A tech firm based in Edinburgh has launched a new GPS sports watch specifically designed to be repaired and modified by its owners. UNA Watch aims to challenge industry giants such as Apple and Garmin by offering an alternative to sealed hardware and regular replacement cycles. Backed by Techstart Ventures and SFC Capital, the company provides an open software platform that allows users to programme their own applications. The device is assembled using replaceable components, meaning owners can change parts including the battery and display instead of discarding the entire watch.

The mainstream media does not do nuance. So the results of international education tests called PISA have been reported as victory to England, because 15-year-olds there did significantly better in…

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SCOTLAND’S largest offshore wind farm was paid to shut down instead of generate electricity for almost three-quarters of 2024, according to a…

With funding reviews underway in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Justine Pedussel and Jim Dickinson worry none will examine the hidden accounting rules driving the crisis

Facewatch says its technology worked as intended before humans mishandled the result

Edinburgh is spoiled for restaurants serving global cuisine. Go back 100 years however and your options were far more limited and localised. That all changed with the arrival of the "Chinese Restaurant" in 1930. It is long gone and accounts of it are contradictory and vague. This thread provides a factual account of this lesser-known institution of the city's diaspora.

Kirsten McQuarrie and Kavan P Stafford discuss libraries as spaces for refuge and solidarity in times of social crisis. Kirsten MacQuarrie is an author and chartered librarian, and the editress of …

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of the efforts that Alan Brown and myself have made to ensure that people who flout transparency rules are held accountable table before the law. You can rea...

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public services

Quick links: Seats Won and Count Progress Constituency Results Regional Results (by Constituency) Regional Results (by Region) Vote Swings by Constituency Whilst you wait for results, you can chec…

The energy secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government over energy security fears

Completed buses will no longer roll off the Alexander Dennis production line in Falkirk for the first time in over 100 years.

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New funding designed to help secure a successful future for the site and support the local economy and communities affected by the closure.

The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office

The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

Investigation finds no rules were broken. It just goes to show how few rules there are.

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

ORCA is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.