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, Facebook, Threads, X (Twitter), Bluesky, and Mastodon.

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Google Photos Magic Editor

Google Photos Starts Rolling Out Magic Editor and Other AI Tools to More Users

Google has started making Magic Editor and other AI-powered editing tools available to more Google…

Amazon is Still Working on Paid AI Version of Alexa

Amazon is reportedly still on track to launch a paid version of Alexa with generative…

Adobe Lightroom Generative Remove

Adobe Lightroom is Getting a New AI-Powered Generative Remove Tool

Adobe Lightroom is getting a new Generative Remove feature powered by the company’s Firefly generative…

Qualcomm Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows

Build 2024: Qualcomm Announces $899 Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows

Qualcomm announced today the Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows, a $899 mini PC powered by…

Team Copilot

Build 2024: Microsoft Expands Copilot for Microsoft 365 With Team Copilot

Team Copilot, a new experience coming in preview later this year will transform Copilot for…

Microsoft Teams

Build 2024: Microsoft Teams Gets New Features to Enhance Collaboration

Microsoft detailed today new Teams feature to improve collaboration, new AI-powered capabilities in Microsoft Teams…

PC with Microsoft Edge

Build 2024: Microsoft Edge to Add Real-Time Video Translation and New Security Features for Business

Microsoft's Edge browser is getting real-time video translation and more security features for business users.

iOS 17.5.1 bug deleted photos

iOS 17.5.1 Fixes Bug Causing Deleted Photos to Reappear

iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1 include a fix for a bug that was causing deleted…

All new Surface Pro Surface Laptop

Microsoft’s New Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Are the “Ultimate Copilot+ PCs”

The all-new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Series chips are…

Copilot+ PC

Here Are The First ‘Copilot+’ PCs Powered By Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Series Chips

Microsoft, Qualcomm, and their PC partners are revealing today the first “Copilot+ PCs” powered by…

ChatGPT OneDrive Google Drive

ChatGPT Adds OneDrive and Google Drive Integrations

ChatGPT is adding integrations with OneDrive and Google Drive as part of new enhancements to…

Xbox Activision Blizzard King

Yes, Microsoft Still Plans to Bring Call of Duty Day One on Game Pass

Microsoft will reportedly announce at its Xbox Games Showcase on June 9 that the next…

Microsoft AI-powered Bing Satya Nadella

EU Commission May Fine Microsoft for Failing to Disclose Generative AI Risks on Bing

The European Commission may fine Microsoft if the doesn't satisfy a DSA-related request for information…

X Twitter logo

Elon Musk’s Twitter Completes Transition to X.com Domain

The rebranding of Twitter to ‘X’ has reached a new milestone today as the twitter.com…

Threads multi-column interface

Threads Starts Testing Multi-Column Interface on the Web

Threads has started testing a TweetDeck-like multi-column interface that lets users keep track of different…

Activision Elsewhere Entertainment

Activision Forms New Studio Working on “Genre-Defining” AAA Game

Activision has just announced the creation of Elsewhere Entertainment, a new Poland-based studio working on…

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