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UK Government plans social media curfew for older teenagers 

The UK Government will introduce default overnight curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the recently launched ban on social media services for under-16s

Over half of children experience ‘harmful’ content online

Research from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology shows that over half of children have seen or interacted with content not meant for them in the last three months

Sovereignty, AI and Matthew Broderick

UK sanctions ‘destructive’ Russian cyber hackers targeting critical services

AI scanner could reduce lung cancer diagnosis time to ‘minutes’

Scotland could block hyperscale data centres over environmental concerns

The public sector has a duplication problem. And we’re all paying for it.

Lisa Nandy announces government department will leave X

ScotlandIS appoints new chief executive

Scottish Government publishes new guidance for phone-free classrooms

Crime gang members who used encrypted devices sentenced to nearly 350 years behind bars

'Our digital future will be based on how we create a service that is both responsive and predictive'

Five Eyes warns of increasing cyber threat from AI

Closing the AI Execution Gap: Why Identity Is Now the Control Plane for AI

Let the public shape digital systems to avert ‘polycrisis’, expert urges

Greens call for pause on data centre approvals until national strategy created

Health app can be downloaded onto phones for first time

UK will ban social media access for under-16s, Starmer confirms

Israeli tech firm targeted John Swinney in election misinformation campaign, France says

Edinburgh bans mobile phones for school pupils

Do business with Scotland, UK Government urges China

Starmer gives big tech three months to block children from accessing nude images

Scottish Government urges schools to act on mobile phones ahead of legislation

Biometrics commissioner urges primary legislation on facial recognition in policing

Social media ban ‘won’t keep children safe’, children commissioner warns

Scotland’s only cybersecurity social enterprise reinvests £3m to combat threats in first year