First Ring Daily

First Ring Daily 1965: Small Break

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:05:05 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul travels, Brad travels, and not much else for the week.

First Ring Daily 1964: GoogleBook

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 13 May 2026 10:31:11 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google has a book, Windows has a challenger, and OEMs were a bit quiet.

First Ring Daily 1963: Court Report

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 12 May 2026 10:21:57 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the court is in order, and we get inside details about Microsoft and OpenAI.

First Ring Daily 1962: Set Your Phasers

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:28:48 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul learns about phases while Brad talks about hot water.

First Ring Daily 1961: Avocado Prices

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 08 May 2026 11:54:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Switch goes up, Avocado is a topic, and Sony has earnings.

First Ring Daily 1960: Drilling the Wall

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:02:52 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slow start, a middle of a middle, and a drill at the end.

First Ring Daily 1959: Think of the Bandwidth

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:38:43 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google steals the bits, Xbox takes a bite of Copilot, and Anthropic has dollars or stamps.

First Ring Daily 1958: SCUBA TV

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:55:11 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad spells a word, Paul laughs at night, and Apple TV is older.

First Ring Daily 1957: It's NAS A

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:34:59 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, eBay has a buyer, we dig into NAS naming, and Paul sees the light.

First Ring Daily 1956: The Right Config

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:21:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a new drive in the NAS, a new photo app to look at, and Apple did ok too.

First Ring Daily 1955: Microsoft Earnings Aftermath

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:48:43 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft reports blockbuster earnings for most things you don’t care about.

First Ring Daily 1954: The Past Caught Up

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:59:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad will tolerate the noise, Paul doesn't think he will, and the NAS is back on the agenda.

First Ring Daily 1953: The Coast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:26:55 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a court of battles, a coast of tech, and a little bit of more.

First Ring Daily 1952: Opening the AI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:45:38 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft has earnings, Microsoft changes with OpenAI, and we record on a Monday.

First Ring Daily 1951: Xbox'n

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:56:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has a letter, Paul has a contact, and Brad thinks things will happen.

First Ring Daily 1950: NFL of Days

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:01:26 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, NFL is happening, Xbox isnt making news, and Amazon is a Copilot.

First Ring Daily 1949: Xbox Drops the Price

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:42:32 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox drops the price, COD gets dropped too, and we drop the ball.

First Ring Daily 1948: Tim to John

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:56:19 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple announces the leadership change.

First Ring Daily 1947: Dog Depot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:35:35 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul fights a dog, the background is different, and AI is a topic.

First Ring Daily 1946: Mulch Depot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:35:03 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, COD has a movie, mulch will be delivered, and Paul will code.

First Ring Daily 1945: Cut of Box

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:50:07 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has an update, Brad has a cut, and Microsoft has a good deal.

First Ring Daily 1944: The Pivot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:57:45 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a shoe pivot, a connection pivot, and a pivot of pivots.

First Ring Daily 1943: The Nvidia PC

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:24:59 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Nvidia rumored to buy a vendor, Surface raises the price, and Amazon buys some satellites.

First Ring Daily 1942: Open Popcorn

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:37:36 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI talks Amazon, Windows is doing insiders again, and we keep the podcast going.

First Ring Daily 1941: One Noted

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:11:55 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OneNote had a chance, Ray Ozzie is talked about, and we head into the weekend with a good recording.

First Ring Daily 1940: Astronaut of Duty

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:57:10 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul talks a lot about Call of Duty, going behind the moon, and spinning up the box today.

First Ring Daily 1939: Satya's Fedora

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:30:59 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, trying a Fedora, Microsoft's insider, and a podcast worthy of a Monday.

First Ring Daily 1938: Not Starting Over

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:56:39 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a dog, a cough, and a few talks of baseball.

First Ring Daily 1937: The Internet's Bad Day

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:52 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, there is only one good thing on the Internet today...maybe two.

First Ring Daily 1936: Consumer Calls

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:52:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a Do gets Clicked, a Recall gets Talked, and Consumer gets Teams.

First Ring Daily 1935: Backtastic

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:38:02 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad returns, so does Xbox, and the rest of yesterday's headlines.

First Ring Daily 1934: Mactastic

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:55:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple does the Mac, Brad is distracted, and Tim has a price point.

First Ring Daily 1933: Xbox Did a Good

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:48:13 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox does a good thing, a charger is talked about, and more travel babble.

First Ring Daily 1932: Open Battle

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:27:37 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft may do something, OpenAI could receive something, and Amazon is betting on something.

First Ring Daily 1931: Flying Through French

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:44:55 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, speaking a little French, flying through airports, and a little tech for the novelty side of things.

First Ring Daily 1930: Windows Dreams

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:44:31 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Mac keeps Windows up at night, installing agents, and new headphones.

First Ring Daily 1929: Health Pilot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:45:40 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, CoPilot adds a bit of health, Paul does a bit of LLM, and Brad figures out how to talk about football.

First Ring Daily 1928: A Hilux of Helix

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:57:25 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox tells the helix and we talk about a Hilux.

