Laurent Giret

Laurent a Senior News Editor at Thurrott.com. He's been writing about the tech industry for many years and his favorite topics to cover include Big Tech, media, and gaming.

Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts

xAI Grok

Elon Musk Says xAI’s Grok Chatbot Will Go Open Source This Week

Grok, the AI chatbot launched by Elon Musk's new xAI startup in November will be…

Copilot Actions taskbar

New Windows 11 Beta Build Brings Copilot Actions to the Taskbar

The Windows 11 Beta build 22635.3276 adds new suggested actions for copied text when hovering…

Fornite Epic Games iOS iPhone

Apple Agrees to Restore Epic Games’ Developer Account Following EU Inquiry

Apple's decision to terminate Epic Games’ developer account earlier this week has now been reversed…

Hackers

Microsoft Says Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Accessed its Source Code

Midnight Blizzard, the Russian state-sponsored hacking group that has been Microsoft since November accessed its…

Apple Vision Pro

Apple Vision Pro Gets Mobile Device Management Features, More with visionOS 1.1

With visionOS 1.1, Apple's Vision Pro headset is getting new mobile device management features for…

Apple Will Let iOS Users in the EU Delete Safari Later This Year

Apple has detailed more upcoming changes to iOS in the EU to comply with the…

Microsoft Xbox Boosteroid

Microsoft Makes More of its PC Games Available on Boosteroid

Microsoft is bringing more of its PC games to Boosteroid, one of the cloud gaming…

Apple logo lockpick

Apple’s Termination of Epic Games’ Developer Account is Now Under EU Scrutiny

After the DMA forced Apple to allow alternative app stores on iOS in the EU,…

Microsoft March 21 event

Microsoft Announces March 21 Event Focusing on Copilot, Windows, and Surface

Microsoft announced a digital event on March 21 dedicated to the "new era of work…

Xbox Partner Preview event March 6 2024

Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview Event Reveals New Game Pass Games and More

Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview broadcast featured 14 games coming to the Xbox platform, with two…

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Engineer Says Copilot Needs Better Safeguards Against Violent Content and Copyright Violations

Shane Jones, an AI engineer at Microsoft has sent letters to the FTC and the…

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Apple Adds Some Conditions For Using Alternative App Stores on iOS

iOS users in the EU are now allowed to install alternative app stores on their…

iOS 17.4 Safari App Store EU DMA changes

iOS 17.4 is Out With DMA Changes for EU Users

As the EU Digital Markets Act's compliance deadline arrives, iOS 17.4 brings changes to how…

Windows Subsystem for Android

Microsoft is Killing the Windows Subsystem for Android and Amazon Appstore on Windows 11

Microsoft has quietly announced that it will end support for the Windows Subsystem for Android…

Microsoft Surface AI PC Copilot

Report: Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 Are Microsoft’s First “AI PCs” Coming on March 21

Microsoft will reportedly announce the Surface Pro 10 and the Surface Laptop 6 as its…

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Gets a Read Aloud Feature

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is getting a Read Aloud feature that completes the chatbot's ability to engage…

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