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Orkney Trials Self-driving, Zero-emissions Shuttles A new study will trial self-driving, zero-emissions shuttles on Orkney island, offering the opportunity to travel on autonomous vehicles.

A new study will trial self-driving, zero-emissions shuttles on Orkney island, offering residents the opportunity to travel on driverless vehicles.

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Report: Millions at Risk of Losing Access to UK Digital Services A new Digital Poverty study highlights how data poverty turns essential digital services into a fragile lifeline.

A new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance warns that up to two million households across the UK are at risk of losing access to essential digital services, simply because they cannot afford the mobile data they need.

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STEM Starts Centre Opens in Elgin to Boost Early Years Innovation The first STEM Starts Centre in Moray has officially opened its doors in Elgin marking a major milestone for the £4.8 million EY STEM project.

The first STEM Starts Centre in Moray has officially opened its doors in Elgin, marking a major milestone for the £4.8 million Early Years STEM (EY STEM) project, part of the Moray Growth Deal.

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Why Enterprise AI Ambitions Are Outpacing Legacy Modernisation Ollie O’Donoughue, senior director at Cognizant Research, explores why legacy modernisation has become a critical enabler of AI adoption.

In the contributed piece below, Ollie O’Donoughue, senior director at Cognizant Research, explores why legacy modernisation has become a critical enabler of AI adoption.

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Google Signals Massive AI Spending as Revenue Tops $400Bn Huge gains across its Cloud unit and rocketing enterprise AI demand have pushed profits sky-high across Google's core business.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has reported more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time, with soaring profits across its Cloud unit and YouTube lifting the tech giant above Wall Street expectations.

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DataVita Lands £44.9M Contract to Power Glasgow Council’s Tech Under the contract, DataVita will provide the Glasgow Council’s core compute and storage services, supporting more than 400 applications.

Scottish data centre and cloud provider DataVita has inked a £44.9 million partnership with Glasgow City Council to modernise and maintain the city’s digital infrastructure in support of essential public services.

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Scotland Launches Digital Education Awards The Digital Education Awards Scotland (DEAS) scheme aims to highlight the outstanding work of educators who champion digital skills.

A 'first-of-its-kind' digital education awards scheme to recognise and celebrate teachers and education professionals leading innovation in digital skills teaching has launched.

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UK Risks Waiting Until 2060 for Spinout Gender Equality Britain’s spinout ecosystem is grappling with a gender gap so deep that, if left unchecked, it won’t close for thirty-four more years.

Britain’s spinout ecosystem is grappling with a gender gap so deep that, if left unchecked, it won’t close until 2060, according to new research which argues that female founders face tougher questioning, weaker backing and higher failure risk at early stages.

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Can AI De‑Risk Breakneck Data Centre Builds? DIGIT speaks with Aviad Almagor of Trimble about how a tech‑first strategy can stop today’s data centres from being tomorrow’s digital ruins.

With the construction industry facing brutal timelines, a labour crisis, and designs rendered obsolete in real time, DIGIT speaks with Aviad Almagor of Trimble Inc. about how a tech‑first strategy can stop today’s data centres from becoming tomorrow’s digital ruins.

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AI ‘Godfathers’ Flag Growing Dangers in Safety Report Researchers warn AI risks are escalating, with systems becoming powerful enough to aid hackers, criminals, and even bioweapons development.

An extensive new AI safety study, penned by over 100 AI experts including Turing Award-winner Yoshua Bengio – one of AI’s many “godfathers” – documents a striking, near-terrifying spike in real-world AI malfunctions, misuse, and systemic risks to humanity.

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Scotland Named Startup Hotspot as Early-Stage Loans Surge Scotland has been singled out as an entrepreneurial hotspot after new data reveals a 15% spike in demand for early-stage business loans.

Scotland has been singled out as a startup hotspot after new data from the British Business Bank revealed a 15% spike in demand for early-stage business loans last year, making the country one of the most entrepreneurial regions of the UK.

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Is Complexity Holding the Cybersecurity Industry Back? CISO Amy Lemberger, founder of the CISO Hub, discusses whether cybersecuirty complexity is hurting the industry's usefulness.

Chief Information Security Officer Amy Lemberger, founder of the CISO Hub, discusses whether cybersecurity’s complexity is hurting the industry’s usefulness.

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86% of IT Leaders Fear Multi-Agent AI Complexity Fragmented infrastructure is limiting the reach and impact of multi-agent AI systems, according to new data from Salesforce.

The adoption of AI agents has reached critical mass, according to new data from Salesforce, with fleets of autonomous “digital workers” being deployed across enterprise firms, but poor integration and weak interoperability are blocking progress.

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Cheap Virtual Machines Are the Backbone of Modern Ransomware Thousands of ransomware operators are sharing mass-produced virtual machines tied to just a handful of autogenerated Windows hostnames.

Ransomware gangs are renting cheap virtual machines (VMs) to scale their operations, remain anonymous, and keep their nefarious activities running around the clock, according to new research from Sophos.

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#tech #ransomware #cybercrime #Sophos

Scots Scientists Create Next-Gen Semiconductor Material With AI pushing traditional semiconductors to their limits, a new material could offer a critical alternative to sustaining AI growth.

