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 Employees

Microsoft Asks All of Its Employees to Prioritize Security

Microsoft explained in an internal memo that all of its employees must now participate in…

OpenAI board

Elon Musk Files New Lawsuit Against OpenAI and its Founders

Elon Musk is reviving his legal fight with OpenAI today with a new lawsuit filed…

OpenAI ChatGPT

OpenAI Built Text Watermarking Solution to Detect AI-Generated Content, But May Not Release It

OpenAI has developed a text watermarking solution to detect text created by ChatGPT, but the…

Valorant Xbox Series X|S PS5 Launch

Riot Games’ Free-To-Play Shooter Valorant Launches on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 Today

Valorant, the popular free-to-play tactical hero shooter is launching on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles…

Windows 11

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 23H2 Build on the Beta Channel

The Windows 11 23H2 build 22635.4005 is now available on the Beta Channel with a…

Apple Intelligence - Key tenets

Apple is “Engaging” With Regulators to Bring Apple Intelligence to the EU and China

Apple CEO Tim Cook said this week that the company was "engaging" with regulators in…

Intel 14th Gen Core CPU

Intel Extends Warranty for its 13th and 14th Gen Desktop CPUs By Two Years

Intel will offer two additional years of warranty for its desktop 13th/14th Gen desktop CPUs…

Google Chrome AI features

Google Lens is coming to Google Chrome Alongside Other AI Features

Google Chrome is integrating Google Lens to help users find more information on images, videos,…

New Outlook for Windows

New Outlook for Windows is Now Generally Available

Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows is now generally available for commercial customers, but the app…

xbox gamescom

Microsoft Will Have Over 50 Playable Games at Gamescom 2024

Microsoft will be the only console manufacturer at gamescom 2024, and there will be over…

Twitter for Mac

Twitter for Mac is Being Replaced With X iPad App

X, the company formerly known as Twitter is discontinuing its Twitter for Mac and replacing…

Xbox Discord Calling Streaming features

Xbox Consoles Are Getting New Discord Calling and Streaming Features

Xbox Insiders will get to test new Discord calling and streaming features today, including direct…

Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra CPU

Intel to Launch its “Lunar Lake” Core Ultra Mobile CPUs on September 3

Intel is planning to launch its “Lunar Lake” family of Core Ultra mobile CPUs on…

Spotify Basic

Spotify Loosens its Restrictions on Song Lyrics for Free Users

Spotify is expanding access to song lyrics for Free users after restricting the information to…

skype

Microsoft is Removing All Ads from Skype

The latest Skype update that's now available for Insiders is removing all ads from the…

Canva Leonardo acquisition

Canva Acquires AI Image Generator Leonardo

Canva is acquiring the AI image generation startup Leonardo.ai for an undisclosed amount, and the…

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