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

BT and Verizon sign 'major milestone' tie-up to connect customers across 180 countries

By Craig Hale Published 29 June 26

BT and Verizon are launching a new 50:50 joint venture to give global enterprises cross-border connectivity, cloud and security.

Megapod is the modular AI data center kit that Elon Musk's Tesla wants to sell — but there's a tiny problem (actually, three)

By Craig Hale Published 28 June 26

Tesla's proposed Megapod AI data center project faces significant hurdles before it even begins – trademark conflicts, established competition and more.

FCC considers axing $2 billion school and library internet connectivity scheme — Chairman blames tablets for moving kids away from "turning pages in books, penciling out answers to math problems"

By Craig Hale Published 26 June 26

E-Rate has funded library and school Wi-Fi for networking infrastructure for nearly three decades – is it time to end it?

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'Changing jobs no longer means financial ruin': AI giants and government join forces to train US workforce to not go obsolete in the age of AI

By Craig Hale Published 26 June 26

"America has a technology strategy" but "it does not yet have a people strategy" – Gina Raimondo wants companies to support workers.

'Humanity now stands on the eve of AGI': DeepSeek wants to "at least double the size of every department" as company pursues hiring spree in pursuit of AGI

By Craig Hale Published 26 June 26

DeepSeek is hiring engineers, product managers and more as it targets the next era of AI – artificial general intelligence.

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Anthropic could be about to release Claude Cowork for mobile

By Craig Hale Published 26 June 26

Claude Cowork's Dispatch remote controller could be launching imminently – some sources suggest it's in beta, but no official announcement has been made.

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‘Never let the builder be its own reviewer’: The next challenge is trust, not speed of code generation

By Desire Athow Published 26 June 26

Exclusive AI coding platforms are becoming crucial infrastructure, but governance, verification and trust are now major challenges.

Liquid cooling infrastructure overhead pipes routes into powerful AI servers

Nvidia’s direct-to-chip liquid cooling is a sustainability and a performance win

By Craig Hale Published 25 June 26

“We have eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage” – Nvidia Rubin to use 45°C direct-to-chip cooling.

'They come in with an energy and excitement, a new view on things': AWS CEO Matt Garman explains why Amazon is hiring 11,000 new interns and junior staff when others are getting rid

By Craig Hale Published 25 June 26

Amazon might've fired 16,000 workers earlier this year, but it's bringing in 11,000 new workers for fresh talent.

'Bringing Claude Tag into Slack is about making AI multiplayer': You can now tag Claude directly in Slack

By Craig Hale Published 25 June 26

Claude Tag is a shared instance launching in Slack to summarize chats and proactively set reminders – more platforms coming soon.

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'A scramble for visibility and control, as spend surges': Less than a third of organizations know what their AI software spend is

By Craig Hale Published 25 June 26

Companies don't have much visibility over their AI software, with three in five saying wasted AI spend has risen in the past 12 months.

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'Token discipline will not emerge through developer choice alone': Experts predict that AI coding costs will overtake developer salaries by 2028

By Craig Hale Published 25 June 26

Companies don't even have visibility into how much AI coding is costing them as it reaches developer salaries by 2028.

‘Networking becomes the make-or-break factor’: Orbital data centers reintroduce a challenge we’ve now fixed on land

By Desire Athow Published 25 June 26

Exclusive Space-bound data centers promise solar energy and scale as AI demands soar, but latency re-emerges as a major issue.

'We hope to sign the agreement soon': White House calls on Meta to submit AI models for review, citing abilities and vulnerabilities evaluation

By Craig Hale Published 24 June 26

OpenAI, Google and others all submit their latest models for White House review – Meta urged to do the same.

'Way out of line': The US government is being sued for executive order restricting foreign access to Project Glasswing

By Craig Hale Published 24 June 26

US government order caused Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users amid security concerns.

Meta announces 'end-to-end' suite of AI advertising and marketing tools, and the ROI so far is staggering

By Craig Hale Published 24 June 26

Advertisers will only need to provide the context and guidance – Meta's end-to-end platform will now take care of the rest.

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‘Travelers are getting better at spotting obvious scams' — but experts warn Airbnb scams are on the rise as summer arrives

By Craig Hale Published 24 June 26

As summer travel peaks, experts warn of Airbnb scams exploiting verified host accounts to trick users into fake vacations.