This Month
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Digital Life
Ignore the AI ‘bloatware’. This HP laptop is flipping good
HP’s latest ultraportable laptop has a lot of things going for it. AI isn’t yet one of them.
- John Davidson
Apple draws a line under its pre-AI era
Apple finally released the artificial intelligence updates to its software this week, but not for everyone and not in time to assuage nervous investors.
- John Davidson
October
Apple starts to roll out AI to iPhones, iPads and Macs
The US tech giant is also releasing an upgrade to its desktop iMacs as it attempts to catch up with rivals who have embraced artificial intelligence.
- Paul Smith
September
Intel receives offer from Apollo worth as much as $US5 billion
The investment into the embattled computer chipmaker represents an alternative to a potential takeover by larger rival Qualcomm.
- Liana Baker, Ryan Gould and Ian King
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
This new $3499 notebook falls short of great expectations
Asus’ Zenbook S 16 Windows device promises a multi-day battery life, without having to move off Intel/AMD architecture. But does it deliver?
- John Davidson
August
- Analysis
- Tragedy
Did Bayesian’s 72m mast cause it to sink?
The superyacht was one of the 50 largest sailing yachts in the world, and her mammoth mast supported a total sail area of almost 3000 square metres.
- Gareth Corfield
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Apple Vision Pro means the future of work is upon us
The headset lets you do your work in virtual reality. It works surprisingly well, but ideally, you will have the neck strength of a rugby forward.
- John Davidson
Apple plans its smallest computer ever
As part of an overhaul of the Mac line with AI-focused M4 chips, the Mac Mini will get its first big redesign since it was revamped under Steve Jobs in 2010.
- Mark Gurman
- Opinion
- Digital Life
It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.
- John Davidson
June
- Digital Life With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
Back from the dead, the Windows laptop is better than ever
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 11 marks the beginning of a new era in portable computers, where Windows computers are at least as good as their MacBook rivals, and in many ways better.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
With the new Surface Laptop, Microsoft catches the MacBook
Microsoft has finally done it. It has broken free from Intel and produced a laptop right up there with Apple’s hitherto incomparable MacBook Air.
- John Davidson
UK tech tycoon Lynch cleared of HP fraud charges in $16.5b deal
Entrepreneur Mike Lynch had been extradited to the United States to face a criminal trial over the sale to HP in 2011, ending a mammoth legal saga.
- Updated
- Rachel Graf
May
- Opinion
- AI Summit
Alex Pollak is already investing in ‘the very next’ Nvidia
A shift in where AI queries are being handled has opened up the investment field to more chipmakers, and to apps we haven’t even dreamed of yet.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Hands on with one of the first Copilot+ PCs in Australia
Microsoft has been trying to break free from Intel for more than a decade, to give us Windows laptops with a proper battery life. This time, they just might succeed.
- John Davidson
Microsoft fights back against Apple with AI laptops
Microsoft says it now has laptops that can match Apple for battery life as well as performance. Plus, they have AI.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Why the iPad Pro still hasn’t made itself useful enough
Apple’s latest tablet is undoubtedly one the greatest feats of computer hardware engineering ever. But what about its software?
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Will Apple’s new iPad Pro finally replace your laptop?
Apple says its new M4 iPad Pros will have better AI, better performance and better battery life than laptops. But don’t throw away your laptop just yet.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Dell rethinks its legendary laptop
Dell has made some dramatic design choices in its quest to revitalise its legendary-but-ageing XPS laptop lineup, and we’re not sure all of them have worked.
- John Davidson
April
Apple plans to overhaul entire Mac line with AI-focused M4 chips
The tech titan is harnessing the hunger for artificial intelligence to boost sluggish computer sales.
- Mark Gurman
- Opinion
- Digital Life
The new Surface computers Microsoft won’t let anyone review
There are many firsts around the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 coming out next week, and not letting journalists do reviews is only one of them.
- John Davidson