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

Mark Zuckerberg

'We have heard your concerns': Meta workers can request pauses in computer activity tracking, but only in temporary, half-hour increments

By Craig Hale Published

Workers can ask Meta to pause monitoring software, but only if they think the data on screen should be hidden.

Ring Video Doorbell Pro

Ring has been collecting visitor's facial biometrics without consent, class action lawsuit alleges

By Craig Hale Published

Familiar Faces uses AI to scan facial biometrics from anyone who comes within the camera's field of view.

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Meta's AI Business Agent is a small and medium businesses guru – and it is now available directly through WhatsApp

By Craig Hale Published

After around two years in testing, Meta's AI Business Agent is now rolling out across WhatsApp, Instagram DMs and more.

Nervous graduates

AI is getting too much of the blame for graduate hiring prospects, and there could be a job perk that is actually behind it all

By Craig Hale Published

New York Federal Reserve Bank data shows that graduate unemployment started rising before AI was really a thing.

OpenAI logo on a smartphone screen

OpenAI and Anthropic are battling to conquer the AI market in Finance and Legal

By Craig Hale Published

OpenAI and Anthropic are battling it out to win over new and converted customers from these two sectors.

Insurance

AI is the top investment area for 3 out of 4 insurance CEOs

By Craig Hale Published

The insurance sector seems highly prepared to invest in AI, with more seeing it as an opportunity than a threat.

Google AI Mode

UK regulator mandates that Google should let publishers opt out of AI search

By Craig Hale Published

Britain's CMA has imposed new requirements on Google's AI search business – publishers can opt out of appearing in AI results.

Mark Zuckerberg

She sat in silence as others discussed her "hostage situation" — how a former Facebook whistleblower is being silenced 'regardless of whether what she says is true'

By Craig Hale Published

Former Facebook exec and whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was silenced from promoting her book at 2026 Hay Festival.

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Nvidia, SLB, Amazon, and Meta are the top companies adopting AI, but that doesn't mean they're seeing the benefits

By Craig Hale Published

The biggest AI investors are still struggling to deliver real ROI from artificial intelligence – smaller companies could struggle more.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talking at Milken Institute event

'We ⁠have supply for very, very robust growth, but we're still supply constrained': Jensen Huang says Nvidia has enough CPU and GPU supply to grow AI

By Craig Hale Published

Nvidia's supply chain is looking relatively strong, despite constrained supply and pressure from Vera Rubin, RTX Spark

Data center racks with cables and servers

Ohio suspends data center tax breaks after losing $1.5 billion in revenue – but ongoing projects will still get the benefits

By Craig Hale Published

Ohio State Governor puts a pause on data center tax exemptions as lawmakers review the losses, which were higher than projected.

EU Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen addresses a statement about the EU digital age verification app in Brussels on April 15, 2026.

Newly drafted EU cloud rules could stop US hyperscaler access to critical tenders

By Craig Hale Published

Upcoming rule changes could put European cloud companies at an advantage against established EU hyperscalers.

AI brain coming out of laptop screen

'Zero evidence': Apollo's chief economist says AI-related job losses aren't happening

By Craig Hale Published

Apollo's chief economist disregards concerns that AI is causing job losses – argues many sectors are seeing huge growth.

Close-up shot of Emmanuel Macron, France's president, during the NATO summit on July 12, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

SoftBank offers €75 billion to help build Europe’s biggest data centre project

By Craig Hale Published

SoftBank's investment will start with 3.1GW of data center capacity by 2031, before expanding to a target of 5GW.

SpaceX Starlink Satellites Waiting To Be Released Into Orbit With the Earth In The Background

‘Our success with becoming… unicorns… isn't an accident – it’s the result of a 15-year bet on digital infrastructure and talent’: The story behind how Lithuania is perfectly aligned to capitalize on an emerging space economy

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Lithuania is using its strong digital infrastructure and experience to become a serious player in the emerging LEO satellite economy.

Data center

‘The system as a whole hasn’t developed a consistent, shared understanding at the same rate as the infrastructure is being deployed’: Is AI expanding beyond what we can manage today?

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Rapid AI growth has caused a dangerous misalignment between infrastructure deployment and workforce expertise – the solutions are standardization and education.

An Ericsson image visualizing 6G

‘The very rapid development of AI/ML will also have a profound impact on the 6G design’: AI will be responsible for both creating more network traffic and strengthening network performance

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Ericsson engineers explain why AI will both put 6G networks under strain and strengthen their performance at the same time, emphasizing the importance of global cooperation.

Nvidia Space-1 Vera Rubin Module

‘The moment infrastructure moves to orbit, that assumption disappears’: Layered access control, physical redundancy and rapid component replacement are major orbital challenges

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Hyperscalers are considering sending AI compute into orbit, but experts warn it introduces severe operational risks that could lead to months-long outages.

person using an AI PC to code

'AI adoption has become a game of chance': Employees are being left to navigate AI tools on their own as businesses fail to implement proper training

By Craig Hale Published

Only around half of the workers using AI regularly have had any formal training from their employers.

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Wix CEO cites 'fast evolution of AI capabilities' in announcement of 20% workforce cut

By Craig Hale Published

Wix says Dollar-Shekel currency issues and rapid AI developments are behind its decision to cut 20% of its headcount.

Temu

EU hits Temu with $232 million fine over sale of illegal products

By Craig Hale Published

Temu hit with a €200 million fine over risky products, including dodgy chargers and harmful baby toys.

Banking

20% of European Bank jobs at risk due to AI replacement, Morgan Stanley says

By Craig Hale Published

400,000 European bankers could lose their jobs by the start of the next decade with AI adoption boosting productivity across the board.

A woman out of focus in the background touches the word AI, lit up in glowing yellow light, in the foreground. The woman is wearing smart glasses

Lack of AI governance could force 40% of enterprises to roll back autonomous AI agents by 2027

By Craig Hale Published

Gartner warns enterprises may have to scale back agentic AI if they fail to get governance right from the get go.

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta cloud computing business ‘definitely on the table’, Mark Zuckerberg says – excess data center capacity could be used to enter the market

By Craig Hale Published

If Meta has surplus compute, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he wouldn't rule out selling this under a potential cloud business.

European Union

EU to back European alternatives to US dominated software and services in major push for ‘tech sovereignty’

By Craig Hale Published

European Commission reportedly preparing to back EU software vendors even more by stamping out fakes.

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