collaborate with healthcare innovation facility
Government-backed Glaswegian centre to work with Kent-based R&D unit
Government-backed £10m ‘innovation network’ to help telecoms firms collaborate
New facility will also provide database of funding and R&D opportunities