This category includes two types of radios:
Conventional superheterodyne radios controlled by software, with either a minimal or no front panel human interface. Signal detection/demodulation is done in hardware/firmware, with "software defined" techniques generally applied only on the last IF. Examples:
Software Defined Radios (SDR). All signal detection/demodulation is done in software. Examples I have used include:
AFEDRI SDR-Net (Ethernet capable, network SDR clients support Windows, Linux, MacOS)
RFSpace Cloud-IQ (network SDR clients support Windows, Linux, MacOS)
SDRPlay, 12/14-bitSDRs, 100 kHz - 380 MHz, 430 MHz - 2 GHz, with support for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Rasberry Pi, and Android
Software Radio Laboratory LLC QS1R (My favorite, receives 7 bands at once, and supports Windows, Linux, and Mac)
KiwiSDR network accessible SDR with web browser interface.
While many black box radios are much smaller and lighter than conventional and boatanchor radios, they do require the use of a separate computer (desktop, laptop, tablet, phone) to control them.
My favorite radios support open application programming interfaces and/or front ends that support multiple operating systems. With the Qt framework, there's really no excuse for single-operating system SDR front ends.