First Ring Daily 1928: A Hilux of Helix

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:50:46 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox tells the helix and we talk about a Hilux.

First Ring Daily 1927: Changing Seat Boxes

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:45:04 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the seats were changed, tomorrow may change Xbox, and we start in the middle of the week.

First Ring Daily 1926: Helixbox

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:02:03 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Helix is not a felix but an Xbox.

First Ring Daily 1925: Google's Payout

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:01:26 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google signs a deal, Epic will be silent, and Apple doesn't announce anything.

First Ring Daily 1924: Apple's Neo

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:18:46 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we forget it's a podcast, the MacBook Neo, and 8 gigs of RAM.

First Ring Daily 1923: MMMMM and MMMMM Pro

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:23:36 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple releases the M5, Apple updates the pricing, and Apple has a display.

First Ring Daily 1922: Apple adds an E

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:28:29 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slow opening, an Apple phone, and a few more announcements this week.

First Ring Daily 1921: A Box of Money

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:16:11 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI has $100b, Paul has a lamp, and also a box.

First Ring Daily 1920: Privately Snow

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:20:09 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it snowed, it's private, and it's a good but not the end of the week.

First Ring Daily 1918: Running the Models

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:47:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a big laptop, a little copy write, and a local model walk into a podcast.

First Ring Daily 1917: The Xbox Hop Hop Hop

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:53:02 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the Mac is in the building, Xbox has a very big talking point, and more Xbox than ever before.

First Ring Daily 1916: Boat Walking

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:10:11 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the app works again, the app sways again, and the app ends again.

First Ring Daily 1915: A Little Mini

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:29:09 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a mini, an app, and a few photos.

First Ring Daily 1915: A Little Mini

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:24:15 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a mini, an app, and a few photos.

First Ring Daily 1914: The Top Programmers

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:49:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Mark and Linus use AI, we use AI, and some don't use AI.

First Ring Daily 1913: Mac N' Squeeze

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:29:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple has a Mac day, OpenAI buys a claw, and gaming will be more expensive in the future.

First Ring Daily 1912: Taskbar Conspiracy

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:35:32 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Windows changes how it will ship big updates, taskbar conspiracy theories, and a little bit more.

First Ring Daily 1911: Clairvoyance'd

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:28:46 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Clairvoyance has shipped, Paul listens to Brad yap, and we hope the audio worked.

First Ring Daily 1910: New Models, New Friday, Same Talk

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:51:40 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI releases something, Anthropic releases something, and Microsoft finds itself stuck in the middle.

First Ring Daily 1909: AMD is Talk'n

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:57:54 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, AMD spills the beans, more invites going out, and Claude has no ads.

First Ring Daily 1908: A Structured Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:47:05 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a podcast with many sections, a few screens, and a little bit of snow.

First Ring Daily 1907: Average News

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:08:26 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, emails from OpenAI, Sonnet is turning 5, and more snow is not a good thing.

First Ring Daily 1906: Apple Coin

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:39:07 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple made some money, Microsoft lost some stock, and it's still cold.

First Ring Daily 1905: The Microsoft Earnings Report...Dissection

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:32:40 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a deep look at the Microsoft earnings report about what is growing, who is leading, and how this changes things going forward.

First Ring Daily 1904: Commenting on the Temp

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:27:27 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox gets moused, the weather is a topic, and comments get overhauled.

First Ring Daily 1903: New Tag, New View

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:23:57 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple has new tags, Xbox has a new view, and why everything is a web.

First Ring Daily 1902: Inches of Progress

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:38:44 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, snow arrived, OpenAI will talk more, and Amazon will employe fewer.

First Ring Daily 1901: Hold the Command Line

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:44:34 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox had their showcase, Microsoft ships a new CLI, and an SDK for a Copilot.

First Ring Daily 1900: Football Players of AI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:19:52 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we bring some throwback names you might know, AI with Apple, and an Xbox event today.

First Ring Daily 1899: Optimizing the Game

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:39:10 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a drone in the room, a game on the spreadsheet, and pushing towards the limit of how to change it up.

First Ring Daily 1898: We are the Road Cone

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:36:24 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we dream on being road artifacts, Copilot can be hidden in Edge, and as a reminder, it's Tuesday.

First Ring Daily 1897: Collecting Our Thoughts

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:58:30 -0500

On this episode First Ring Daily, collections come to an end, zombies might be good, and an earthquake alarm.

First Ring Daily 1896: Gaming Divorce

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:33:23 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Games are a topic, divorce is also mentioned, but we stick to the agenda of translations.

First Ring Daily 1895: A New CEO

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:44:01 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a talk about subscriptions, a talk about a new CEO, and a final joke for those who watch football.

First Ring Daily 1894: Easing Into the Week

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:44:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul goes south, Brad enjoys the Claude, but Open is not happy with the Thropic.

First Ring Daily 1893: Fixed It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:00:33 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, IoT is back on the menu, thinking about new TVs, and Apple makes a change for the card.

First Ring Daily 1892: Buttons on the Firebird

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:04:05 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, IoT needs a button, old classic cars are good, and AMD has chips, too.

