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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Swiss Federal Government is ditching Microsoft on thousands of devices to switch to open source

By Craig Hale Published

After a successful test by 172 workers, Switzerland's federal government is piloting 3,000 devices on open source software.

Dell AI Data Platform: two people working late at night in an office at the same monitor, discussing a problem
'The fallout from AI is being felt further across the business than most people assume': CIOs are being held accountable when AI goes wrong

By Craig Hale Published

New report reveals that CIOs are being held personally accountable for AI errors as they face increased sovereignty pressure.

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Microsoft engineer claims 'typing code is absolutely over', with AI and GitHub Copilot set to transform coding as we know it

By Craig Hale Published

Developers won't be writing code forever, but that's not to say their jobs are entirely at risk as responsibilities evolve.

The Fairwater AI datacenter design has two stories
Half of Brits admit they still don't know what a data center is

By Craig Hale Published

Just one in two Brits know what a data center is, but even more see them as having a negative impact and many are worried about energy consumption.

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Taiwan is cracking down on tech companies hiding their illegal Chinese ownership

By Craig Hale Published

Taiwan has investigated 166 Chinese companies obscuring their ownership to circumvent Cross-Strait Act requirements.

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Mail service used by 30,000 businesses including NHS trusts suffers major outage

By Craig Hale Published

Docsign has been down for several days, leaving many UK healthcare providers without access to mail.

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'The planets aligned': Nvidia confirms $12.9bn Hugging Face deal in potentially huge AI shake-up

By Craig Hale Published

Jensen Huang confirms Nvidia's plans to buy Hugging Face in its biggest-ever acquisition.

Banking giant UBS wants all new employees to have AI skills

By Craig Hale Published

UBS says all new recruits for its 2027 intake must be AI-proficient – but it will also support them with AI training once employed.

Bloomberg
Texas Republicans are straying from the party line on data centers, and that's seriously worrying big tech and Trump

By Craig Hale Published

Republicans and Democrats are united on their stance against data centers, as they bid to win over candidates with community protections.

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra lays the foundations for a new way of reasoning — a great tool for businesses but experts have their concerns

By Craig Hale Published

OpenAI just changed how GPT-6 reasons, and it's also set to be a much better user of your computer and apps from the get-go.

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You can now talk to Gemini directly in your Google Docs, Drive, Gmail, and more

By Craig Hale Published

Gmail Live, Keep Live and Docs Live are here for AI subscribers to interact with their emails and create new notes by just their voice.

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Tottenham Hotspur ditches VMWare in favor of HPE — cuts licensing costs by 85 percent

By Craig Hale Published

By moving its virtualization bill from VMware to HPE, Tottenham just saved 85%. It's also investing in other HPE tech.

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Federal agencies sued amid allegations Trump admin could be using AI safety framework to hide AI manipulation and corruption

By Craig Hale Published

US government agencies criticized for failing to reveal very many details at all about how its tests the safety of frontier models.

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US export controls actually helped China iron out tech supply chain 'chokepoints', report finds

By Craig Hale Published

While the US was busy imposing restrictions against China, Chinese startups were occupied filling gaps in the market.

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Research finds AI agents haven't quite mastered real-world browsing tasks despite claiming they can

By Craig Hale Published

Many AI agents lack sufficient safeguards and can't handle multiple tabs very well despite promises.

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Only one in five UK CEOs say their cyber insurance will cover the full cost of a cyberattack

By Craig Hale Published

New data has revealed that only one in five CEOs expect full coverage from their cyber insurance policy.

Fable 5, from Anthropic
Fable enterprise user data won't be retained by Anthropic, but some will be analyzed due to 'substantial evidence' of AI misuse

By Craig Hale Published

Anthropic reveals how it plans to monitor for suspicious behavior using customer cloud storage and maximum privacy.

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Chinese AI models threaten US industry by being up to 90% cheaper — and they're driving Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic out of the open market

By Craig Hale Published

In the space of a year, US AI model share has dropped considerably as cheaper Chinese alternatives take their places.

Who will win the AI race?
US and AI bosses ask G20 not to regulate AI because it could hurt America's bottom line

By Craig Hale Published

The Carolina Principles call for existing laws to be applied to AI wherever possible, and China has reportedly signed up.

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The AI layoffs may have finally ended, and businesses might be hiring more workers just to be able to use AI effectively

By Craig Hale Published

New data reveals that AI-induced mass layoffs are slowing down – but companies are still thinking about their recruitment carefully.

Data center
Meta is testing robot arms inside data centers that could replace up to 80% of human workload

By Craig Hale Published

Meta envisions a future where robots look after incident response, monitoring and maintenance at its data centers.

Amazon
Amazon hit by lawsuit from FTC and 22 states claiming ad price rigging to the tune of $20 billion over seven years

By Craig Hale Published

The FTC and 22 US states have accused Amazon of inflating its ad revenue with shady practices, but Amazon denies.

European Union
ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox moved into EU regulatory section for 'very large platforms' — must defend rights, electoral ​processes and public ​security

By Craig Hale Published

ChatGPT just qualified as a Very Large Online Search Engine, giving the European Commission greater oversight over it.

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Bank of England head warns AI threatens financial stability — cites investment concentration and AI model security risks

By Craig Hale Published

Bank of England Governor is worried about AI's impacts on security and the concentration of investments.

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Teachers are getting more comfortable using AI – but it isn't helping lower their workload

By Craig Hale Published

Although most teachers use artificial intelligence, only one in three say they're able to work fewer hours amid intense workloads.

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