Episodes

June 17, 2026

First Ring Daily 1978: Surface It

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Surface announces new hardware because we skipped a day.
June 15, 2026

First Ring Daily 1977: The Way of GPU

On this episode of First Ring Daily, NVIDIA has a story, Xbox is making big changes, and somehow, we forgot about Apple.
June 5, 2026

First Ring Daily 1976: Bot or Not

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Bots are more than you, Build is over but Apple is next week.
June 4, 2026

First Ring Daily 1975: Horseless APIs

On this episode of First Ring Daily, more of Build, more APIs, and a little bit about horses.
June 3, 2026

First Ring Daily 1974: Build Aftermath

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Build has a day, Surface gets a mention, and AI is a topic.
June 2, 2026

First Ring Daily 1973: Build Day

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Build has started, you get one or the other, and a little screen recording for good.
June 1, 2026

First Ring Daily 1972: The Spark has Arrived

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a big spark for Windows, a Windows 12 theory, and Copilot Plus should be for all.
May 29, 2026

First Ring Daily 1971: Metro Pilot

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Copilot goes minimal, Build happens next week, and we walk into the Friday.
May 28, 2026

First Ring Daily 1970: We Shall C

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Snapdragon has a new chip, Brad doesn't like branding, and new laptops at a lower price.
May 27, 2026

First Ring Daily 1969: Geo of Sessions

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a Geo PRISM, a developer conference, and a German car make its way into a podcast.
May 26, 2026

First Ring Daily 1968: Phone the Car

On this episode of First Ring Daily, when Apple makes a car, when Paul and Brad read a calendar, and when we record after a holiday.
May 22, 2026

First Ring Daily 1967: Gritty Surfaces

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Windows has more changes, Call of Duty is going back, and it's a shorter week, soon.
May 21, 2026

First Ring Daily 1966: Scrape of the Future

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Sunscreen, Google I/O, and a Porsche.
May 14, 2026

First Ring Daily 1965: Small Break

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul travels, Brad travels, and not much else for the week.
May 13, 2026

First Ring Daily 1964: GoogleBook

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google has a book, Windows has a challenger, and OEMs were a bit quiet.
May 12, 2026

First Ring Daily 1963: Court Report

On this episode of First Ring Daily, the court is in order, and we get inside details about Microsoft and OpenAI.
May 11, 2026

First Ring Daily 1962: Set Your Phasers

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul learns about phases while Brad talks about hot water.
May 8, 2026

First Ring Daily 1961: Avocado Prices

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Switch goes up, Avocado is a topic, and Sony has earnings.
May 7, 2026

First Ring Daily 1960: Drilling the Wall

On this episode of First Ring Daily, a slow start, a middle of a middle, and a drill at the end.
May 6, 2026

First Ring Daily 1959: Think of the Bandwidth

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google steals the bits, Xbox takes a bite of Copilot, and Anthropic has dollars or stamps.
May 5, 2026

First Ring Daily 1958: SCUBA TV

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad spells a word, Paul laughs at night, and Apple TV is older.
May 4, 2026

First Ring Daily 1957: It's NAS A

On this episode of First Ring Daily, eBay has a buyer, we dig into NAS naming, and Paul sees the light.
May 1, 2026

First Ring Daily 1956: The Right Config

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.
April 30, 2026

First Ring Daily 1955: Microsoft Earnings Aftermath

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