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.
Microsoft has announced its plans to update Secure Boot on Windows Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) PCs. The company is collaborating with its equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners to issue new Secure Boot keys starting this year. Secure Boot is a security feature that was first implemented in Windows 8 machines, particularly those running on the…
On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Intel showing off its new “Meteor Lake” Core Ultra mobile CPUs, neural processing units (NPUs) arriving on laptops, and changes to the desktop.
Qualcomm has just kicked off its Snapdragon 2023 Summit in Hawaii, and the company announced the new Snapdragon X Elite chip designed from the ground up for high-end Windows on Arm PCs. Snapdragon X Elite multi-threaded performance The Snapdragon X Elite features the custom integrated Oryon CPU and Qualcomm claims that it offers 2x better…
In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the new ‘Downfall’ vulnerability affecting older Intel CPUs, Microsoft’s modernized File Explorer on Windows 11, and the company’s potential trick for selling more new PCs.
Last Update: Jun 30, 2023
Nvidia announced several new AI products at the Computex annual trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. The biggest announcements made by the chip maker include the Nvidia DGX GH200, a new supercomputer designed for enterprise AI, an accelerated networking platform for hyperscale generative AI, as well as a new modular server architecture optimized for AI workloads….
ASUS has rolled out a new set of firmware updates to address critical vulnerabilities in its several router models. The company published a security advisory yesterday recommending customers to apply the security patches or restrict WAS access. Specifically, the latest firmware updates aim to fix two critical vulnerabilities with a 9.8 severity rating out of…
Intel announced this week a new branding structure that the company will start to use with its upcoming 14th gen Meteor Lake CPUs. The company will simplify the branding of its Core processors by dropping the “i” letter for processor tiering, and it’s also creating a new Ultra label for its most advanced processors. Intel…
To improve the repairability and durability of its various Surface devices, Microsoft has started selling official Surface replacement parts on its Microsoft Store. The dozens of components currently available include batteries, SSDs, screens, keyboards, and more. Microsoft makes Surface devices for both consumers and professionals and in recent years, the company significantly improved their repairability…
Last Update: Jun 07, 2023
Apple unveiled yesterday a new M2 Ultra chip that is coming to its desktop workstations, the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro. The latter was also the last Mac model that had yet to make the transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon, and this is finally happening almost three years after the introduction of…