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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China calls for satellite broadband to face real-time censorship

By Craig Hale published

The Chinese government wants to monitor satellite communications, and it could affect SpaceX and Amazon.

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WordPress grants WP Engine "reprieve" - but they'll need to be quick

By Craig Hale published

As the dispute between WordPress CEO and WP Engine continues, customers are given a short lifeline.

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China wants to be the global AI leader in personal computing, but businesses is where they want to go large

By Craig Hale published

AI-capable computers are set to account for nearly two-thirds of the Chinese PC market by 2027.

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Dell is ordering hundreds of workers back to the office full time

By Craig Hale published

Dell’s sales staff just got an unwelcome RTO policy update – they need to be in the office five out of five days.

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Cloudflare thinks it has a way to make millions of web pages faster, for free

By Craig Hale published

Cloudflare’s Speed Brain will pre-load static elements of the page it thinks you’re going to open next.

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AI could terminate graphic designers before 2030, survey of creative professionals finds

By Craig Hale published

Artificial intelligence is threatening the graphic design industry, but humans are still better in some aspects.

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Many small businesses say they're "too scared" to use AI

By Craig Hale published

Small businesses are calling out for simpler integrated AI tools to boost adoption.

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The US government is suing Visa over its dominance of the payments market

By Craig Hale published

The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, which accounts for 60% of the market.

Box Hubs

Box Hubs wants to make sure all your workers get the right info just when they need it

By Craig Hale published

Box will let customers curate their content into mini-sites through Hubs, but you’ll need to be an Enterprise customer.

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US government probes SAP and other for overcharging it on software use

By Craig Hale published

SAP and Carahsoft have been accused of overcharging one of their most important clients – the US government.

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Millions more Google Workspace users are getting access to Gemini AI

By Craig Hale published

Google announces series of new updates to Gemini designed to make it more appealing for businesses.

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KeepSolidPasswarden Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing and more

By Mike Jennings last updated

Top-notch password security and sharing for individuals and teams

Who will win the AI race?

Cloudflare launches bot management tools to charge AI bots for data scraping

By Craig Hale published

Cloudflare is giving users more control over which AI bots can access your site and train large language models.

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WP Engine hits Automattic CEO with cease and desist following "cancer" comments

By Craig Hale published

Automattic reportedly asked WP Engine for tens of millions to cover licensing, leading to Mullenweg’s “cancer” comment.

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Is AI making us actually enjoy our jobs more?

By Craig Hale published

Knowledge workers have a really poor relationship with work, but AI and more flexible work environments could help.

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GitHub will let any enterprise users store data in the EU

By Craig Hale published

Enterprises can now store their GitHub data within the European Union, and more regions may follow soon.

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Disney is ditching Slack for Microsoft Teams following data breach

By Craig Hale published

Following a 1.1TB data breach relating to Disney’s Slack channels, Disney now plans to move to Teams.

Zoom

Zoom is scaling back worker stock grants

By Craig Hale published

Employees might not get as much access to stock in the tech industry any more due to dilution worries.

Qualcomm

Qualcomm reveals major layoffs, hundreds of workers let go

By Craig Hale published

Qualcomm to lay off 226 workers from 16 facilities, including several vice presidents from its San Diego HQ.

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Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator calls rival "a cancer" in alarming claim

By Craig Hale published

Matt Mullenweg’s company apparently contributes nearly 100x more to the WordPress project than WP Engine.

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Best Asana alternative of 2024

By Craig Hale last updated

We list the best alternatives to Asana, to make it simple and easy to set up and manage a work management solution from a different provider.

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1Password Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing and more

By Mike Jennings last updated

Updated An affordable and effective password manager with functionality on loads of platforms

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N-Able Passportal Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing and more

By Mike Jennings last updated

Passportal is a high-quality, reliable password management program. It’s secure, comes with great administrative controls, and includes everything you need to look after your company’s credentials.

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Amazon's new Project Amelia AI can give you personalised business advice

By Craig Hale published

Amazon to launch Project Amelia in more markets later this year to help answer ecommerce questions.

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Citrix adds macOS support to desktop-as-a-service offering

By Craig Hale published

Citrix launches new VDA for macOS as it looks to strengthen its DaaS fight against AWS, Microsoft and others.

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