21 h. ago CodeClan reborn: Scottish digital skills teaching returns with focus on future tech and AI

“Tech isn’t just for the chosen few, it’s for anyone ready to roll up their sleeves and make a change” – CodeBase

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6 d. ago WATCH: The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Digital Season 25/26 Part One: The Origin of Colour by Jay Capperauld

The Scotsman is pleased to present the first concert in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2025/26 Digital Season

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1 week ago Bruno Fernandes' private expectations for Man United after Ruben Amorim update

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is of interest to teams in Saudi Arabia though his focus is on ensuring Champions League football returns to Old Trafford soon

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2 w. ago ‘I’m a composer. Am I staring extinction in the face?’: classical music and AI

Technology is radically reshaping how we make music. As I dug deeper into this for a radio 3 documentary I began to wonder if creative organisations are right to be so upbeat about AI. Are we riding the wave or will the wave destroy us? The hacker mansion is part startup commune, part luxury crash-pad, part sales floor for the future. They are dotted around Silicon Valley, inhabited by tech founders and futurists. The most opulent I’ve seen is in Hillsborough, one of the Bay Area’s wealthiest enclaves, just south of San Francisco. Inside, marble floors gleam beneath taped-up portraits of tech royalty; in the gardens, gravel is raked into careful Zen spirals and pools shimmer beyond the hedges.It was a sunny June afternoon, and I had come with my producer, Fay Lomas, to record interviews for a BBC Radio 3 documentary about the collision of generative AI and classical music in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Betmaster joins forces with Thibaut Courtois’s TC Racing to drive the future of motorsport

What happens when one of football’s biggest stars joins forces with a fast-rising sports tech brand to reimagine the future of motorsport?

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2 w. ago Composer Jay Capperauld on taking centre stage for the SCO's new digital season

All three of the concerts in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2025/26 Digital Season will showcase music by their composer-in-residence Jay Capperauld. It’s the stuff of dreams, he tells David Kettle

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2 w. ago CalMac ferry service to popular Scotland tourist town will not return due to focus on 'essential' routes

The ferry service, which was launched to boost tourism to Campbeltown, will not be reinstated by CalMac - at least for now

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2 w. ago George Clooney says his children have a ‘much better life’ being raised in France than LA

The actor said that their French farm will be free of paparazzi, teach them self-sufficiency and let them see his handyman skills, such as fixing the coffee machineGeorge Clooney has said that his decision to base himself in France was informed by the desire to give his children a better start in life than if they had remained in the US.The actor, 64, who has eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, with his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, gave a lengthy interview to US Esquire magazine while staying at his Italian villa on Lake Como. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago OnlyFans chief Keily Blair: ‘People can be quite uncomfortable talking about sex’

The boss of one of Britain’s biggest tech start-ups on the ethics of porn, the future of the content creator economy — and why the platform banned Bonnie Blue

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2 w. ago Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under President Trump the United States is “returning to commonsense energy policies that focus on affordability”. The former energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said Democrats must focus on renewable power’s ability to shrink power bills to win elections. And supporters of the almost certainly soon-to-be New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, trumpeted their efforts to link green policies with efforts to lower city residents’ rent and make transit affordable.Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayUK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour ...

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3 w. ago “It’s all about experience” Further Education teachers share what it takes and why they love it

Further Education teaching can be a great way to harness years of honed industry skills into a rewarding new role – here we explore what it takes and how to go about it

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3 w. ago Pete Hegseth had a lot to say when he summoned military leaders. Here are some facts and context

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a shift in military policy, emphasizing a return to traditional standards and a focus on "the warrior ethos."

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3 w. ago Dog trainer says all owners should know one command that will transform behaviour

A dog training expert has shared one of the most important skills you can teach your pooch, and it could completely revolutionise your relationship with your pet

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3 w. ago Tech expert reveals worrying AI trend and makes stark prediction for future

COMPUTING chiefs say more women need to say ‘aye to AI’ so tech works for us all in the future. Stats in Scotland show only around a fifth of uni applicants looking to study the subject are female. Less than 20 per cent of the technology workforce in the country are women. And organisers of...

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3 w. ago Fury in Scotland and Northern Ireland over Keir Starmer's compulsory 'Brit Card' ID plan

Scottish First Minister John Swinney claimed that by 'calling it Brit Card, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British'.

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3 w. ago Digital ID cards to be introduced by UK Government in bid to tackle illegal migration

It is believed Sir Keir Starmer will announce the new scheme during a speech tomorrow.

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