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

Microsoft is investing $15.2 billion in the UAE to expand AI and cloud operations

By Craig Hale published 4 November 25

Microsoft spent over $7 billion in the UAE between 2023 and 2025, and it will do so again between 2026 and 2029.

Missed a crucial Google Meet call? You can now catch up easily in Chat

By Craig Hale published 4 November 25

Google Meet will soon get tighter Chat integration, including sharing and emoji reactions.

Zoom is building a major new data center in the UK

By Craig Hale published 4 November 25

The UK has been chosen for Zoom’s next big data center, all with data sovereignty and residency in mind.

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Younger workers are skipping meetings - and trusting AI to take notes for them

By Craig Hale published 3 November 25

AI note-taker users are apparently more successful in their careers, but where do companies draw the line?

Adobe warns workforces risk being left behind without creative and AI skills

By Craig Hale published 3 November 25

Adobe MAX 2025 Both employers and employees should be preparing for the future of AI-assisted work, says Adobe.

Google has a new experimental DeepMind AI tool to help your SMB scale marketing fast

By Craig Hale published 3 November 25

Pomelli will handle asset generation for ads, socials and websites, all while staying on-brand.

Adobe MAX 2025 - Everything we saw from Adobe's flagship creativity conference

By Craig Hale last updated 3 November 25

All of the Adobe MAX 2025 updates as they happened in LA.

Nearly all creators admit they use AI tools for work - so is this the end of true creativity?

By Craig Hale published 3 November 25

Creatives are getting ready for generative AI to evolve into more autonomous agentic AI, but they demand transparency.

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Workers are increasingly burnt out - and AI nagging and notification pings aren't helping

By Craig Hale published 3 November 25

British workers are burnt out by endless notifications – here’s how workplaces can address that.

Adobe integrates industry AI models for more powerful creative workflows

By Craig Hale published 29 October 25

Adobe will let you use its Creative Cloud suite with a whole range of models – not just its own Firefly options.

'Create for YouTube Shorts' in Adobe Premiere mobile

Adobe and Google team up to offer more AI models and YouTube integration

By Craig Hale published 29 October 25

Creative Cloud gets full suite of Google AI models, while Premiere mobile app has a dedicated YouTube mode.

Internxt cloud storage review

By Craig Hale last updated 27 October 25

Our Internxt review will help you decide if the platform is the right cloud storage solution for you.

Anthropic signs multi-billion dollar Google deal that gives it access to a million TPUs

By Craig Hale published 24 October 25

Anthropic’s multi-billion dollar deal with Google will boost compute capacity to over 1GW.

OpenAI is connecting all company secrets to ChatGPT - all your work data and apps are now open

By Craig Hale published 24 October 25

Company knowledge, a self-explanatory ChatGPT tool, will cite internal documents for accurate reporting.

Google Meet is finally adding waiting rooms to give you something to do before your meeting starts

By Craig Hale published 24 October 25

Years after its rivals add waiting rooms, Google Meet is finally getting the much-needed feature.

Dropbox is bringing more of its Dash AI features to all users

By Craig Hale published 24 October 25

After launching as a connector for third-party tools, Dash AI is now coming to Dropbox.

AWS reveals new cloud incident reporting tool, with almost zero sense of irony

By Craig Hale published 23 October 25

AWS CloudWatch will get new incident report generation tool - days after an AWS outage affected parts of the internet.

OpenAI's new Atlas browser may have some extremely concerning security issues, experts warn - here's what we know

By Craig Hale published 23 October 25

Atlas, Comet, Fellou are all susceptible to indirect prompt injection, so be careful.

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One in five security breaches now thought to be caused by AI-written code

By Craig Hale published 23 October 25

Nearly a quarter of production code globally is now AI-generated, and yet 69% admit to finding vulnerabilities, report finds.

Meta cuts 600 jobs in its AI division - but it says there is no need to worry

By Craig Hale published 23 October 25

Meta terminates 600 AI-related contracts, but affected workers can reapply for other roles.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s China market share fallen to zero - so where does it go next?

By Craig Hale published 22 October 25

Nvidia has lost its 95% market share in China, the world’s second-largest computer market.

CISA warns high-severity Windows SMB flaw now exploited in attacks, so update now

By Craig Hale published 22 October 25

Windows 10, 11 and Server users should update to protect against this SMB vulnerability.

Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack could be the costliest in UK history

By Craig Hale published 22 October 25

JLR’s cyberattack cost an estimated £1.9 billion, with the UK government pledging £1.5 billion in loan support.

AWS reveals more on just what went wrong in major outage

By Craig Hale published 22 October 25

Monday’s AWS outage was caused by a DNS issue – top customers could’ve lost millions in just 70 minutes.

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Best task management app of 2025

By Craig Hale last updated 21 October 25

We list the best task management apps, to make it simple and easy to better manage your tasks.

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