Alan Bradley

1 day ago | lifehacker.com | Alan Bradley

Gaming tablet? 2-in-1? Creator notebook? The Flow Z13 lands somewhere in-between. May 13, 2025 We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Quick Look With a mighty Strix Halo chip at its core, the Flow Z13 is an extremely powerful gaming tablet, and one of the most competent machines with integrated graphics currently on the market. But all that horsepower comes at a price, both figurative and literal.

6 days ago | lifehacker.com | Alan Bradley

First impressionsAt first glance, the Swift 14 AI is exactly what you'd expect from a new ultraportable. It's slim, light, and silver all over, weighing in at 3.0 pounds and measuring 12.3 x 8.8 x 0.74 inches. There's nothing remarkable about the chassis on first examination, though I was happy to see that it comes packed in an eco-friendly box. But while the exterior is unremarkable, the interior is genuinely disappointing.

6 days ago | livescience.com | Alan Bradley

A scientist in Japan has demonstrated how the human body could be used like a computer to process data and solve complex problems. This breakthrough is possible because human tissue has properties useful for a kind of data processing called "reservoir computing," the author of the study Yo Kobayashi, associate professor in the University of Osaka's Department of Mechanical Science & Bioengineering, wrote in a new study published March 20 in the journal IEEE Access.

1 week ago | lifehacker.com | Alan Bradley

Microsoft announced a pair of ultraportable Surface devices yesterday, both of which differ significantly from their predecessors. There's the creatively named Surface Laptop 13-inch, which is shrunken down from the previous model's 13.8-inches, as well as a new version of the Surface Pro, which is down from 13-inches to a 12-inch chassis.

1 week ago | au.lifehacker.com | Alan Bradley

Microsoft announced a pair of ultraportable Surface devices yesterday, both of which differ significantly from their predecessors. There's the creatively named Surface Laptop 13-inch, which is shrunken down from the previous model's 13.8-inches, as well as a new version of the Surface Pro, which is down from 13-inches to a 12-inch chassis.