Laurent Giret

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Intel’s plans to stop packaging memory with the processor in its upcoming Panther Lake and Nova Lake chips. They also share their vision of what a “perfect device” would be.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s FY25 Q1 earnings and why it may not make sense for the company to continue to invest in Surface hardware.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Qualcomm boasting about the superiority of its Arm-based Snapdragon X chips over Intel’s new “Lunar Lake” mobile CPUs designed for Copilot+ PCs.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the various driver issues that continue to plague Windows on ARM devices.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s busy week with the public release of Windows 11 version 24H2 and the upcoming public preview of new AI features on Copilot+ PCs.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the antitrust complaint Google filed with the EU Commission this week regarding Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss how Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Plus 8-core chip and the latest CPUs from Intel and AMD for Copilot+ PCs will make the PC ecosystem exciting again.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss recent reports suggesting the upcoming release of cheaper Copilot+ PCs, which may use a less powerful version of Qualcomm’s ARM-based Snapdragon X Plus chip. 

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss their issues with the Microsoft Authenticator app and the AI-powered Recall feature scheduled to enter public testing with Windows 11 Insiders in October.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Google losing its US antitrust case over its search monopoly, and how the company’s search deals with Apple and Mozilla may have made it impossible for Microsoft and other companies to create better search engines.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s FY24 Q4 earnings, which also wrap up Microsoft’s first full fiscal year of the AI era.

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott look back at the impact of the massive CloudStrike outage that affected millions of Windows PCs. They also discuss Microsoft not taking the blame after being forced by the European Commission to open up Windows to third-party security companies.