Neowin News Feed for: Scotland

Tech due in 2026 uses AI to detect dementia early before symptoms show up

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:32:01 +0000

Many people are worried about AI but a group of researchers in Scotland are using the technology to detect dementia before symptoms show up, giving patients better outcomes. Read more...

Revealed: These UK cities have the fastest and slowest broadband speeds

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:00:01 +0000

A new report from Broadband Genie has found out which UK cities have the fastest and slowest broadband. Interestingly, the best performers were widely distributed around the UK nations. Read more...

Politicians in Scotland report hundreds of criminal social media comments

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 May 2024 08:24:01 +0000

Scottish politicians have completed a trial, which looked at how many abusive messages they got online. 38 of them got 8,000 threatening messages and over 400 abusive messages deemed to be criminal. Read more...

UK to build exascale computer 50 times more powerful than its best supercomputer

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:48:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that Edinburgh will be home to a new exascale supercomputer. The computer will be 50 times more powerful than the UK's best supercomputer, the ARCHER2. Read more...

Apple recognises first Apple Store Worker's Union in the UK

Steve Bennett — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:04:01 +0000

An Apple Store in Glasgow has become the first in the UK reach a formal agreement with Apple for its union to be recognised. The workers in the store first unionised in November of 2022. Read more...

Xbox gamers should check Xbox UK's social media tomorrow to get a tartan controller

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:36:01 +0000

Microsoft will allow people to get their hands on a unique tartan Xbox controller tomorrow through its Xbox UK social media channels. Details on how people will get their hands on one weren't shared. Read more...

Microsoft and SSE form partnership to make energy more sustainable

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Scottish energy provider SSE. They'll attempt to make the energy sector more sustainable through a variety of efforts. Both are COP26 partners too. Read more...

Sky Mobile reveals how much data was saved due to lockdown

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:54:01 +0000

Sky Mobile has revealed that its customers have each saved up 43 GBs of data on average due to them staying at home over the past year and opting to get online with their broadband connection instead. Read more...

RootMetrics says EE is the mobile carrier to beat in the UK

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:02:01 +0000

EE has come out as the best mobile carrier around the UK in RootMetrics' latest report. The authors did over half a million tests around the country to find out which carriers were most reliable. Read more...

UK's numerous contact tracing apps to become interoperable

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:44:01 +0000

The coronavirus contact tracing apps across the UK will also speak to one another from November meaning that users don't have to download different apps if they cross borders to other nations. Read more...

Ofcom claims that a majority of UK homes and businesses can access ultra-fast broadband

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 May 2019 04:08:01 +0000

Ofcom has released a new report which suggests that the majority (53%) of premises in the UK now have access to ultra-fast broadband which is defined as having download speeds above 300Mbit/s. Read more...

UK: Vodafone will launch 5G in 19 towns and cities this year

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:58:02 +0000

Vodafone has announced that it will launch its 5G network to the public in 19 cities and towns this year. The announcement comes just months after it concluded a successful trial of 5G. Read more...

UK government is encouraging public sector organisations to use Office 365

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:18:02 +0000

The UK government is to begin encouraging public sector organisations to use Office 365. Microsoft outlined that the move would save the government money, enhance co-operation, and bolster security. Read more...

Lockheed Martin will launch rockets from planned UK spaceport in the early 2020s

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:38:01 +0000

The UK is aiming to have rockets take off from Sutherland, Scotland by the early 2020s from a newly built spaceport. Spaceports are also expected to be built in Glasgow, Cornwall, and Snowdonia. Read more...

Scotland: Internet porn blamed for the rise in under-18s sex crimes

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 04:56:01 +0000

Scotland is due to hold a summit later this week in order to work out how it can tackle the amount of under-18s committing sexual crimes. Experts are blaming online porn for the sharp rise. Read more...

China's largest online travel site, Ctrip.com, to acquire Skyscanner for $1.74 billion

Ben Moore — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 04:00:01 +0000

China's Ctrip.com is set to buy Skyscanner in a $1.74 billion deal expected to close by the end of 2016. Skyscanner will continue to operate independently while supporting their existing products. Read more...

Bing wins again, correctly predicting result of Scottish referendum

Andy Weir — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:34:16 +0000

Before voters in Scotland cast their ballots yesterday in a referendum on independence from the UK, Bing predicted that the 'no' vote would win, and the Union would stand - and it was right. Again. Read more...

Bing Predictions: Scotland will remain part of the UK [Update]

Brad Sams — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:44:05 +0000

For those who have not been watching the nightly news, there is a big vote coming up in Scotland where that country could leave the United Kingdom and become an independent country. Read more...

Teen commits suicide after being blackmailed on Skype

Phi Ha — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 07:52:45 +0000

After he asked his Twitter followers to Skype him, Daniel Perry believed he was talking to a girl his age. Events took a wrong turn when they threatened to release the conversation unless he paid. Read more...

Scotland to Target Gamers With Anti-drinking-and-driving Ads

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:53:27 +0000

The Scottish government plans to pay for inserting advertisements discouraging drinking and driving into video games. The 10,000 pound ($20,000) trial project will see the ads appear on virtual billboards within several games for Microsoft... Read more...

Bank of Scotland blames human error in data screw-up

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:39:28 +0000

Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is telling 62,000 customers they could be at risk of identity theft after it stuck an unencrypted disc in the ordinary post, which was subsequently lost. The disc, containing information on... Read more...

'We'll bleed you dry', pledges Bank of Scotland

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:23:01 +0000

Spotted at The Register: Not really news but it's refreshing to see the honest approach from a bank on loan's News source: El Reg... Read more...

007 Sean Connery in spam a friend for Scotland blooper

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:46:51 +0000

Revered Scottish icon Sir Sean Connery* has been fingered by PA for engaging in 'spam a friend' tactics. And we've absolutely no idea why we found this one in Australia, but there you go. ... Read more...