Laurent Giret

Laurent is a Senior News Editor helping Paul Thurrott with daily tech news coverage since 2022. He's been writing about the technology industry for 10 years, mainly focusing on Big Tech companies. He also was the Editorial Manager of the Petri IT Knowledgebase from 2022 to 2023. You can follow Laurent on LinkedIn, Threads, X (Twitter), Bluesky, and Mastodon.

Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts

YouTube Premium

YouTube Premium is Getting More Expensive in Some EU Countries and Other Markets

Google is raising the price of its YouTube Premium individual subscription in some EU countries…

Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition

Report: Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition to Launch on Black Friday for €899.99

The limited-edition Xbox Series X25 console that Microsoft revealed in June will reportedly start shipping…

Google Discover say what you want to see

Google Discover to Let Users Say Which News They Want to See

The Discover feed in the Google mobile app will soon let users specify which news…

Apple Music Will Soon Start Labeling AI-Generated Music

Apple Music will soon join other streaming services such as Tidal and Deezer that have…

ChatGPT for Mac Apple Messages plugin

ChatGPT for Mac Can Now Take Control of Apple’s Messages App

OpenAI released a new Apple Messages plugin for its ChatGPT app for Mac yesterday that…

Nvidia GeForce Now Mozilla Firefox

Nvidia GeForce Now Adds Mozilla Firefox Support

Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service is now supported on Mozilla's Firefox browser.

Meta AI macOS App

Meta AI Gets a Native Mac App

Meta launched a native macOS app for its Meta AI chatbot along with new AI…

Google AI plan one free year student offer

Google Offers Students Around the World One Year of Google AI

Google is offering eligible students around the world one free year of a premium Google…

Samsung Galaxy Event August 26 2026

Samsung Announces Another Galaxy Event on August 27

Samsung is planning to reveal another addition to the Galaxy S26 family during a digital…

Alexa+ Fire TV

Amazon Makes Alexa+ Free to Use on Compatible Fire TV Devices

Amazon is making its next-gen Alexa+ assistant free to use on compatible Fire TV devices…

Xbox Insider manage local game saves

New Xbox Insider Update Adds Local Game Saves Management and More

Select Xbox Insiders can now manage their local game saves and delete them to free…

ChatGPT Ads

ChatGPT Ads Are Coming to 31 European Countries

OpenAI is getting ready to roll out ads to ChatGPT users in 31 European countries,…

Googlebook

[Update] Google to Hold Googlebook Event on September 15

Google has started sending media invites for an event dedicated to its new Googlebook product…

Google Gemini in Chrome for Android

Google Gemini in Chrome is Now Available on Android in the US

The Android version of Google Chrome is getting the same Gemini integration today as the iOS version, but…

OpenAI ChatGPT for Teens

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Teens

OpenAI is launching today ChatGPT for Teens, a new teen-focused experience with stronger protections by…

Apple AirPods with Camera macOS 27 beta

Latest macOS 26.7 Beta Includes References to AirPods with Cameras and Other Incoming Products

The latest macOS 27 beta Apple released yesterday includes lots of references to upcoming products,…

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