Craig Hale

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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Microsoft Teams to add 'Prevent Screen Capture' meeting mode to secure sensitive data

By Craig Hale published

Microsoft wants to make it harder for you to take unauthorized screenshots, but even this tool doesn't give you full protection.

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Adobe offers US Government discounted software following DOGE review

By Craig Hale published

Adobe will give the US Government 70% discounts on certain software subscriptions, including Acrobat packages.

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LinkedIn wants you to use AI to describe your perfect job

By Craig Hale published

LinkedIn will use AI to understand which job you're looking for, and will give you a match score and improvement suggestions.

healthcare

Healthcare workers are making a worrying amount of security mistakes at work

By Craig Hale published

Many healthcare workers are using their own personal cloud accounts or AI accounts to handle your data.

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Quantum AI is becoming a popular interest for many businesses

By Craig Hale published

Many businesses are actively exploring quantum AI, but barriers like high costs and limited access to skills are stopping them.

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Amazon's slightly terrifying new warehouse robot comes with "a sense of touch"

By Craig Hale published

Amazon's Vulcan robot has force sensors and tactile feedback to feel the items it interacts with in warehouses.

Google

Google is cutting hundreds of jobs in a core business unit

By Craig Hale published

Google is continuing to make cuts to its workforce.

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Facebook owner Meta set for $167 million windfall after NSO Group ordered to pay up over WhatsApp spyware campaign

By Craig Hale published

Israel's NSO Group has been ordered to pay over $167 million in damages to Meta over 2019 WhatsApp spyware campaign.

VMware

Broadcom is cracking down on some VMware users hard - here's why

By Craig Hale published

VMware perpetual licenses are not lucrative enough for Broadcom, so it's reportedly sending cease-and-desist letters.

Who will win the AI race?

Bad luck - your CEO doesn't think you're as AI-savvy as you do

By Craig Hale published

Even the C-suite isn't seen as being particularly AI-savvy, but it all boils down to upskilling existing workers, not just hiring new ones.

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Pentagon looks to shake up "outdated" software procurement, declares war on open source

By Craig Hale published

DOD slates existing software procurement processes, saying past ways were cumbersome and lacking in agility.

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ServiceNow looks to take on Salesforce with its new AI agent-infused CRM

By Craig Hale published

ServiceNow's CRM platform is now available with a slicker, contextually-aware AI twist.

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Gen AI spending now higher than security investment for many businesses

By Craig Hale published

Most businesses are using generative AI, however training initiatives might not be as effective as they'd hoped.

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HR departments could soon be set for a major shake-up as AI takes hold

By Craig Hale published

Four in five Chief HR Officers see humans and AI agents coexisting in the next five years, and humans will need to reskill.

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Companies are becoming more accepting of robotics in the workplace, survey finds - but for how much longer?

By Craig Hale published

Technological advancements and safety improvements are driving more businesses to want to adopt robotics.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft over "horrible things" it did to Slack, warns OpenAI could be next to suffer

By Craig Hale published

The Slack-Teams saga might be over, but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff takes another stab at Microsoft.

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Best task management app of 2025

By Craig Hale last updated

We list the best task management apps, to make it simple and easy to manage your work more efficiently.

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Amazon says one business per second is adopting AI

By Craig Hale published

UK businesses are adopting AI broadly, but many don't have comprehensive strategies or skilled workers.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just got a pay rise for the first time in a decade

By Craig Hale published

Huang's salary surges by 49%

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A shockingly high amount of Microsoft code is now written by AI, CEO Satya Nadella admits

By Craig Hale published

Microsoft joins Google by confirming a significant portion of its code is now written by AI, not humans.

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Microsoft is making all new accounts passwordless by default

By Craig Hale published

Microsoft wants to remove passwords altogether, starting by making passkeys the default option for new accounts.

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LinkedIn is going to start sharing ad revenue with creators - so get ready for more cringeworthy posts

By Craig Hale published

LinkedIn BrandLink gives creators more reasons to post advertisement videos to target specific locations and languages.

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Google's chatbot is now showing ads when talking to AI startups

By Craig Hale published

Google wants to show more ads in more places

Europe

Microsoft says it would take the US to court to protect European cloud operations

By Craig Hale published

Microsoft says it'll take "all legal avenues available" to ensure it continues to serve European customers.

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Amazon is spending billions to expand its delivery network across rural America

By Craig Hale published

Amazon Prime will soon cover even more of the US

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