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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Nearly all retailers have now implemented AI, but many are still waiting to see business value

By Craig Hale Published

Despite widespread AI adoption, retailers are split 50:50 on their AI ROI as legacy tech and poor data quality hold them back.

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'No single organisation can tackle it alone': VodafoneThree says its new security process blocked two million SMS fraud messages

By Craig Hale Published

VodafoneThree and Barclays prevent 25% more banking scams by using combined intelligence – more banks to come.

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'The challenge is no longer only how much power is needed, but whether it can be delivered reliably': Report finds AI data centers are draining more power than the grid can provide

By Craig Hale Published

AI data centers are increasing demand for power, but they're also making it harder to predict how much is needed and when.

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Microsoft is spending $2.5bn on deploying AI engineers to its customers

By Craig Hale Published

Days after Amazon announced a $1 billion forward-deployed engineer program for AI, Microsoft revealsits $2.5 billion alternative.

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Alibaba is banning its workers from using Claude Code as US v China AI battle heats up

By Craig Hale Published

Claude Code was tracking whether users were accessing the tool from China – leading Alibaba to ban it over security concerns.

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'We’re seeing a clear divide': Many business leaders admit they only have a 'limited understanding' of AI budgets

By Craig Hale Published

Productivity and cost savings are actually dropping – new data shows a massive gap in visibility leading to poor ROI.

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‘The question is no longer how much AI can produce, but how much of that output is genuinely usable’: How we use and pay for AI is undergoing a major shift

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Enterprises are shifting from capabilities and performance to prioritizing trust, accuracy, and measurable business outcomes.

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Anthropic launches "AI workbench" for scientists using Claude

By Craig Hale Published

Anthropic says Claude Science will let scientists consolidate tools and data within a single secure environment.

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‘You fix it by making the secure option just as fast and frictionless as the risky one’: Practical advice on addressing shadow AI

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Workers clearly have an appetite for AI but personal accounts are still being used – approved tools need to be easy to reach and use.

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Fires linked to solar panels force Suffolk council to switch them off in 80 schools indefinitely

By Craig Hale Published

Suffolk County Council disconnects solar panels at around 80 schools as a precaution, following three recent fires.

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US Energy Dept tells data centers to use backup generators during heatwave to free up power for AC usage

By Craig Hale Published

East Coast data centers told to use backup generators to let residents access more grid power to fuel AC amid heatwave.

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SAP wants workers to create new AI-powered jobs, slashes travel and expenses budgets to up AI spend

By Craig Hale Published

SAP is cutting unnecessary spend and refocusing its hiring efforts on AI roles amid broader software longevity concerns.

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New report claims companies which embrace AI also add more workers (eventually)

By Craig Hale Published

High-intensity AI adopters saw employment rise by around 10% during the first two years of AI adoption, despite gained productivity.

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More than half of employees are using unapproved AI tools at work

By Craig Hale Published

Shadow AI is still a problem – but it could be the employer's fault for not providing the right tools in the first place.

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UK government signs £30 million deal to build the world’s first prototype fusion power plant by 2040

By Craig Hale Published

Dassault Systèmes to lead UK prototype fusion power plant digital twin software with £30 million deal, supporting engineering and collaboration.

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Virginia county tells schools, businesses to 'conserve electricity' as AI data center demand hits grid, raises energy prices

By Craig Hale Published

Henrico County in Virginia is facing electricity and water supply constraints, with electricity bills rising 25% this month.

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New report claims AI is leading to job layoffs — but higher-level more educated workers are being hit hardest

By Craig Hale Published

AI unemployment is disproportionately affecting higher-level, more educated tech workers in California, report warns.

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Meta reportedly wants to start a cloud computing business to compete with AWS, Azure and others

By Craig Hale Published

Facebook's parent company could be launching a new Meta Compute business to sell excess capacity to other hyperscalers and startups.

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Amazon reveals it used more energy than New Zealand in 2025 as its carbon footprint rises 16%

By Craig Hale Published

AWS has more data centers than before, hence the rise in emissions, but supply chain emissions are still a major problem.

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AI data center supplies hit by cargo thieves — copper wires, construction materials all stolen in $1.3 million heists

By Craig Hale Published

Organized criminals are increasingly targeting data center cargo movements, like copper, as theft volume and losses rise.

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Microsoft just made a huge Linux move that developers and container fans everywhere will love

By Craig Hale Published

You can now finally run Linux containers in Windows – without third-party tools.

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This new tool can let you ask Claude if that 'too good to be true' online offer is actually a scam

By Craig Hale Published

Norton's scam detection will let you ask Claude whether an email or online deal looks suspicious without leaving the AI chatbot.

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Amazon is spending billions on deploying engineers into customers looking to get started with AI

By Craig Hale Published

AWS' Forward Deployed Engineers will reside inside customer organizations to build and implement AI tools at scale.

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‘Speed without control is a liability, not an advantage': GitLab study reveals AI code generation is outpacing controls

By Craig Hale Published

Rapid AI adoption is just shifting bottlenecks downstream as governance fails to keep up, making trust more critical than speed.

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‘Stop calling it a hobby and start treating it as infrastructure’: EXANTE calls out the underfunding of widely used open source projects

By Desire Athow Published

Exclusive Despite the growing importance of open source software, most widely used projects are underfunded because they’re not glamorous enough.

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