First Ring Daily 1891: All Roads Lead to Docker

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:45:56 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, making the house more complex, Intel has new chips that look good, and AMD has things coming, too.

First Ring Daily 1890: Welcome to 2026

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:42:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slop of a start, a HomeKit that's not at home, and back to the usual for us.

First Ring Daily 1889: One for the Holiday

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:42:57 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Christmas is next week, Airpods to be purchased, and a mouse you should consider.

First Ring Daily 1888: Fixed Sideways

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:38:35 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Amex saves the day, OpenAI passes Copilot, and a little animal intro.

First Ring Daily 1887: Snowing Sideways

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:29:56 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the flights got shifted and ruined the weekend.

First Ring Daily 1886: Open Disney

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:56:34 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Disney goes Open, AI gets characters, and a little snow delay.

First Ring Daily 1885: A Phone Call

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:23:39 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it's more of a phone call than a podcast.

First Ring Daily 1884: Ops Bandwidth

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:51:08 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, not a good COD, a better look at bandwidth, and a little rain for a Wednesday.

First Ring Daily 1883: Battery of Discussion

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:57:17 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a battery enters the chat, taxi is a topic, and we burn down a few trees.

First Ring Daily 1882: Bad Ball Books

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:57:58 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, sports are bad, books can be short, and a little fireside chat.

First Ring Daily 1881: An Email is Coming

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:36:13 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, an email is coming to you soon, consolidation at expense is happening, and you can run a bit more fluently now.

First Ring Daily 1880: Photo Success

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:15:51 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a photo win, a rounded corner, and a context menu.

First Ring Daily 1879: The Financial Cabal

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:29:24 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the financial cabal is coming for your books.

First Ring Daily 1878: Snow for the Road

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:48:06 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it snows, AI glows, and coding is the AI of last resort.

First Ring Daily 1877: NASonomics

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:41:38 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, NAS shuffling, Google Photos annoyances, and it's December.

First Ring Daily 1876: Snapshots of Pi

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:59:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, more talk of storage, something you might like for Christmas, and we wrap up the holiday week.

First Ring Daily 1875: For the Photos

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:45:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we talk a lot about photos, how to store photos, and how to extract photos.

First Ring Daily 1874: All the Models

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:06 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul prepares for travel, Brad tries to pilot the PC, and sync is still going strong.

First Ring Daily 1873: Agents, Gravity, and Money

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:31:12 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Agents on the taskbar, Gravity out of Google, and Money flowing in a circle.

First Ring Daily 1872: It Should be Easy

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:32:13 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the Internet is broken, .Net wasnt easy, and maybe you can see this.

First Ring Daily 1871: Agentic Downloads

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:30:43 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Agentic is a topic, downloads will happen, and Ignite is this week.

First Ring Daily 1870: Connection Speed

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:01:20 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad shows his app, Paul shows his download, and we call it a week.

First Ring Daily 1869: Ship Week

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:06:52 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, NAS gets used, Paul sits in the overcast, and we talk about what's ahead for this week.

First Ring Daily 1868: Nas-onomics

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:50:08 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it's all about that NAS.

First Ring Daily 1868: NASsues

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:40:09 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it's all about that NAS.

First Ring Daily 1867: More Money, More AI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:45:45 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the unlimited wheel of money flows but this time to Amazon.

First Ring Daily 1866: Sporty Ignite

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:42:52 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, bad weekend decisions, no speaking decision, and a little holiday talk.

First Ring Daily 1865: Earnings Aftermath

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:43:29 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, all the earnings dropped, and we pick it all back up.

First Ring Daily 1864: Smash Them Together

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:31:41 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Satya tells us what we know, we talk about what we know, and we know how they will hide it.

First Ring Daily 1863: OpenAI gets Structured

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:50:02 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI gives Microsoft 27%, new models until later, and consistent podcasts are key.

First Ring Daily 1862: Everyone Gets a Halo

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:24:56 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad has two thumbs, PlayStation has a Halo, and we are back for another week.

First Ring Daily 1861: That's No Blorb

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:24:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it's a blorb, it's a Halo, no...it's just another podcast.

First Ring Daily 1860: It's Thirty Percent

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:57:58 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox stays in the headlines and that's thirty percent of the problem.

First Ring Daily 1859: Atlas Falls

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:29:40 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI launches Atlas, Xbox will be premium, and maybe vanilla will be good.

First Ring Daily 1858: It's a Windows Things

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:12:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft says Windows will be AI native, Windows teases more AI updates for Thursday, and we sit back and watch it all boil over.

First Ring Daily 1857: A Slow Monday

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:04:33 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, AWS broke, we can't think of anything, and a single lightbulb to save humanity.

First Ring Daily 1856: Stay for the Tech

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:34:20 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it starts of cold, it talks about F1, and ends with the right tech.

First Ring Daily 1855: Speak 'N Say

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:43:15 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Hey Copilot - that's it, that's the episode.

First Ring Daily 1854: MMMMM5

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:06:02 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple has an M5, Nvidia is spending money, and Microsoft shares a tweet.

First Ring Daily 1853: Dragon Eats the Tail

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:09:54 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI gives away more money, Microsoft makes an image Xbox debunks another rumor.

