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Gateway to success

The DDI Skills Gateway was a finalist at this year’s Digital Leaders 100 awards. The…

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Community benefits hub for City Region Deal

A website is being launched to encourage links between good causes and businesses across Edinburgh,…

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Blog post: The stories behind the data

From breeding algorithms for cows to a speech recogniser for spoken Gaelic, Lucy Saddler (pictured)…

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Local AI Start-up Wins Scottish Enterprise Grant to Test on Supercomputer

Edinburgh-based startup, Data Innovation.AI Ltd have secured a Scottish enterprise SMART grant to test their pioneering bio-safety design…

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NASA Hackathon

Join the Scottish team for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge On October 2-3, NASA…

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Cancer Research UK partners with University of Edinburgh Venture Builder Incubator to drive innovation

A University of Edinburgh business-support programme has partnered with Cancer Research UK to help build…

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AI’s future stars join Edinburgh accelerator

A body-sizing app to improve online shopping, 3D printed tumours to test cancer drugs, and…

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National Robotarium appoints first CEO in major milestone for UK’s tech future

A major milestone in the development of the UK’s tech economy has been reached with…

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Front covers of DDI's Fife and Scottish Borders reports

Tourism and food & drink among Fife & Scottish Borders sectors pegged to benefit from data innovation

The potential of digital technology and innovation for organisations in Fife and the Scottish Borders…

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