On this episode of First Ring Daily, black is hard to see on camera, Brad wants a laptop that grows grass, and Alexa has a skill.

Parallels Desktop 16.5 is now available on the Mac, offering native M1 support. That said, you still can’t run normal Windows 10 in a VM.

Not to be outdone by DuckDuckGo and Brave, alternative browser maker Vivaldi has announced that it, too, will block Google FLoC user tracking.

Today, Dell announced a redesigned family of Inspiron laptops in 13-, 14-, 15-, and 16-inch form factors. It also added an OLED display option to its XPS 13.

The fourth World Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator delivers more detailed flights around Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands.

In partnership with Microsoft, Amazon now lets customers directly download Xbox Game Pass titles using the Alexa smart assistant.

Petri’s GET-IT Backup and  Recovery 1-Day Virtual Conference is a day dedicated to a topic that most of us hope we never have to face – disaster recovery.

Watching Microsoft slowly evolve its Surface lineup is like watching paint dry. And after all these years, I gotta be honest. I’m ready to give up.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 4 and a bunch of new accessories. 

It is, perhaps, the worst-kept secret in personal technology, but Microsoft today announced the Surface Laptop 4, plus several new accessories aimed at meetings.

Google revealed this week that it will replace its Play Movies & TV app on LG, Samsung, and Vizio Smart TVs with the YouTube app.

Brave announced today that it is working to disable Google’s new Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) tracking method.

Today, HP announced the next-generation versions of its entry-level Z2 workstations. I’m reviewing the small form factor (SFF) version.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft spends big on Nuance, Pixel 5a may not be here, and doing math on a Monday is not advised.

Microsoft announced today that it will acquire AI software maker Nuance in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion.

With its OnePlus 9 Series handsets, OnePlus has finally vaulted into the upper echelon of premium smartphones alongside Apple and Samsung.

Some will be amused by this, and I suppose some will even be outraged. But there is just something special about the new iPad Air.

DuckDuckGo announced yesterday that it has updated its web browser extension to block Google's new FLoC tracking method in Chrome.

Multiple rumors erupted today that Google would be forced to cancel the Pixel 5a because of component shortages. But that’s not the case, Google says.

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a bit early so we can enjoy this Spring weather.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple says the iMessage part out loud, chicken restaurants, and steamrolling it into the weekend.

On this episode of the Sams Report, OneDrive goes 64bit, Teams has new links, and Game Pass continues to prove its worth to developers.

I’ve often said that Apple’s ecosystem is a one-way, dead-end street, and now that theory has been proven true by the company’s own executives.

Microsoft will reportedly announce Surface Laptop 4 on April 27, and the PC’s (European) prices and specifications have leaked.

Microsoft is now offering a preview of the 64-bit version of OneDrive for Windows for anyone who wishes to test this long-overdue update.

After skipping out on the 2020 rendition of its annual developer show because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google I/0 is back for 2021.