Articles by Craig Hale

With several years’ experience freelancing in tech and automotive circles, Craig’s specific interests lie in technology that is designed to better our lives, including AI and ML, productivity aids, and smart fitness. He is also passionate about cars and the decarbonisation of personal transportation. As an avid bargain-hunter, you can be sure that any deal Craig finds is top value!

Articles by: Craig Hale

Google signs data center deal which includes a 20-year commitment to add new clean power

By Craig Hale published 19 March 26

Google's prospective Michigan-based data center could give the Detroit area access to clean energy.

Google unveils new ‘vibe design’ tool to help anyone design a high-fidelity UI using natural language

By Craig Hale published 19 March 26

You've heard of vibe coding, but Google wants you to think of the entire software design process as a 'vibe' with new AI tools.

Dozens of European cloud CEOs call for real tech sovereignty ahead of Cloud and AI Development Act

By Craig Hale published 19 March 26

24 leaders, backed by CISPE, was asking the European Union to carefully consider how it goes about driving tech sovereignty.

Almost all developers want AI help, but it has to explain itself first

By Craig Hale published 19 March 26

Most developers want AI to explain its reasoning so they can validate outputs – autonomy can come later.

'Further ⁠proceedings might not be necessary': Elon Musk and SEC in talks to settle Twitter deal lawsuit

By Craig Hale published 18 March 26

Elon Musk and the SEC want to settle this lawsuit outside of court, and have asked for a two-week extension to reach an agreement.

Microsoft is mixing up its Copilot AI leadership, so Suleyman can 'build enterprise tuned lineages'

By Craig Hale published 18 March 26

Microsoft AI CEO will focus on developing superintelligence models as Copilot teams come into alignment.

Alibaba Cloud bumps prices by up to 34% due to AI demand and hardware costs

By Craig Hale published 18 March 26

Alibaba Cloud says surging AI demand and strained supply chains has made its products more expensive.

MicroLED cable and transceivers for Microsoft data centers

Microsoft is using UK innovations and breakthroughs to build the next generation of AI infrastructure

By Craig Hale published 18 March 26

MicroLED is transforming data center connections and Hollow Core Fiber is improving long-distance transmissions.

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Most IT teams don't have full visibility of their IT stack, but AI is here to help

By Craig Hale published 17 March 26

Three-quarters of companies are lacking visibility across hybrid environments as on-prem makes a comeback alongside cloud.

Okta unveils new framework to secure and protect enterprise AI agents

By Craig Hale published 17 March 26

Okta's new blueprint spells out how companies can manage AI agents and includes an agent management platform, launching in April.

Squarespace unveils Balance platform to make running an SMB 'easier, more efficient, and more cost-effective'

By Craig Hale published 17 March 26

Squarespace has launched a new bank-like tool to give SMBs access to interest-like payments and Visa spending cards.

Energy hungry Big Tech turn to carbon credits to fuel data centers while remaining committed to net-zero emissions

By Craig Hale published 16 March 26

AI is likely to blame for rising Big Tech emissions, and companies are mostly offsetting those with carbon credits.

'So much of the work is going to be done by agents': ServiceNow CEO says graduate unemployment could reach 30% because of AI agents

By Craig Hale published 16 March 26

90% of human customer service agent use cases can be replaced by AI, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott explains.

Adobe reaches $150m settlement on US lawsuit over alleged hidden subscription fees, cancellation charges

By Craig Hale published 16 March 26

Adobe instructed by the DOJ to pay $75 million in civil penalties, and a further $75 million in free services to customers.

Meta could be about to cut thousands more jobs

By Craig Hale published 16 March 26

Meta is believed to be preparing cost-cutting measures, including laying off a significant proportion of its workers, due to AI.

Google paid over $17 million to bug hunters in 2025

By Craig Hale published 13 March 26

Google paid out $17.1 million in bug bounties in 2025, the biggest year for payouts ever.

Best HR software of 2026

By Nicholas Fearn last updated 13 March 26

Updated We list the best HR software, to make it simple and easy to navigate employee wages, performance and recruitment efficiently.

How much time is AI really saving your workers? Apparently just 16 minutes a week — as 'time saved generating content is being absorbed by the time required to trust it'

By Craig Hale published 13 March 26

Although AI is savings workers hours per week on actual content generation time, they're spending most of that saved time fact-checking.

UK government wants to prioritize getting data centers access to the national grid

By Craig Hale published 13 March 26

AI data centers, EV charging hubs and more could face fewer delays when waiting for new grid connections.

'The risk for SMBs is not reckless use of AI, but invisible workflow change': Legal firms are falling behind when it comes to setting rules for AI use

By Craig Hale published 13 March 26

SMBs are being urged to get their AI policies in place before workers start to adopt shadow AI – policies don't need to be complex.

Claude can now share context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, letting you 'work with a higher degree of efficiency and quality'

By Craig Hale published 12 March 26

Anthropic partners with Microsoft to bring Claude directly to your Excel and PowerPoint workflows.

'Printers are the security blind spot many SMBs overlook': SMBs are ignoring print security — and that could be a major problem for them

By Craig Hale published 12 March 26

Printers aren't dumb peripherals, they're "connected, intelligent endpoints" that are putting your organization at risk of attacks, HP warns.

'It’s a WordPress that stays with you': WordPress can now run within your browser, letting you build private websites not on the public web

By Craig Hale published 12 March 26

You can now build your fully private, local website with WordPress that's stored directly within your browser.

'AI is the Computer': Perplexity reveals Personal Computer, a cloud-based AI agent running on your Mac

By Craig Hale published 12 March 26

Perplexity has announced its Mac mini-based Personal Computer AI assistant, and it can run your computer for you.

Amazon is making even senior engineers get code signed off following multiple recent outages

By Craig Hale last updated 11 March 26

Even senior developers have been asked to get manager sign-off to prevent AI-generated errors affecting Amazon services.

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