First Ring Daily 1852: Chips N Dip

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:39:09 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily Intel has chips, Sony has chips, and we dip into the weekend.

First Ring Daily 1851: An Xbox Weekend

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:24:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has a weekend, AMD signs with OpenAI, and it's a short week for podcasters.

First Ring Daily 1850: Can it Spin Out?

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:57:54 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox will be watched, we figure out a schedule, and we take a look at numbers we can't see.

First Ring Daily 1849: Games Pass Plot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:47:53 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Game Pass raises the price, Office gets new icons, and we try to keep it together.

First Ring Daily 1848: Hardware Falls

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:04:02 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, removing hardware, adding more hardware, and it makes sense for Windows 12.

First Ring Daily 1847: The Deck Chairs Have Moved

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:17:28 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Windows gets re-org'd, AI is and isn't selling, and the end will be the same as before.

First Ring Daily 1845 Maui's Chips

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:26:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, x86 has a future, Maui is a location, and Xbox isn't at Costco.

First Ring Daily 1844: Toe in Revenue

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:53:22 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, toes of the NFL, revenue of the OpenAI and more travel for everyone.

First Ring Daily 1843: Open Secret

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:49:29 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI and Microsoft announced and announcement, NFL lunches, and starting off on Friday.

First Ring Daily 1842: The Nest of Tech

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:18:54 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, off topic is the new on topic, Nest leaves it behind, and AirPods for thee.

First Ring Daily 1841: Apple Aftermath

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:05:22 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple holds an event and the Internet holds up.

First Ring Daily 1840: The Tubes Failed

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:44:04 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the tubes failed but we uploaded anyway.

First Ring Daily 1839: Intel's Apple

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:23:53 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Intel gets canned, Apple has an event, and Brad has an odd Monday.

First Ring Daily 1838: On Topic Pixel

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:13:13 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Pixel is used for 10, Berlin is used for Paul, and IFA had a few things.

First Ring Daily 1837: From Berlin

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:53:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is in Berlin, Brad tries not to sneeze, and Google gets away with it.

First Ring Daily 1836: A Gaming Brain

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:27:05 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad wants an Xbox PC, Paul has an option, and Europe is next week.

First Ring Daily 1835: TV, TV, Points

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:50:54 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Copilot lands on a TV, Brad fights the man, and the points are made.

First Ring Daily 1834: A Browser UI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:54:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Claude has a new thing, Xbox has a new game, and so does PlayStation.

First Ring Daily 1833: The Plot Forgets

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:37:03 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, old movies, old games, and nothing for the plot.

First Ring Daily 1832: Silence of Shares

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:37:01 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a Monday has arrived, a weekend was talked about, and the pay has been raised.

First Ring Daily 1830: Nerds in a Box

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:47:03 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, AI is magical sometimes, PlayStation goes up, and Pixel has a decision.

First Ring Daily 1829: Seven Switches

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:33:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has a com, Switch has a game, and Notion has offline.

First Ring Daily 1828: Intel's Spirit

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:07:23 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Intel gets cash, an idea for Halloween, and researching the seed.

First Ring Daily 1827: Seeds of Tech

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:00:34 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a greatest hit, a seedling of tech, and a few looks of a Gemini.

First Ring Daily 1826: GPT-FIVE PlayStations

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:51:26 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, GPT-5 is here, PlayStation not focusing on consoles as much, and we need another week off - probably.

First Ring Daily 1825: A Non-Ironic Data Lake

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:40:12 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, ChaptGPT 5 is coming, a data lake is needed, and using a code.

First Ring Daily 1824: Small Talk

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:56:08 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, GPT has a new small model, Mexico is back in America, and no invites for the browser.

First Ring Daily 1823: Claude's Message

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:07:29 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad sent the text, Claude is in trial, and a GPT on the horizon.

First Ring Daily 1822: Mountains Return

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:08:57 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad returns from the mountains, Microsoft returns big profits, and we break open the numbers of Game Pass.

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First Ring Daily 1821: A Single Text from Space

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:25:38 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad will send a text, games will cost "less", and the last pod for a couple weeks.

First Ring Daily 1820: It Should be Meese

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:36:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a 5G Surface, many moose, and spray or not to spray.

First Ring Daily 1819: Bumper Centers

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:18:15 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Oracle is a topic, bumpers fall off, and UWP pours another one out.

First Ring Daily 1818: A Copilot Plus PC walks into a GPU

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:16:33 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Copilot Plus PCs have put Microsoft in a corner and there may not be an easy way out.

First Ring Daily 1817: How Will Microsoft Compete?

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:20:17 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, an unusual deep dive into the complexities Microsoft faces with Copilot against the world.

First Ring Daily 1816: Google's Day

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:44:08 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google raises the price, Google announces a day, and Google plans AI.

First Ring Daily 1815: Frictions

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:46:30 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI goes for Word, a punk goes for the Mac, and a couple interesting connections.

First Ring Daily 1814: MCP the Things

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:19:05 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, MCPs are the future, APIs are the past, and Wind has been Surf'd.

