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.
Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts
Report: Spotify Price Increases Are Coming in the UK, Australia, and Other Markets
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- Apr 03, 2024
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Spotify is reportedly planning to announce price increases in five markets this month including the…
Spotify Expands its Premium Audiobook Catalog to Users in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand
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- Apr 02, 2024
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Spotify will expand the availability of its Premium audiobook catalog to users in Canada, Ireland,…
Copilot for Microsoft 365 Adds Priority GPT-4 Turbo Access and Unlimited Conversations
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 02, 2024
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Copilot for 365 now provides priority access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo model, and Microsoft has…
Microsoft is Working on an AI-Powered Xbox Support Agent
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 02, 2024
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Microsoft is working on a new AI-powered Xbox support agent that may soon help gamers…
Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lego 2K Drive, and More Are Headed to Game Pass
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 02, 2024
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, Lego 2K Drive, and five other games are…
ChatGPT Can Now Be Used Without an Account
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 01, 2024
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OpenAI is making ChatGPT usable without an account. The logged-out experience will roll out gradually,…
Dropbox Launches Microsoft Store App in Beta
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 01, 2024
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The Dropbox team has released a beta version of its desktop sync client on the…
Microsoft Decouples Teams From its Office 365 Commercial Plans Globally to “Ensure Clarity”
- Laurent Giret
- Apr 01, 2024
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After Microsoft agreed to decouple Teams from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 commercial plans…
RCS Support on the iPhone is Coming in Fall 2024, Says Google
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 29, 2024
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If Apple already confirmed that the iPhone will add RCS support this year, Google claimed…
New Windows 11 Taskbar Experiment is a Throwback to Windows 10
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 29, 2024
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Microsoft is testing moving the Widgets board icon on left-aligned Windows 11 taskbars to the…
Microsoft 365 Basic Adds OneDrive Security and Mobile Features
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 29, 2024
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Microsoft 365 Basic, the $1.99/month consumer subscription that replaced the OneDrive 100GB plan last year…
Report: 12.9-Inch iPad Air and OLED iPad Pro Are Coming in May
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 29, 2024
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Apple is reportedly planning to launch new iPad models in May, including the first iPad…
Google is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More Devices
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 28, 2024
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Google is bringing its Gemini Nano AI model to the Pixel 8, and the company's…
LinkedIn is Testing Short-Form Video Feed
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 28, 2024
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LinkedIn appears to be testing a new short-form video feed that emulates what TikTok and…
Pictures of a White Disc-less Xbox Series X Console Leak
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 28, 2024
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Leaked pictures of a white disc-less version of Microsoft's flagship Xbox Series X console have…
Phil Spencer Suggests Allowing Other Game Stores on Xbox
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 27, 2024
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Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming has an idea to make Xbox consoles exciting…