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

There's gold in them thar...PCs? Old Windows 10 devices could be holding billions of dollars worth of gold

By Craig Hale published 9 October 25

Anybody upgrading their device to support Windows 11 should responsibly recycle their old PC.

Best employee scheduling software of 2025

By Daniel Blechynden last updated 9 October 25

Buying Guide We list the best employee scheduling software, to provide a simple way to manage employee rotas and general staff management.

Google is cutting back on remote work, adds new limits to "work from anywhere" policy

By Craig Hale published 9 October 25

Google’s work from anywhere policy was never meant to be a substitute for WFH -and this policy change confirms that.

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Businesses are holding back from great ideas due to lack of resources - but AI can help

By Craig Hale published 9 October 25

Only one in three UK workers use GenAI – Google wants to give SMEs the resources to reap the rewards.

Anthropic and IBM want to push more AI into enterprise software - with Claude coming to an IDE near you

By Craig Hale published 8 October 25

IBM and Anthropic have teamed up to create a Claude-powered IDE while working on agentic AI guidance.

Square is letting business owners get more AI insight into their neighborhoods - and even accept Bitcoin

By Craig Hale published 8 October 25

Square business users can get even more insights and data visualizations with its AI tools.

Millions of users say they'll keep using Windows 10 past end of life, despite losing security support

By Craig Hale published 8 October 25

Windows 10 End Of Life is just days away, but 5.4 million Brits say they will still use it instead of upgrading.

Workers are losing faith in their leaders - and not just because AI is taking over

By Craig Hale published 8 October 25

Study finds only 14% of UK employees trust their senior leaders – empathy and transparency are important.

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Fragmented data is causing businesses huge issues - especially when it comes to AI

By Craig Hale published 7 October 25

Yet another report is urging businesses to focus on their data to unlock all of AI’s benefits.

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Google launches AI bug bounties - earn up to $30,000 if you can hack Gemini

By Craig Hale published 7 October 25

Google is separating AI issues out into a distinct AI Vulnerability Reward Program - and is ready to pay out some big rewards.

OpenAI and AMD reveal billion-dollar partnership - Sam Altman says deal will "bring the benefits of advanced AI to everyone faster"

By Craig Hale published 7 October 25

OpenAI will take a major stake in AMD as part of major deal.

Deloitte forced to refund Aussie government after admitting it used AI to produce error-strewn report

By Craig Hale published 7 October 25

An outsourced government report came back filled with GenAI hallucinations, forcing Deloitte to apologize.

Microsoft Teams is finally adding this much-demanded feature - and it could massively boost your productivity

By Craig Hale published 6 October 25

Microsoft is making a key UI change to make it easier to handle multiple live conversations.

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Your workplace tech may be affecting your health - and not in a good way

By Craig Hale published 6 October 25

12% of workers globally have taken a sick day as a result of poor workplace tech solutions.

BT unveils promise of a major 5G upgrade across the UK

By Craig Hale published 6 October 25

BT Group promises that 99% of the UK population will have access to 5G SA by 2030.

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BYOD and edge devices may be causing more security headaches for your business

By Craig Hale published 6 October 25

BYOD and edge devices, combined with cloud and on-prem, are making it hard for IT teams to manage.

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Gmail users can now send encrypted emails, even outside of their organization

By Craig Hale published 3 October 25

Gmail users can send encrypted emails to all inboxes, but they may need to open a guest account.

HP wants to solve some of your biggest printing woes - and make scanning less painful too

By Craig Hale published 3 October 25

HP is using AI to unlock higher-quality scans and simplified prints while saving you paper and ink.

Google's AI coding agent Jules is getting new command line tools

By Craig Hale published 3 October 25

Google adds new CLI to its Jules AI coding assistant, as well as API support for further integrations.

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Many businesses paying a ransomware demand don't get their data back

By Craig Hale published 3 October 25

Ransomware attacks are evolving, and they’re costing businesses millions - so how should you react?

AI might not actually be killing off jobs like we thought - but many businesses are still wary about agents

By Craig Hale published 2 October 25

AI agents are beneficial, but they’re hardly on track to replace human workers any time soon, research finds.

Slack gets even more access to your work chats to try and build better agents

By Craig Hale published 2 October 25

Salesforce adds new agentic AI features to Slack to help you use unstructured conversation data.

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Many workers are using unapproved AI tools at work - and sharing a lot of private data they really shouldn't

By Craig Hale published 2 October 25

Workers are putting their companies at risk by using unapproved AI – execs are the worst for it.

Hundreds of businesses beg Microsoft not to kill off free Windows 10 updates

By Craig Hale published 2 October 25

Hundreds of repair businesses, environmental organizations and more ask Microsoft for more free support.

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Germany's government wants to replace passwords with passkeys

By Craig Hale published 1 October 25

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security wants to make passkeys the default option.

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