First Ring Daily 1813: Surfacing It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:21:17 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI gets Google'd, Forza sells a lot, and Brad needs a haircut.

First Ring Daily 1812: The Clause

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:22:24 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI has a clause, Microsoft doesn’t have the call, and we hope you haven’t had your AI today.

First Ring Daily 1811: AI Takes It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:38:48 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the browser wars are back, coding is a control, and rules are debatable.

First Ring Daily 1810: iPad Fakes It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:21:15 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, iPad makes an image, salsa is in the browser, and Apple loses an AI.

First Ring Daily 1809: More Studio, More Mexico

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:16:43 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul heads south, the cuts are still the topic, and we keep it short for tomorrow.

First Ring Daily 1808: After the Cuts

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:32:20 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Phil writes a memo, Xbox makes the cuts, and the future is still not as clear.

First Ring Daily 1807: Xbox Starts the Cuts

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:14:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox announces the cuts, we talk about code, and a few other topics slide in.

First Ring Daily 1805: Super Steal

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:13:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Meta buys the club, cursing in the cloud, and losing the fingers on the weekend.

First Ring Daily 1804: A Medal for Recording

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:51:42 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad touches a medal, Paul fights a code, and we keep it low.

First Ring Daily 1804: Same Screen, New Name

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:28:08 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the screen goes black, the kernel comes back, and swift is not a movement.

First Ring Daily 1803: Back to Our Usual

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:29:03 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a thought of something that may have happened, a little bit of nothing, and more of the same.

First Ring Daily 1802: Next Week is Different

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:59:58 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox is making changes, Sales is making changes, and really, Microsoft is the one making the changes.

First Ring Daily 1802: Next Week is Different

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:45:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox is making changes, Sales is making changes, and really, Microsoft is the one making the changes.

First Ring Daily 1801: AI for Eye

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:39:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft has an AI, Apple wants an AI, and only one AI is selling.

First Ring Daily 1800: AMD Spills It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:36:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, AMD shares more details, Paul gets Boston'd, and we slide into the weekend.

First Ring Daily 1799: Rock, Paper, Cuts

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:03:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft has cuts, OpenAI has a contract, and Notion gets talked about.

First Ring Daily 1798: The Xboxes are Coming

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:53:54 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has three big announcements in one short video.

First Ring Daily 1797: Apple and Microsoft's Issues

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:01:14 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple has UI issues, Microsoft has GPT issues, and we record a long talk.

First Ring Daily 1796: The Apple Book You Should Read

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:28:53 -0400

On this episode of Frist Ring Daily, it's a book club conversation about a book you should probably read.

First Ring Daily 1795: Enjoy the Codex

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:28:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, look at the Codex, trying to dig the moat, and heading away for a short bit.

First Ring Daily 1795: Two Things (Well Three)

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:32:52 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, two important things, a quick time away, and more things to know.

First Ring Daily 1794: Aligned Numbers

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 29 May 2025 10:05:44 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple will make a change, Microsoft should make a change, and a button that isnt great.

First Ring Daily 1793: Fenced Out

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:39:04 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Fences 6 is now available, Apple has a book for reading, and modems are a part of the phone.

First Ring Daily 1792: Apple's Bad Weekend

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 27 May 2025 09:39:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple gets a final warning, Apple has a conference, and it's a fake Monday.

First Ring Daily 1791: From Terminal to Terminate

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 23 May 2025 10:06:37 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, stuck in a terminal, AI will terminate, and it's a Friday before a weekend holiday.

First Ring Daily 1790: From the Airport and Build

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:27:26 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a light talk of build, a little talk of I/O, and a smidge of OpenAI.

First Ring Daily 1789: Getting to ARM

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 16 May 2025 09:43:09 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slow takeoff, a trip to Chicago, and finally getting to ARM.

First Ring Daily 1788: Bugs N Bing

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 15 May 2025 12:07:31 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Bugs, Bing, and Brad.

First Ring Daily 1787: Monitoring Layoffs

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:27 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the monitor is a mic, layoffs are happening at Microsoft, and a little bit more.

First Ring Daily 1786: Break and Fix

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 13 May 2025 09:55:13 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad breaks it, Brad fixes it, Paul searches it.

First Ring Daily 1785: Camera On, Camera Off

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:24:40 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the camera is on, Firefox is off, and everything comes back around.

First Ring Daily 1784: Popeanomics

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 09 May 2025 09:49:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the Pope, the Hope, and the Nope.

First Ring Daily 1783: It's a Button, Xbox

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 08 May 2025 09:37:49 -0400

As long as you downloaded the application directly from us, the file is clean. This is the first report we have seen of AV flagging the new app which is a possibility that because the name changed, it tripped up Kaspersky

First Ring Daily 1782: New Surface

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 07 May 2025 09:28:39 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is back from NY, Surface is hot off the press, and Brad goes USB-C.

First Ring Daily 1781: Better Packets

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 05 May 2025 09:56:21 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is home, packets are crisp, and we have a Surface announcement this week.

First Ring Daily 1780: App Story Victory

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:48:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple pays the tax, Apple opens the store, and Fortnite makes a return.

