Scottish Government data from BICS Wave 165, published on 9 October, estimate that 78.5% of businesses with 10 or more employees and a presence in Scotland were very or somewhat concerned about energy prices during 21 September–4 October 2026. The share reached 88.4% in transport and storage.
The survey also estimates that 45.6% of businesses had supply-chain concerns for the coming 12 months and 36.9% were using some form of artificial intelligence. These are weighted survey estimates for businesses, not a census of every company or a measure of realized financial performance.
Researchers at Ohio State and Wisconsin–Madison presented sparse amortized variational inference for Gaussian processes with spatial data. In a NOAA Arctic sea-ice example, the model used 1,398 variational parameters for 21,855 observations.
The Arab Federation for Digital Economy’s fifth index edition placed the UAE first among Arab countries. It said the region has advanced in digital infrastructure and public services while gaps remain in research, innovation and converting technology into economic value.
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