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

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Game Pass

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and More Are Headed to Game Pass in November

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Metal Slug Tactics, and Goat Simulator Remastered are coming to Game…

Apple Pixelmator

Apple Acquires Photo Editing App Pixelmator

Apple is acquiring Pixelmator, a company known for its award-winning photo editing apps for iOS,…

modernized Windows Hello experience

Windows 11 Beta Build 22635.4440 Modernizes the Windows Hello Experience

The Windows 11 Beta build 22635.4440 introduces a modernized Windows Hello experience with new iconography…

OpenAI ChatGPT Search

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search

OpenAI is getting more serious about competing with Google with the launch of ChatGPT Search,…

Google Maps Generative AI

Google Maps is Getting New Generative AI Features

Google Maps users can now try a new AI search feature powered by Google Gemini,…

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft Shares Pricing Details for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Consumers

Microsoft revealed today how much consumers still using Windows 10 will need to pay to…

Meta AI

Meta AI Crosses 500 Million Users While Threads Approaches 275 Million

Meta AI has now crossed 500 million monthly active users. Threads, Meta’s Twitter/X clone also…

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Game Pass Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft Says Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Broke Game Pass Signups Record on a Launch Day

Microsoft says Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 set a record for day one players…

Dropbox AI

Dropbox is Laying Off 20% of its Workforce

Dropbox will lay off 20% of its workforce and streamline how it operates as it…

Apple MacBook Pro M4

Apple Announces New MacBook Pros With M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max Chips

Apple revealed today a new 14” MacBook Pro model with an M4 chip, plus 14”…

GitHub Copilot multi-model

GitHub Copilot to Support New AI Models From Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI

GitHub Copilot will soon let developers leverage Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro,…

Fantastical Calendar app Windows

Fantastical Calendar App is Now Available on Windows

Fantastical, an award-winning calendar app that’s quite popular among people using Apple devices is now…

Apple Mac Mini M4

Apple Unveils Redesigned Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro

Apple unveiled today a redesigned Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chips that looks…

Apple Intelligence iPhone iPad Mac

Apple Intelligence to Launch in the EU in Spring 2025

Apple is planning to officially launch Apple Intelligence on iPhones and iPads in the European…

New Home Experience xbox app for PC

Microsoft is Previewing New Home Experience on its Xbox App for PC

Microsoft is inviting Xbox Insiders on Windows to test a new Home experience on its…

Apple 24" iMac M4

Apple Announces New 24″ iMac with M4 Chip

Apple's new M4 iMac starts with 16GB of memory instead of 8GB, and it’s getting…

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