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

Sony PlayStation 2

Sony Says its PlayStation 2 Crossed 160 Million Lifetime Sales

Sony announced this week that its PlayStation 2 console, which was already the best-selling console…

Amazon Black Friday 2024 deals

Black Friday 2024: The Best Amazon Deals to Shop Right Now

We’ve compiled the best Black Friday 2024 deals we could find on Amazon today, and…

Xbox Avatar Editor app

Xbox Avatar Editor App Will Shut Down in January 2025

Microsoft is discontinuing the Xbox Avatar Editor app it launched during the Xbox One generation.…

New Outlook for Windows

Microsoft 365 Outage is Affecting Teams and Outlook

Microsoft is rushing to fix an outage affecting various online services including Exchange Online, Microsoft…

Xbox Gamers Can Now Join Private Discord Calls

Xbox gamers can finally join private Discord calls from their consoles in addition to public…

Windows 11 version 24H2 gaming

Windows 11 Version 24H2 Has a Compatibility Issue With Select Ubisoft Games

Microsoft is blocking updates to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs where select Ubisoft games…

PlayStation 5 Handheld

Sony is Reportedly Working On PlayStation 5 Handheld

Sony has reportedly started working on a handheld gaming console that would be capable of…

Microsoft is Testing New Task Continuity Feature on Windows 11

Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel can now resume working on OneDrive files from their…

Windows 11 Recall feature

Recall and Click to Do Launch in Preview for Dev Channel Testers With Copilot+ PCs

Recall is launching in preview today for Dev Channel testers on Copilot+ PCs. A limited…

Apple Intelligence Siri

Apple May Introduce More Conversational “LLM Siri” Assistant in 2026

Apple is reportedly working on "LLM Siri," an overhauled version of its AI assistant with…

Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft Releases November Optional Updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10

The November optional updates for Windows 11 bring a lot of minor changes that Microsoft…

WhatsApp Voice Message transcripts

WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Voice Message Transcripts

WhatsApp has started rolling out voice message transcripts to all users. English, Portuguese, Spanish, and…

Spotify Audiobooks immersive features

Spotify Adds Sleep Timer, Playlists, and New Immersive Features for Audiobooks

Spotify is rolling new features for audiobook listeners including playlists, a Sleep Timer, and video…

Facebook Messenger HD Video Calls AI backgrounds

Facebook Messenger Now Supports HD Video Calls, AI Backgrounds, and More

Meta is improving the calling experience on Facebook Messenger with HD video calls, background noise…

Gemini for Google Workspace

Gemini for Google Workspace Adds Support for 7 New Languages

Google's Gemini AI in Google Workspace is now available in German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese,…

modernized Windows Hello experience

Microsoft Brings Modernized Windows Hello Experience to Canary Testers

The Windows 11 Canary Build 27754 brings various features previously introduced on other channels including…

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