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

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‘We crossed that about 3 months ago': A16z's Marc Andreessen drops huge bombshell about AGI on Joe Rogan's podcast

By Craig Hale Published 6 June 26

Marc Andreessen says the latest frontier models have realized AGI – tech leaders believe the boundaries are shifting.

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‘Chasing every model release is a fool's errand and a fast track to AI fatigue inside your organisation’: GoodData.AI CTO says businesses should focus on automation use cases over every single new release

By Desire Athow Published 6 June 26

Exclusive GoodData.AI CTO Peter Fedorocko says AI is an efficiency amplifier that won't replace humans, but businesses must focus on real automation use cases.

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‘A personal, instantaneous doctor integrated into their devices' — how a new skin computer patch could run life-saving AI processes directly on your body

By Craig Hale Published 6 June 26

New compute patch developed by University of Chicago researchers performs instant, on-skin AI analysis for health data.

‘Communities across the UK are paying the price for this criminal behaviour': Openreach teams up with metal recycling giant to tackle UK's £4bn a decade cable theft problem

By Craig Hale Published 6 June 26

Openreach is fighting the escalating £500m yearly cable theft problem with new partnerships, DNA tracing and grid alarms.

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‘Our hardware is designed to be picked up and shaken about’: Aquark Technologies takes quantum sensing outside of the lab as a viable GNSS alternative

By Desire Athow Published 5 June 26

Exclusive Aquark Technologies is making quantum sensing portable – cold-atom hardware will offer high-precision, resilient alternatives to vulnerable GNSS.

Inside the "disappearing battery" revolution — how forest-powered supercapacitors could keep wireless sensors running for years

By Craig Hale Published 5 June 26

Swedish startup Ligna Energy’ S-Power supercapacitors use forest-derived materials to replace unsustainable batteries in IoT sensors.

China combats US carrier restrictions by opening telecoms pilots to foreign outfits – Beijing drops 50% foreign ownership cap to attract new investment

By Craig Hale Published 5 June 26

Foreign companies will no longer need to create Chinese joint ventures to sell in China, under this region-specific pilot.

Agentic AI traffic from financial services industry doubles in a single month – finance could be the next industry to experience the AI boom

By Craig Hale Published 5 June 26

Though overall traffic is still very low, finance is seeing major growth in agentic AI use cases.

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'Slow or unreliable broadband is still a daily frustration for millions': Almost 9 in 10 Brits say fast Wi-Fi is ‘essential’ to their daily life

By Craig Hale Published 5 June 26

With hybrid working and connected homes at an all-time high, 20m Brits say they'd move home to get a better connection.

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'Workers’ trust in a recognisable corporate logo has been broken': 2 in 3 workers are ditching big corporations for small businesses

By Craig Hale Published 5 June 26

Workers are being pushed away from Big Tech and international enterprises over redundancy fears and a lack of trust

Many US tech firms are turning to China's DeepSeek as the bill for homegrown AI bites – American AI companies could learn a thing or two

By Craig Hale Published 4 June 26

American models are simply too expensive – US firms are now turning to DeepSeek for cheaper costs and portability.

'We have heard your concerns': Meta workers can request pauses in computer activity tracking, but only in temporary, half-hour increments

By Craig Hale Published 4 June 26

Workers can ask Meta to pause monitoring software, but only if they think the data on screen should be hidden.

Ring has been collecting visitor's facial biometrics without consent, class action lawsuit alleges

By Craig Hale Published 4 June 26

Familiar Faces uses AI to scan facial biometrics from anyone who comes within the camera's field of view.

Meta's AI Business Agent is a small and medium businesses guru – and it is now available directly through WhatsApp

By Craig Hale Published 4 June 26

After around two years in testing, Meta's AI Business Agent is now rolling out across WhatsApp, Instagram DMs and more.

AI is getting too much of the blame for graduate hiring prospects, and there could be a job perk that is actually behind it all

By Craig Hale Published 3 June 26

New York Federal Reserve Bank data shows that graduate unemployment started rising before AI was really a thing.

OpenAI and Anthropic are battling to conquer the AI market in Finance and Legal

By Craig Hale Published 3 June 26

OpenAI and Anthropic are battling it out to win over new and converted customers from these two sectors.

AI is the top investment area for 3 out of 4 insurance CEOs

By Craig Hale Published 3 June 26

The insurance sector seems highly prepared to invest in AI, with more seeing it as an opportunity than a threat.

UK regulator mandates that Google should let publishers opt out of AI search

By Craig Hale Published 3 June 26

Britain's CMA has imposed new requirements on Google's AI search business – publishers can opt out of appearing in AI results.