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First Ring Daily: Stoic Surface

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott look back at yesterday's Surface and AI event yesterday from Microsoft and discuss why the company needs to do a better job at convincing organizations that its Copilot assistant is about to change how we work forever.

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First Ring Daily: Surface Peaks

As Microsoft is expected to refresh its Surface lineup with new AI features later this year, this episode of First Ring Daily has Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discussing Microsoft’s “peak Surface” moment.

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First Ring Daily: Local AI, Cloud AI, and a Build of AI

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss how Microsoft’s Build 2024 conference will be all about AI and Copilots, and how AI technology could become the next big data harvesting tool. 

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First Ring Daily: It’s 2024

In this first 2024 episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft changing an app install process on Windows, the opportunity for the company to build a “Copilot phone,” and Google ruining the smart home experience for Nest users.

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First Ring Daily Thanksgiving Edition: Full of AI

In this special Thanksgiving edition of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss everything that happened at OpenAI this week, why Nvidia remains a key player in the current AI boom, and they also imagine a world where Apple would sell its M-Series chips to PC manufacturers.

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First Ring Daily: Microsoft’s FY2024 Q1 Earnings

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott look at Microsoft’s first quarter earnings for its fiscal year 2024, as well as a long interview of Satya Nadella looking back at his biggest regrets as the CEO of Microsoft.

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First Ring Daily: Bing Gets Bargained

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s attempt to sell Bing to Apple, and Google’s recent hardware announcements ahead of the company’s event next week.

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First Ring Daily: The Biggest Week in Microsoft’s History

Last Update: Sep 26, 2023

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the unexpected departure of Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay, the company’s special event about AI and Surface yesterday, and the UK’s CMA provisionally approving Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition.

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Microsoft Opens Registrations for its Ignite Conference on November 14-17

Microsoft has now opened registrations for its Ignite 2023 conference, which will be held in Seattle on November 14-17. This year, the theme of the conference for IT pros is “AI transformation,” so you can expect Microsoft to continue its streak of AI announcements that started with GitHub Copilot two years ago.  While the full…

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First Ring Daily: Bing Isn’t Growing, But AI Still Has a Place

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Bing’s stagnating market share despite Microsoft investing over 10 billion dollars into OpenAI.

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