First Ring Daily 1779: Microsoft Earnings

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 01 May 2025 10:30:27 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft releases earnings, Xbox raises prices, and Paul drinks a small drink.

First Ring Daily 1778: Vibe Water

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:30:22 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the drains have functioned, earnings will flow, and technology will come down.

First Ring Daily 1777: Dollar and Patched

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:42:13 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, patching for a dollar, earnings for an update, and a little support cost.

First Ring Daily 1776: Thermostatus

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:59:33 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, tech no longer supported, earnings in the week, and a slow start to a podcast.

First Ring Daily 1775: A Touch of Revenue

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:32:27 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google makes a lot of money, Cloud might be sustainable, and a few jokes that bottom-out the week.

First Ring Daily 1774: Adobe's Slow Start

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:30:26 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, it takes us a minute, Adobe could be an option, or maybe OpenAI after all.

First Ring Daily 1773: Who Buys Chrome

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:17:02 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI wants Chrome, Chrome shouldn't have a home, and a store for Agent Smith.

First Ring Daily 1771: The Galaxy Cloud

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:40:34 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we look at a mountain, we talk about a cloud, and we cancel a day.

First Ring Daily 1770: Don't Try it Yet

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:04:23 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, don't try the feature yet, Notion has a mail, and more AI than you can shake a stick at.

First Ring Daily 1769: Searching Steam

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:57:15 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, games on the net, games on Steam, and Apple has a headline.

First Ring Daily 1768: Clogged

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:26:59 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a smell is described, Sony raises prices, and Google ends a Nest.

First Ring Daily 1767: Find the Setting

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:39:07 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, ChatGPT does not forget, Surface has a setting, and Build will travel.

First Ring Daily 1766: It's Round

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:17:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul installs a table, Brad looks at a round icon, and we talk about screen savers.

First Ring Daily 1765: Setting the Table

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:32:52 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, putting a table on a page, Xbox has an event, and no talk of grass today.

First Ring Daily 1764: Wax the Rocks

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:22:38 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, AI gets a phone, rocks get waxed, and Google changes the traffic.

First Ring Daily 1763: A Frontier Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:26:12 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a cord has changed, rain has fallen, and AI had its event.

First Ring Daily 1762: Mouse Cursor

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:52:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, changing a mouse cursor, self-gratitiude, and a lot of typewrites.

First Ring Daily 1760: Switched Too

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:26:45 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Switch 2 in real-time, no COD shown, and a late arrival of the price.

First Ring Daily 1759: WaterGPT

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:17:17 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, water is a primary topic, GPT raises money, and keyboard may not be working.

First Ring Daily 1758: Vitamin AI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:07:08 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is outside, Brad tries to segway, and we look at Recall.

First Ring Daily 1757: Forced Performance

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:52:55 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Windows makes changes, Office gets physical, and we try to track updates.

First Ring Daily 1756: A Brief Interruption

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:44 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, back for a pod, new tech is reviewed, and another short break on the horizon.

First Ring Daily 1755: An Xbox Plan

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:37:12 -0400

On this edition of First Ring Daily, we take a break, but come back, and then we talk about Intel, Xbox, and a few other things.

First Ring Daily 1753: Apple Announces Things

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:26:38 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple announces new hardware, Paul tries Cursor, and Brad browses the web.

First Ring Daily 1752: Using AI Actually

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:55:03 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, using AI, using Cursor, and using our time wisely.

First Ring Daily 1751: Unplug and Move

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:27:43 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad moves a monitor, Paul tries a phone number, and we hope it all works.

First Ring Daily 1750: Skype Gets Zune'd

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:53:53 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Skype gets Zune'd, a cable gets Windows Phone'd, and Brad finally makes the purchase.

First Ring Daily 1749: That's An Ad

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:41:33 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Teams has an ad, money has been made, and a new PC has entered the arena.

First Ring Daily 1748: Camera Shy

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:06 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul adjusts a camera, Brad ponders a download speed, and it's another top-notch podcast.

First Ring Daily 1747: Pass the Majorana 1

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:55:26 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft announces the Majorana 1, Apple announces the iPhone 16E, and we load the dishwasher.

First Ring Daily 1746: Palm's iPod

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:19:50 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, HP buys an asset, Apple talked with HP, and Intel is on the floor.

First Ring Daily 1745: Podcast with AI

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:30:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, paste gets reimagined, a notch below, and a not good thing.

First Ring Daily 1744: What's the App

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:26:06 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad sets up an app live, Paul enters his password, and we talk about an update.

First Ring Daily 1742: They Won

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:27:40 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad gives up, Microsoft gives up, and Paul tolerates the above.

First Ring Daily 1741: Caught

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:21:53 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Verizon catches up, cores are important, and chips are being developed.

First Ring Daily 1740: Football Boxes

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:24:03 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, football has concluded, Xbox has new figures, and optimism is on the table.

First Ring Daily 1739: A Monkey on the Brad

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:54:39 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad keeps the background, iPhone has a new SE, and we use ChatGPT for high-value purposes.

First Ring Daily 1738: The TV Box Company

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:43:54 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Sonos looks at the TV, Roku needs a bedfellow, and Build is happening in May.

