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Ross Kelly

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  • News and Analysis Editor, IT Pro
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Edinburgh
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Covers:  Technology & business news. Topics spanning fintech, cybersecurity, digital transformation, data protection, AI and big data.

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Staff Writer at IT Pro.

Covering technology and business news, with topics spanning: fintech, cybersecurity, digital transformation, data protection, privacy, IT leadership, artificial intelligence and big data.

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When East Lothian miners faced Royal Dragoons during the massacre of Tranent

When East Lothian miners faced Royal Dragoons during the massacre of Tranent

In the town of Tranent in East Lothian stands a statue of a local woman, Jackie Crookson. With a drum under h…

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The reason 10,000 Edinburgh residents lined the streets for a Nazi funeral

The reason 10,000 Edinburgh residents lined the streets for a Nazi funeral

Earlier this month I spent a weekend much like any other during this past year and half, meandering around Ed…

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Scottish games studio bags $1.7m to pioneer crypto-powered MMOs

Scottish games studio bags $1.7m to pioneer crypto-powered MMOs

Carbon Based Lifeforms, led by Scottish author, futurist and tech evangelist Theo Priestley, has secured $1.7…

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Robinhood data breach highlights growing threat of social engineering

Robinhood data breach highlights growing threat of social engineering

Robinhood has struck headlines repeatedly over the past 18 months. The US-based stock trading platform surged…

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Leader Insights | Transforming the BBC with Responsible AI & ML

Leader Insights | Transforming the BBC with Responsible AI & ML

DIGIT spoke with James Fletcher, Responsible AI Lead at the BBC to discuss how the broadcaster’s community-dr…

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Pandemic resilience shows growing strength of Scottish tech startup scene

Pandemic resilience shows growing strength of Scottish tech startup scene

The Scottish tech startup sector appears primed for a new era of exciting growth and development, says Turing…

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Forward deployed engineers are big tech’s latest gambit to drive AI adoption

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Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter Forward deployed engineers (FDEs) could be the key to driving successful AI deployments, as hyperscalers pledge billions to embed specialists within customer teams. Last week, Microsoft announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in a new division, the Microsoft Frontier Company. The aim here is to deploy upwards of 6,000 AI experts and engineers inside customer organizations.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says these professions will be the big winners of the generative AI boom

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| Flipboard
1 hour ago The US Commerce Department has removed from its website the details of an agreement under which Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit new AI models to government scientists for security testing before release, Reuters reported on Monday. The original page, posted on 5 May, said the three …
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Sam Altman just said what everyone is thinking about AI layoffs

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| Flipboard
4 hours ago The world’s largest-ever AI summit took place in India this week, with hundreds of thousands of people, including world leaders and CEOs of AI companies, descending upon New Delhi for six days. It was the fourth in a series of summits that were initially designed as a place for governments to …
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for DIGIT. Three years on, here we are!

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Never used a typewriter, but sure would like to try it.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

A responsibility to ensure the public is informed by factual reporting.