Laurent Giret

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss a recent report suggesting that Windows 11 users may soon be able to move and resize the taskbar once again. They also talk about how the upcoming Windows 11 version 26H1 will change how Microsoft ships big Windows updates.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the release of OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6, and how Microsoft finds itself stuck in the middle.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott take a deep look at Microsoft’s latest earnings report and discuss what is growing, who is leading, and how this changes things going forward.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft releasing the Windows App Development CLI, a new Command Line Utility for Windows app developers.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the latest chips from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm that were announced at CES in Las Vegas this week.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss a recent report revealing that OpenAI had sold over a million ChatGPT licenses to colleges globally, leaving Microsoft unable to compete with its pricier AI offerings.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the state of the competition in the generative AI space after OpenAI just declared a “code red” alert over Google’s recent progress.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss AI agents coming to the Windows 11 taskbar and other new AI features Microsoft announced at its Ignite conference this week.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss why Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaving his Ignite 2025 speaker seat to Judson Althoff, the new CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, suggests something might have changed within the company.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott dig into Microsoft’s FY2026 Q1 earnings results and the explosion in the company’s AI-related costs.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s new ambition to turn Windows 11 into an “AI-native” platform.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the new “Hey Copilot” wake word and new agentic experiences Microsoft is bringing to Windows 11.