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

PlayStation 5

Sony Announces New PlayStation 5 Price Hikes Effective on April 2

Sony is raising the price of all PlayStation 5 consoles starting on April 2. The…

Xbox Partner Preview Game Pass

Xbox Announces 14 Upcoming Day One Game Pass Games

Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview broadcast featured 19 upcoming games from third-party developers, with 14 of…

ChatGPT for Windows

OpenAI is No Longer Working on ‘Adult Mode’ for ChatGPT

OpenAI has “indefinitely” paused its work on an ‘adult’ mode for ChatGPT, which has been…

WhatsApp multi-account support iOS

WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Multi-Account Support on iOS

WhatsApp is finally adding support for two accounts on iOS, a top-requested feature that’s been…

Samsung Browser for Windows

Samsung Browser for Windows Goes Out of Beta and Gains New AI Features

The Windows version of Samsung’s web browser is going out of beta today, and it…

US Court Finds Meta and YouTube Liable in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

A US jury found that YouTube and Instagram were responsible for a 20-year-old woman’s mental…

Xbox build for what's next

Xbox Exec Explains How Project Helix Will Bridge the Xbox/PC Game Development Gap

Chris Carla, the general manager of portfolio and programs at Xbox, discussed how game developers…

iOS 26

iOS 26.4 Introduces Age Verification Requirements for UK Users

Following the release of iOS 26.4 yesterday, UK users will now need to confirm that…

Android Automotive OS for Software-defined Vehicles

Google’s Android Automotive OS is Adding Support for All Car Functions 

Google announced an open-source Android Automotive OS for Software Defined Vehicles platform that car makers…

OpenAI Sora

OpenAI is Killing its Sora Video Generator

OpenAI is sunsetting Sora, its AI-powered video generation app that launched on iOS and Android…

Arm datacenter AI chip

ARM Announces First Datacenter AI Chip Developed With Meta

Arm unveiled the AGI CPU yesterday, its first CPU for AI data centers, designed in…

Google Gemini Google TV

Gemini for Google TV is Coming Soon to Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain

The new Gemini for TV experience that’s set to replace the existing Google Assistant on…

Apples Releases the 26.4 Versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS

Apple has just released the 26.4 versions of all of its software platforms, and there…

Epic Games

Epic Games is Laying Off Over 1,000 Employees

Epic Games announced today that it’s laying off over 1,000 employees as it continues to…

Wi-Fi router

US FCC Bans Imports of New Foreign-Made Routers Over Security Concerns

The US Federal Communications Commission has just banned the importation of new foreign-made consumer routers…

Anthropic Claude Computer Use

Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Control a Mac and Complete Tasks

Anthropic’s Claude AI can now control Macs and complete tasks on its own using Claude…

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