Data-harvesting, machine learning, and artificial intelligence underpin video games and, now complemented by behavioural data and surveillance capitalism, behavioural futures markets are a reality. Source

SCOTLAND is at “one minute to midnight” with little time left to benefit from a green jobs revolution, it has been warned. Source

“HOW was tai chi?” It’s not necessarily the first thing you expect to hear in a bookshop, but that’s how Marie Moser greets a customer as they walk through the door. Not only does she greet them by name, but the two strike up a conversation about the traditional Chinese game mahjong. “She always comes in here after tai chi. It’s not always to buy a book,” Moser adds. Source

The news that Danish freight and logistics firm DFDS and Glasgow-registered sea and coastal freight transport company Ptarmigan Shipping intend to investigate the possibility of reopening the freight ferry route between Rosyth and Zeebrugge has potentially involved Scotland in major international logistics industry changes. Source

FLOATING wind farms could be installed further into deep water after University of Dundee experts unveiled plans to develop revolutionary new anchoring technology and analysis techniques. Source

THE world’s largest express transport company has awarded a three-year grant to the environmental non-profit organisation Rewilding Europe to support its rewilding of Scotland’s Highlands. Source

Grosvenor Casinos will invest £3.5m in expanding its Glasgow Merchant City venue on Glassford Street, creating 13 new jobs in the process. Source

THE Bank of England has raised its interest base rate to the highest point since the start of 2009 as the cost of living continues to soar. Source

Thousands of construction workers are needed in Scotland, according to new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Source

A TECH firm has opened its second location in Edinburgh, creating more than 100 new jobs in the capital. Source

TWO major warehousing expansions by Scottish logistics firm Bullet Express will add to the nation’s storage, warehousing and logistics capabilities. Source