It’s been a fascinating week in the world of digital technology. Many and varied things have happened. Deals were made, services announced and data generated. Your DIGIT team has been digging into the world of analytics and stats to make sure we know what you, our readers, like, love and rate. Turns out our weekly news roundups are tickling a lot of people’s diodes. We’re happy you’re happy.

Onwards to the NEWS!

Weekly News Roundup 04/08/2017

Scottish Tech News

• Amazon’s development centre in Edinburgh is one of the company’s ‘epicentres’
• Scotland is leading the race for space (you read it here first folks!)
• Nominet’s Digital Neighbourhood skills & training programme is launching in Glasgow
• The Edinburgh Science Festival is looking for help to deliver Life, The Universe & Everything
• The Future Play festival launched, focused on the convergence of the arts and technology
• Four years after launch GTA V made $418.2 million over the last three months
• Looking for developers? Meet the next round of CodeClan graduates

Global Tech News

• Forget Netflix & Chill. The UK would prefer iPlayer and a nice cup of tea…
• They’re NOT SPORTS! say the dads of the Internet, getting cross as BBC 3 plans to show e-sports
• The British security researcher who stopped WannaCry arrested in the U.S. for involvement in Kronos malware
• Google Play store rankings updated to downrank broken/unstable apps. About time too!
• A handy list of 306 million previously cracked passwords you probably should be using
• What happens when you let A.I. pick names for craft beer? (There is literally nothing on this list we wouldn’t try…)
• Want in on that sweet, sweet cryptocurrency trading action? Here’s what you need to know…
• Now you can code in Java on your old Commodore 64. Why? BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY!

That’s all folks! See you next week…