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

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Cloud spending soars as hyperscalers up AI investment - and could reach a landmark high in 2026

By Craig Hale published 30 March 26

The global cloud market was worth just shy of $400 billion in 2025, but 2026 could be the year it hits $500 billion.

'Belief alone is not enough': New study reveals businesses are widely different when it comes to AI adoption — so what's the best course?

By Craig Hale published 30 March 26

Artificial intelligence already holds the key to productivity success – it's the foundations and execution that are holding companies back.

'Some of our employees fear job loss, and it turns them away from AI altogether': AI is helping boost productivity for some workers — but others still say they're afraid to use it

By Craig Hale published 27 March 26

By using artificial intelligence, it seems that workers are worried they're essentially handing in their resignation.

'Congress is way behind where it should be in understanding the nature of this revolution and its impacts': New bill from Bernie Sanders and AOC wants to try and pause US data center construction

By Craig Hale published 27 March 26

Sanders and AOC are proposing to ban data center construction while the US gets to grips with AI regulation.

'There’s a huge new shift coming along': Coca-Cola and Walmart CEOs both say increasing AI usage behind them stepping down

By Craig Hale published 27 March 26

Coca-Cola's CEO is stepping down because the company is facing "waves of organizational momentum" as AI takes hold.

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Lloyds admits nearly half a million banking customers affected by account glitch exposing transaction data

By Craig Hale published 27 March 26

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers may remember that weird app glitch – now we know a lot more.

Take that hybrid working haters — survey reveals the true scale of how many of us are actually remote working today

By Craig Hale published 26 March 26

The UK is a global leader in hybrid and remote working, and it's not going anywhere — but office working is still important.

Meta unveils new SMB platform looking to boost entrepreneurs 'in the prosperity created by superintelligence'

By Craig Hale published 26 March 26

Meta's new end-to-end platform will target SMBs, not major enterprises, with all the tools they need to run a business.

Bad news skeptics - GitHub says it will employ user data to train its AI after all

By Craig Hale published 26 March 26

Free, Pro and Pro+ GitHub users' data will all go into training Microsoft's AI models, but you can still opt out.

Docusign promises 'a new generation of smarter, actionable contracts' with AI-powered review and approval tools

By Craig Hale published 26 March 26

It takes 4-6 weeks and £1,300 in human capital to create a new agreement – Docusign wants to vastly improve that.

Anthropic gives Claude Code new 'auto mode' which lets it choose its own permissions

By Craig Hale published 25 March 26

Claude Code users have been bypassing permission prompts – new "middle ground" auto mode will speed up Claude more safely.

Meta has a new boss to help 'encourage' its workers to use more AI

By Craig Hale published 25 March 26

Meta wants all 78,000 of its workers to use AI at work, despite rumors of huge potential layoffs.

We’ve unified Apple’s strongest business offerings into one simple, secure platform': Apple Business will now offer MDM, upgraded iCloud storage and more — plus the option to put ads in Maps

By Craig Hale published 25 March 26

Apple is replacing former Business Connect, Essentials and Manager tools into one single (free) Apple Business experience.

Shopping in ChatGPT is about to get a lot more interactive – users promised 'improved speed, relevance and product coverage'

By Craig Hale published 25 March 26

Users are loving ChatGPT for product discovery and comparison, so OpenAI is making improvements on that front.

Stop telling AI it's an expert programmer, you're making it worse at its job — new research shows the best results need specific prompts

By Craig Hale published 24 March 26

Stop telling AI how it should generate answers – focus more on asking what you want of it, and giving it the necessary context.

Oracle is revamping how businesses procure AI agents — leave the invoices to AI while you handle the negotiations

By Craig Hale published 24 March 26

Oracle has just added 22 new Fusion Agentic Applications to help finance, HR, supply chain and customer experience leaders.

'Put Claude to work': Claude can now use your computer autonomously, you just have to tell it what to do

By Craig Hale published 24 March 26

Anthropic has updated the Claude app to control your Mac's apps if third-party integrations fail to achieve what you want.

'Very significant privacy concerns': UK hands over financial regulation data to Palantir to help tackle financial crime

By Craig Hale published 24 March 26

The FCA is giving Palantir a three-month trial to see if it's the right partner to work on processing the body's huge amounts of data.

"This framework can succeed only if it is applied uniformly across the United States": White House rolls out national legislative AI framework that looks to trump state level rules

By Craig Hale published 23 March 26

Donald Trump wants to take ownership of some AI legislation, agreeing to keep states in control of fraud and consumer protection.

FedEx is rolling out AI training to get 400,000 workers ‘promotion-ready’

By Craig Hale published 23 March 26

FedEx is really thinking about how it implements AI – leaders take the time to select tools, and workers offered AI training.

Over half of European businesses have no idea how fast they could stop AI in a crisis

By Craig Hale published 23 March 26

Businesses are really underperforming on AI accountability, which shows the EU AI Act isn't having its desired impacts.

Salesforce recuits team behind calendar app Clockwise into Agentforce

By Craig Hale published 23 March 26

Salesforce has just acquired new workers for Agentforce, but it means Clockwise will be shutting down with near-immediate effect.

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Businesses are being 'locked in' to all-in-one platforms – and its costing them growth and adaptability

By Craig Hale published 20 March 26

New research shows that companies are being held back by being locked into single ecosystems – but switching isn't easy.

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Best time management app of 2026

By Jonas P. DeMuro last updated 20 March 26

Updated We list the best time management apps, to make it simple and easy to make your schedule work more effectively.

AI workloads are increasing wasted cloud spend for the first time in 5 years – but AI governance teams might be a solution

By Craig Hale published 20 March 26

AI and cloud spend are up, but companies might not be expanding as efficiently as they could be, leading to wasted resources.

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