First Ring Daily 1737: Billions of Self-Reflection

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:59:55 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, more earnings reports, more self-reflection, and a few mentions of Xbox games.

First Ring Daily 1736: Jar Jar's Book

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:25:36 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple fights for search, Bill writes a trilogy, and Xbox has another event.

First Ring Daily 1735: China's Monday

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:24:45 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the origin of Monday has been discovered, email spam filtering will never work, and a few other high quality ideas.

First Ring Daily 1734: Apple Wins, ARM Good, Intel Bad

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:09:24 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple does well, ARM is a good option, but Intel might be bad.

First Ring Daily 1733: Microsoft Earnings Aftermath

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:40:35 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft released its earnings, we talk about earnings, and a little more for later today.

First Ring Daily 1732: The Thief of my Thief

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:38:02 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, OpenAI got robbed, Microsoft reports earnings, and the transitions are a bit more slidey.

First Ring Daily 1731: Deep Seek Fishing

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:55:26 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, DeepSeek changes the game, Microsoft could have no moat, and Brad updates the transitions.

First Ring Daily 1730: Directly After

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:29:41 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Xbox has its event, AI maybe gets a browser, and we end the week with a chat.

First Ring Daily 1730: Directly After

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:54:52 -0500

On this edition of the Sams report, Xbox goes direct while Microsoft shuffles the leadership board.

First Ring Daily 1729: Microsoft is Changing

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:57:38 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, shakeup at the top, shakeup in the middle, and shakeup at the bottom.

First Ring Daily 1728: They Took My Word

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:32:23 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Word loses a feature, a basket of rodents, and a little Mercury to start your childhood.

First Ring Daily 1727: Getting Warmer

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:35:15 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is in the warmth, Brad is in the cold, and tech is a side conversation.

First Ring Daily 1726: Three for Six

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:33:08 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, remotes are a hot, three dollars is an increase, but six is a good value.

First Ring Daily 1725: Switching Two

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:13:16 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Switch 2 is shown, games are good, and a cliff edge is a place to stand.

First Ring Daily 1724: Gang is Almost Back

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:27:18 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Ralf heads back, kickstands for all, and we close that down.

First Ring Daily 1723: It's a Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:09:13 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we question reality, plot lines, and listeners.

First Ring Daily 1722: Sonosy

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:29:35 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Sonos has a new CEO, Paul installs Windows and Brad jumps.

First Ring Daily 1721: Snowzone

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:06:20 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, more snow, fewer zones, and CES is done.

First Ring Daily 1721: Switching it Up

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:53:19 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Switch is coming, Xbox is evolving, and chips in the heat.

First Ring Daily 1720: Handheld Chips

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:13:39 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Lenovo has a new device, AMD has chips, Intel has Chips, and Nvidia has chips, too.

First Ring Daily 1719: What the Dell Happened

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:39:48 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Dell changes names, AMD changes names, Intel has chips and so does Nvidia.

First Ring Daily 1718: It Has Risen

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:30:05 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad fixes a wobble, snow piles up, and Copilot is coming to your TV.

First Ring Daily 1717: Snow Screens

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:24:13 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the snow is coming, the fancy backgrounds are not, and a new keyboard will show up as well.

First Ring Daily 1716: Twenty-Five

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:41:21 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we start 2025 with a usual podcast, Brad has a solution for a desk, and CES is here.

First Ring Daily 1715: Just a Button

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:19:25 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Copilot has new buttons, we talk about a NUC, and CES is around the corner.

First Ring Daily 1714: A December Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:19:10 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad tries to do a sensible thing, Paul tries to talk him out of it, and a few other late December ideas.

First Ring Daily 1712: More of the Same

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:48:30 -0500

On this episode of Frist Ring Daily, the move is almost done, some actions will go away, and all the brands of Copilot.

First Ring Daily 1711: Nothing and Everything, Moved

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:36:25 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the camera moved, the desk moved, by Multiplicity did not.

First Ring Daily 1710: Apple's Jump

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:15:23 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a look at wood, Apple's jump rope, and the camera moved.

First Ring Daily 1709: Too Much for the Weekend

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:30:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, building the bar, staining the top, and moving the goods.

First Ring Daily 1708: Selling Each Other Out

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:35:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, we hack a pack, plot our downfall, and record it for future evidence.

First Ring Daily 1707: Explain This

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:47:15 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, 24h2 is coming to more users, ocean waves are better, and not nearly there yet.

First Ring Daily 1706: Microsoft Gets Aggressive

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:40:49 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft gets aggressive with the FTC, a meeting in DC, and an email app please.

First Ring Daily 1705: Intel Pt 2.

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:49:26 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Intel is still in the headlines and they also have new GPUs.

First Ring Daily 1704: Big Changes for Intel

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:51:42 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Intel "retires" the CEO, Brad retires Adobe, and Paul retires his video halfway through the podcast.

First Ring Daily 1703: Bird Call

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:52:17 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the champ has fallen, we make it to Recall, but first we download an app.

First Ring Daily 1702: Recalling

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:07:31 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad recalls the ISO, Paul uses Recall, and we try the Champ.

