Digit (Scotland)

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, 11.48am “The overall environment proved to be more volatile than anticipated in Q1 2025,” said research manager Amber Liu. According to the latest research from Canalys, the global technology market analyst firm, the worldwide smartphone market grew 1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025.

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, 09.44am “Our findings are quite emphatic and show a clear-cut productivity premium for SMEs who adopt AI,” said Professor Brown. Artificial intelligence has a significant positive impact on productivity levels for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) compared to non-adopters, new research from the University of St Andrews has found.

1 week ago | digit.fyi | Thom Carter

, 11.49am The funding for the project comes from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Robert Gordon University (RGU) researchers have secured £380,000 in funding for a new project which aims to develop techniques to improve the conversational limitations within artificial intelligence tools.

1 week ago | digit.fyi | Thom Carter

, 10.04am “This significant experiment exemplifies the strength of British innovation – driven by our home-grown industry, technology firms and scientific talent,” said minister for defence procurement and industry, Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP. In the latest trial of a new direct energy weapon developed in the UK, British soldiers have tracked, targeted, and defeated swarms of drones for the first time.

1 week ago | digit.fyi | Thom Carter

, 11.20am “While we are rolling out the Explorer in Scotland first, we aim to extend this initiative to the rest of Great Britain in the near future, adding more indicators and allowing users to explore data at an increased level of granularity,” said Smart Data Foundry’s Dougie Robb.