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Laurent was the Editorial Manager of the Petri IT Knowledgebase from 2022-2023. He's currently the Senior News Editor of Thurrott.com.

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First Ring Daily: Super Pilot

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s new Copilot app that will combine chat features, GitHub Copilot, and a new Autopilot AI agent grounded in organizations’ data.

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First Ring Daily: A Surprise Surface Event

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s upcoming Windows and Surface event on October 7, where we should hear more about the Surface Laptop Ultra powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip, as well as recent efforts to make Windows 11 a better platform for local AI.

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First Ring Daily 2018: Project Zenith is Here

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Project Zenith, the just-announced pre-configured Windows experience for developers that will first become available on PCs with AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo.

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Microsoft Copilot

First Ring Daily 2008: The Real Issue for Microsoft

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s plan to unify its currently separate consumer and enterprise Copilot experiences into an all-in-one app.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Copilot

First Ring Daily: Numbers of Sun

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s earnings results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2026, in which the company’s spending on AI infrastructure increased dramatically.

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First Ring Daily: More Next Week

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Intel’s latest earnings report and LG using Windows driver updates for its monitors to install adware on Windows PCs.

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Microsoft headquarters

First Ring Daily: End of the Fiscal Year

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the state of Microsoft’s various businesses as the company is expected to kick off its new fiscal year with another round of layoffs.

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First Ring Daily: Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Qualcomm’s ARM-based X2 Chips

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s refreshed Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models for consumers, which now use Qualcomm’s ARM-based X2 Series chips.

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First Ring Daily: Build Aftermath

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the biggest announcements from Microsoft’s Build 2026 developer conference, including new AI products and the Nvidia RTX Spark chip that will power upcoming Surface devices.

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Qualcomm SNapdragon C

First Ring Daily: We Shall C

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the Snapdragon C, Qualcomm’s new entry-level chip for laptops that will cost $300 and up.

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First Ring Daily: Gritty Surfaces

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the latest Intel-powered Surface for Business from Microsoft and the company’s ongoing work to improve the core fundamentals of Windows 11.

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Microsoft headquarters

First Ring Daily: Microsoft Earnings Aftermath

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s blockbuster earnings results for the first quarter of 2026.

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