First Ring Daily 1700: Chrome Needs a Home

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:23:29 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Chrome needs a home, it snows at home, and Paul is home.

First Ring Daily 1699: Ignite Buys Chrome

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:47:47 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Ignite has announcements, Chrome might have a new home, and the flight slows down.

First Ring Daily 1698: Below Average Monday

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:20:36 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, tech doesn't make the agenda, sports are bad, and road construction exists.

First Ring Daily 1696: Organic Free-Range ISO

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:47:00 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, ARM has a new ISO, Brad has an idea, and Paul does it for humanity.

First Ring Daily 1694: Slowly Back Into It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:00:16 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slow start, a modest finish, and a usual podcast for a Tuesday after a holiday.

First Ring Daily 1693: Birds of the Weather

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:40:53 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Outlook fly's south, Brad stays up late, and Paul looks at a logo.

First Ring Daily 1693: Stranding in the Open

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:37:23 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a surprise for Xbox, a wrong button, and a little talk.

First Ring Daily 1692: Pro Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:14:37 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, PS5 Pro is around and that's about all that is around.

First Ring Daily 1691: Switching the 'Tana

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:42:23 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the cabin by the lake, the carrier in the sky, and the switch in the spring.

First Ring Daily 1690: A One Off

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:48:49 -0500

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Lunar is in the bottom of a lake, Apple buys an app, and the perfect device.

First Ring Daily 1689: DeepGPT

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:52:23 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Recall is delayed, SearchGPT is here, and a lot of earnings were released.

First Ring Daily 1688: Fractional Surface

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:37:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft releases revenue numbers, Surface is a fraction, and a mini for the wrong reasons.

First Ring Daily 1688: Backseat Driver

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:25:45 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Ops get tried, Microsoft has earnings, and we should build this agent.

First Ring Daily 1687: Second Chance

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:20:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul goes around the sun, Brad fixes the audio, and we cover the highlights.

First Ring Daily 1686: Oil the Robot

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:46:48 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Call of Duty day, Satya gets a payday, and Paul has an analogy.

First Ring Daily 1685: Edge Strikes Back

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:23:06 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Edge asks a question, time zones are a topic, and tomorrow is the day.

First Ring Daily 1684: ARM Strikes Back

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:54:29 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, ARM strikes back, Xbox ships a headset, and we admire some grass.

First Ring Daily 1683: Qualcomm Strikes Back

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:24:14 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Qualcomm calls out Intel, Intel calls AMD, and a gathering of x86.

First Ring Daily 1682: If AI Falls in the Woods

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:20:29 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple's AI, OpenAI, and the strangeness of it all.

First Ring Daily 1681: Technical Finish

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:58:01 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a big week for Game Pass, getting a Driver signed, and challenges of ARM.

First Ring Daily 1680: Moving Billboard

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:58:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, move the fence, displaying the game, and an iPad mini.

First Ring Daily 1679: Moneyball Games

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:29:01 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Moneyball is brought back to the conversation, Steam makes it clear, and a small gap in production.

First Ring Daily 1678: Lights of Night

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:40:44 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the lights come from the North, Xbox moves more games, and the grass will be complimented.

First Ring Daily 1677: Google's Multiplicity

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:11:11 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Multiplicity was the travel, Google has the splits, and Apple has avoided the fall...so far.

First Ring Daily 1676: LLMing the Call

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:34:04 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, phoning it in, LLMing it in, and heading out.

First Ring Daily 1674: 24H2 Professional Podcast

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:47:46 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the phone falls over, the headphone falls out, and 24h2 hits the net.

First Ring Daily 1673: Bigger in Texas

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:30:16 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is in Texas, Windows ships an update, and the room is bigger too.

First Ring Daily 1672: That Point in the Cycle

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:18:47 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, less about football, more about court cases, and a fact that Brad can't remember.

First Ring Daily 1671: That's No Rabbit

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:46:39 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a rabbit doesn't show up, more talk of grass, and next time it will be meta.

First Ring Daily 1670: Orion's Fuel

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:27:31 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Meta shows the VR you can't buy and bringing up the old names you might remember.

First Ring Daily 1669: Google Likes the EU

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:12:38 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google takes to the EU, a path of weather, and it's a Wednesday.

First Ring Daily 1667: Almost Forgot About That Thing

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:28:50 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a joke at Dreamforce, forgetting about Qualcomm, and talking about Intel.

First Ring Daily 1665: It Heard Us Talking About It

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:46:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, iPad doesn't get an update, Windows heard us talking, and coal is a topic.

First Ring Daily 1664: Not Going Crazy

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:46:33 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a story from 2022, iPhone's and their cameras, and Google talks to the second court.

First Ring Daily 1663: Intel's Memory

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:56:00 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Intel is making big moves, Windows has had a few marketing moments, and that 18 update is out for Apple.

First Ring Daily 1662: It's Called a Spludger

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:02:12 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, PSU is replaced, screens are detached, and a tool for all trades.

First Ring Daily 1661: Into the Woods

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:54:59 -0400

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a non-purchase, a picture of grass, and a surprise COO.