Researchers led by the University of Edinburgh have created a new type of material that acts as a highly effective semiconductor, which could soon make everyday electronics faster and more energy-efficient.

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#tech #semiconductors #chips #EdinburghUni

China Is Challenging Western AI Dominance - What Next? China’s low-cost AI models and mass-deployment tactics should be a wake-up call for Western leadership, argues Bill Conner, CEO of Jitterbit.

The US could be overtaken by China in the global AI arms race. Could this be the wake-up call the US needs to develop more accessible, lower-cost AI models? Or are cheap AI entrants ‘too good to be true’?

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86% of IT Leaders Fear Multi-Agent AI Complexity Fragmented infrastructure is limiting the reach and impact of multi-agent AI systems, according to new data from Salesforce.

The adoption of AI agents has reached critical mass, according to new data from Salesforce, with fleets of autonomous “digital workers” being deployed across enterprise firms, but poor integration and weak interoperability are blocking progress.

www.digit.fyi/86-of-it-lea...

Cheap Virtual Machines Are the Backbone of Modern Ransomware Thousands of ransomware operators are sharing mass-produced virtual machines tied to just a handful of autogenerated Windows hostnames.

Ransomware gangs are renting cheap virtual machines (VMs) to scale their operations, remain anonymous, and keep their nefarious activities running around the clock, according to new research from Sophos.

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#tech #ransomware #cybercrime #Sophos

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Bitcoin Slips Below $70,000 Amid Market Sell-off Bitcoin falls below $70,000 for the first time since 2024 as cryptocurrency markets face broad sell-offs and growing liquidations.

BTC is now down 17% this week as crypto markets slide, liquidations surge and confidence takes another hit.

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DataVita Lands £44.9M Contract to Power Glasgow Council’s Tech Under the contract, DataVita will provide the Glasgow Council’s core compute and storage services, supporting more than 400 applications.

Scottish data centre and cloud provider DataVita has inked a £44.9 million partnership with Glasgow City Council to modernise and maintain the city’s digital infrastructure in support of essential public services.

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#tech #Glasgow #IT @DataVita_Scot

Report: 1.5 Million Enterprise AI Agents At Risk of ‘Going Rogue’ Research has found many AI agents displaying unwanted behaviours like deleting databases without permission or exposing confidential data.

Nearly half of the three million AI agents actively deployed by enterprise firms are at risk of ‘going rogue’, according to research from API platform Gravitee, with many already exhibiting unwanted behaviours such as exposing data, or triggering security breaches.

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Google Signals Massive AI Spending as Revenue Tops $400Bn Huge gains across its Cloud unit and rocketing enterprise AI demand have pushed profits sky-high across Google's core business.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has reported more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time, with soaring profits across its Cloud unit and YouTube lifting the tech giant above Wall Street expectations.

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Why Enterprise AI Ambitions Are Outpacing Legacy Modernisation Ollie O’Donoughue, senior director at Cognizant Research, explores why legacy modernisation has become a critical enabler of AI adoption.

In the contributed piece below, Ollie O’Donoughue, senior director at Cognizant Research, explores why legacy modernisation has become a critical enabler of AI adoption.

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#Tech | #News | #Cognizant

Is OpenAI Losing Its Grip on Banking? Major banks are expanding their partnerships OpenAI rivals and ditching its tools in droves, driven by a need to diversify their tech stacks.

Major banks are expanding their partnerships with OpenAI’s rivals and ditching its tools in droves, driven by a need to diversify their tech stacks, according to figures from the Evident AI Index.

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#AI #bankingAI #OpenAI #Anthropic

Scotland Named Startup Hotspot as Early-Stage Loans Surge Scotland has been singled out as an entrepreneurial hotspot after new data reveals a 15% spike in demand for early-stage business loans.

Scotland has been singled out as a startup hotspot after new data from the British Business Bank revealed a 15% spike in demand for early-stage business loans last year, making the country one of the most entrepreneurial regions of the UK.

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STEM Returners Struggle With Bias and Barriers, Report Finds Returning to the STEM industry after a career break is harder than ever, according to new research by STEM Returners.

Returning to the STEM industry after a career break is harder than ever, according to new research, with bias against gender, age, ethnicity and a lack of recent experience penalising highly qualified people from getting a job.

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AI ‘Godfathers’ Flag Growing Dangers in Safety Report Researchers warn AI risks are escalating, with systems becoming powerful enough to aid hackers, criminals, and even bioweapons development.

An extensive new AI safety study, penned by over 100 AI experts including Turing Award-winner Yoshua Bengio – one of AI’s many “godfathers” – documents a striking, near-terrifying spike in real-world AI malfunctions, misuse, and systemic risks to humanity.

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DIGIT Deal Roundup | January 2026 Check out the latest funding, investments, deals, and acquisitions news from across the Scottish tech sector with DIGIT' latest Deal Roundup.

With Blue Monday firmly in the rearview, the Scottish business scene is back to work (as if it ever really stopped) with a run of early-year deals for established firms, and fresh capital for some of the country’s most ambitious scale‑ups.

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