Kevin O'Sullivan

Western Isles council is still dealing with service backlogs two years on from a cyberattack crippled its systems, external audit finds

A new Cyber Observatory will be established to shield Scotland’s public services from the surge in online threats, including ransomware

Plans revealed for police in Scotland to make greater use of artificial intelligence to help inform officer deployment in crime hotspots

A group of Glasgow researchers used off-the-shelf mobile connectivity hardware to engineer a new approach to remote, robotic surgery

Scottish Biometrics Commissioner signals support for primary legislation governing the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology

Glasgow internet of things (IoT) firm expanding its offering through the growing commercialisation of 'eSim' technology

Glasgow and Heriot-Watt universities' digital twinning hub for 'decarbonising transport' appoints new head of data

Aberdeenshire Council 'first' to adopt climate dashboard to share emissions data and track net zero progress

Police Scotland to press ahead with 'live facial recognition' technology despite human rights and privacy concerns

Digital transformation firm that developed Scottish Government licensing platforms doubles headcount

New online criminal appeals court hearings will help 'educate and inform' people in Scotland about justice system

Teaching, learning and academic research to be the focus of 'AI ethics' conference in Glasgow - looking at how tech is disrupting education

A diabetes management app developed at the University of Dundee now has 50,000 patients using the platform across Scotland. My Diabetes My Way (MDMW), developed by Drs Scott Cunningham and...

A government-backed grant scheme to help startup companies flourish has reopened in the south of Scotland following a successful pilot

Cyberattack on Glasgow city council last month did not lead to customer data being stolen or encrypted, an expert report has found

The UK Government has signed a deal with the creator of ChatGPT to use AI to make taxpayer-funded services 'more efficient and effective'.

How to approach ethics, human oversight and ‘edge cases’ of AI for public sector organisations. The Futurescot AI Challenge attracted diverse applications from public sector organisations last year, each evaluated not just for technical feasibility but for ethical responsibility and trustworthiness.

DigiFest - the national digital health and social care conference - returns with call to 'lead with a digital first mindset'

National incident response 'cadre' helping organisations respond to and recover from cyber incidents in Scotland

Tech startups to benefit from £7 million in government funding to solve Scottish public sector challenges using digital and AI