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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‘What is so worrying is not just that this information is being sold, but how little it can cost': NordVPN research claims your stolen card details are being sold online for less than a fancy coffee

By Craig Hale published

Payment card information and other forms of ID are being sold on dark web marketplaces for much less than you think.

Mosaic Chip Emulated On FPGA

‘Spatial intelligence shouldn’t require a GPU': This tiny chip could turn skinny Aviators into smart glasses without a bulky battery - and they'll even understand the world in real-time

By Craig Hale published

Mosaic reveals new perception chip that gives smart glasses real-time environmental awareness and more.

Lightmark founder and inventor Daniel Oblitas Garafulic

The end of deepfakes: A UK startup “fingerprinting” light to prove what’s real could crush global misinformation and $75 billion video piracy market

By Craig Hale published

This UK startup wants to make your physical filming location a ‘fingerprint’ to verify authenticity, rather than relying on software.

Starlink V2 Satellites

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon join forces to try and eliminate coverage 'dead zones' for good

By Craig Hale published

America's three biggest mobile networks reveal plans to bring direct-to-device satellite connections to customers.

Codex remote control in ChatGPT

'A new rhythm for collaboration is emerging': OpenAI adds remote access to bring Codex to ChatGPT for iPhone, iPad, and Android

By Craig Hale published

Codex still runs on your desktop, but OpenAI is turning your ChatGPT mobile app into a remote controller for access from anywhere.

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft may discontinue Claude Code internally as it looks to push users towards GitHub Copilot

By Craig Hale published

Claude Code has proven a hit among Microsoft's engineers, but the company now wants them to switch to GitHub Copilot CLI.

View of Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania.

UK opens antitrust enquiry into Microsoft dominance of business software

By Craig Hale published

Microsoft is being investigated by the UK's CMA over its business software practices.

SK hynix NAND

New 3D memory architecture revives old camera technology to smash through AI memory wall - NAND + DRAM hybrid promises to make memory cheaper, faster and with 'unlimited endurance'

By Craig Hale published

Old camera tech has been employed to form a 3D hybrid of NAND and DRAM tech using IGZO instead of silicon.

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Self-destructing $2,000 Nvidia chips will soon power tens of thousands of solar-run data centres hidden in lampposts

By Craig Hale published

Under the new proposals, the lampposts in your street could double up as data centers with self-destructing, anti-tamper Nvidia chips.

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'We are committed to helping business owners harness AI more fully and effectively': Anthropic reveals Claude for Small Business to help 'close the gap' using AI

By Craig Hale published

Anthropic wants to help SMBs with purpose-built agentic workflows, skills and a US upskilling tour with free Claude Max trials.

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'We are making clear, strategic investments': Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs, even as AI orders surge

By Craig Hale published

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announces plans to lay off 4,000 workers as the company shifts its focus to high-growth areas.

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'The most advanced organizations aren’t failing less; they’re seeing failures sooner': Many firms are already having to roll back AI customer service tools

By Craig Hale published

New data reveals customer service workers spend more on trust, security and compliance than AI development itself.

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'Too many employees are serving as the human middleware between disconnected AI systems': New study claims workers are spending a whole day every week managing AI tools

By Craig Hale published

Poor AI deployments are causing humans to spend a day a week as 'middleware' – liaising between siloed AI systems.

Amazon

Amazon workers are apparently 'tokenmaxxing' AI platforms to hit arbitrary usage targets

By Craig Hale published

Amazon wants workers to be using more and more AI, so workers are just apparently wasting tokens to make it look like they are.

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Bad news employee — most executives admit using AI makes them value human workers less

By Craig Hale published

After using AI, many business leaders say are less likely to value their human workers, but the technology is still failing to deliver consistent ROI.

Annoyed Windows 10 user

Meta workers revolt against mouse tracking technology — flyers ask if they want to work at 'the Employee Data ​Extraction Factory'

By Craig Hale published

Privacy concerns aside, Meta workers are worried that AI-training mouse tracking software will ultimately lead to further job cuts.

Claude on a smartphone.

Anthropic reveals a host of new legal tools for Claude, including 12 new plugins

By Craig Hale published

Anthropic is adding new connectors and plugins to Claude to give it legal superpowers, and they're even available in Cowork.

DNA test kit

Researchers use AI to break the rules of nature and create a living organism that lacks a fundamental building block of life – the first synthetic 19-amino acid life form is here

By Craig Hale published

Scientists just made the first ever observed organism with fewer than 20 amino acids in its make-up, and it was made possible by AI.

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‘Your Wi-Fi cable could be a secret microphone': How researchers turned an earthquake detection method into an accidental spy tool using AI

By Craig Hale published

With minimal cable access, commercially available tools and AI, attackers can technically listen in to your conversations via your fiber optic cables.

Sam Altman and OpenAI

OpenAI snaps up consulting company to help spread the word about AI

By Craig Hale published

OpenAI sets out plans to embed DeployCo workers inside customer enterprises to help them identify AI uses cases and transformation opportunities.

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'Current LLMs introduce substantial errors when editing work documents': Microsoft scientists find most AI models struggle with long-running tasks — so maybe don't trust them completely just yet

By Craig Hale published

The more interactions an AI model has, the less reliable it becomes, experts find, as even the best only scored 80.9% – and the worst scoring just 10.0%.

LinkedIn app on an iPhone

LinkedIn wants to help your SMB grow by helping you share your story — and even offer advice to other start-ups

By Craig Hale published

New data shows that entrepreneurship is becoming more accessible – LinkedIn wants to help give SMBs a fighting chance.

EU

The EU wants to crack down even further on using US cloud platforms for sensitive government data

By Craig Hale published

US (and other global) hyperscalers could be pushed out of the running for contracts relating to sensitive public sector data.

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'I have zero evidence in front of me that users are being driven away from Fedora because of AI': Ubuntu and Fedora confirmed to both get AI support soon

By Craig Hale published

Fedora and Ubuntu have set out plans to run small AI models locally, and this has caused a mixed reaction from the open source community.

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Gmail is adding new AI tools to make your work emails sound even more like you

By Craig Hale published

Gemini will access more of your Gmail and Google Workspace context to product emails that sound more like you.

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