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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Shadow AI is actually the symptom: here's how to treat the cause

By Craig Hale Published

Employers need to provide accessible policies, suitable tools and practical real-world training to iron out shadow AI.

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‘The only losers from this will be Cloudflare’s customers. Mainly, publishers’: What businesses can do as Cloudflare readies to categorize AI traffic

By Desire Athow Last updated

Exclusive Mismatches in how AI traffic gets categorized could mean you end up accidentally blocking it all – how can you find the right balance?

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The AI pricing paradox: AI PCs might be the answer to spiralling cloud costs for some, but that doesn't mean cloud computing's days are numbered

By Craig Hale Last updated

Cloud AI pricing is shifting toward consumption and outcomes, and AI PCs are becoming more expensive – how does the hybrid future look?

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'That is the wrong model for the AI era': Employers now expect basic AI skills from all workers

By Craig Hale Published

97% of organizations would pay 10%+ extra salary just for workers who have AI skills – workers, take responsibility now.

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'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources

By Craig Hale Published

Water UK calls out the government for not taking water seriously enough, despite plans to treble data center capacity by 2030.

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GitHub restructures bug bounty program following flood of AI-generated reports

By Craig Hale Published

GitHub splits off open, public bug bounty programs from invite-only, VIP scheme which pays around 3-4x more.

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Be careful where you click — ChatGPT joins Microsoft, Google in most-impersonated brands online

By Craig Hale Published

OpenAI debuts in the top 10 most impersonated companies, seeing nearly as many attacks as PayPal, WhatsApp, Facebook.

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Goodbye SMS or phone calls — Microsoft is making passkeys the default authentication process for businesses

By Craig Hale Published

Microsoft says SMS and phone call authentication isn't up to the task anymore – and urges businesses to adopt passkeys.

Grok for Excel
SpaceXAI has built a Microsoft Excel Grok plug-in, for some reason

By Craig Hale Published

SpaceXAI launches its own Grok add-ins for Microsoft Excel and other Office apps after other AI vendors see great success.

OpenAI Presence
OpenAI's latest service wants to get your company build and get better integrated with AI agents

By Craig Hale Published

Once a company's deployed AI agents across the likes of customer service, OpenAI Presence steps in to keep it updated and current.

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Jack Dorsey wants to take on Slack and GitHub with new Buzz platform bringing humans and agents together

By Craig Hale Published

Buzz is one single app for human-AI conversations, project context, code hosting and more.

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Gen Z investors are regularly turning to AI for advice — and that could soon be a huge problem

By Craig Hale Published

80% of Gen Z investors use AI for investing guidance, but trust and transparency are crucial in financial decisions

US Army forced to reinstate limits on AI token usage after troops blew through allowances faster than expected

By Craig Hale Published

The US Army has reportedly pulled back its AI usage after burning through token allocations too quickly.

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Intel is laying off workers in its data center division despite strong recent performance

By Craig Hale Published

Intel reportedly gearing up to lay off data center workers in a bid for operational efficiency, despite strong performance.

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Many companies are struggling to fully trust AI at work - especially when there's no human involved

By Craig Hale Published

TeamViewer report claims 95% of workers are concerns about AI operating without a human in the loop – most AI agent users set strict guardrails.

ChatGPT Work
OpenAI wants to help your small business grow - if you use ChatGPT more

By Craig Hale Published

The launch of ChatGPT Work has now been followed with dedicated training and resources for small businesses.

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Not so 'in the loop'? Study finds Gen Z employees barely understand office jargon

By Craig Hale Published

Gen Z hasn't 'touched base' with corporate slang yet, so they're less likely to feel 'in the loop' - and leaders should accommodate.

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Report warns employees are increasingly asking AI questions they previously have asked their co-workers

By Craig Hale Published

RTO mandates cite ad-hoc worker collaboration, but workers seem to be turning to AI to answer their questions instead.

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Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here's what to look out for

By Craig Hale Published

Victims reporting crimes to the FBI are actually being caught and revictimized, leading to further financial losses.

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Canva wants you to have full control over the design – Code 2.0 just does the heavy lifting for you

By Craig Hale Published

AI chatbots are rubbish at making edits to your designs – Canva Code 2.0 automatically creates elements for you to amend yourself.

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'The trust problem with agentic AI is really a data problem': New report shows rushing into AI deployment could cost your business big time

By Craig Hale Published

Rushed AI deployments are causing trust issues – data, integrations and governance are more of an issue than capability.

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New data claims small businesses haven't expanded their use of AI in the past few years

By Craig Hale Published

SMBs are using AI, but many are still using it for very basic automation indicating genuine use cases are still lacking.

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LibreOffice says Microsoft 'lock-in' with Office files is hurting users around the globe

By Craig Hale Published

Enterprises and agencies looking to adopt open source software alternative are struggling to ditch XML formats.

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'For humans, the capacity to say, 'I don't know,' is very important': Report finds AI really might be harming our critical thinking skills

By Craig Hale Published

New paper reveals human critical thinking could be declining as participants choose to trust AI-generated outputs too much.

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Microsoft is cutting support for some older OneDrive systems soon - here's what you need to know

By Craig Hale Published

Windows 10 21H2 and earlier is no longer being supported for OneDrive – 22H2 continues to get support until October 2028.

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