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 Edge

Microsoft Edge is Moving to a 2-Week Release Cycle in August

Microsoft’s Edge browser will soon transition to a faster two-week release cycle, just like Google…

June Xbox Update Xbox boot animation

June Xbox Update Brings New Boot Animation, Gamerscore Milestone Badges, More

The June Xbox update brings a new startup animation, Gamerscore milestone badges, and higher resolution…

Bluesky group chats

Bluesky Now Supports Group Chats With Up to 50 People

Bluesky, one of the main alternatives to Twitter/X, is rolling out support for group chats…

Gemini Google TV Adjust settings

Gemini on Google TV Can Now Adjust Picture and Sound Settings on Select TCL Smart TVs

The new Gemini for Google TV experience can now adjust video and audio settings on…

Deezer AI Music Detector

Deezer Launches Free AI Music Detector for Competing Streaming Services

The French music streaming service Deezer just launched a free AI music detector that can…

YouTube Expands Access to Direct Messages Feature on Mobile

The new Direct Messages feature that YouTube has been testing in select European countries for…

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Matt Booty

Xbox Leadership Team Shares “Hard Truths” Ahead of Potential Layoffs

Microsoft is done "hiding hard truths" and is planning a big “Xbox reset” over the…

Google Gemini in Chrome

Google Announces Gemini in Chrome Expansion and New AI Features for Small Businesses

Google is expanding the availability of Gemini in Chrome to users in Latin America, Africa,…

Xbox Guide mutual friends

New Xbox Insider Update Shows Mutual Friends on Player Profiles

Select Xbox Insiders will get to test today a new way to discover mutual friends…

WhatsApp Meta AI chatbot

EU Commission Orders Meta to Restore Free Access to Rival AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

The EU Commission just ordered Meta to restore free access to rival AI chatbots in…

Next Xbox Console to Play PC Games

Xbox CEO Want to Explore New Business Models and Innovations to Keep Project Helix Affordable

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in a new interview yesterday that memory and storage price…

Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft Releases June 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates

The June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 bring support for shared audio over…

Gemini 3.5 Live Translate

New Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Model Provides Near Real-time Translation in Over 70 Languages

Google's new Gemini 3.5 Live Translate audio model supports near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over…

Google AI Plus

Google AI Plus Plan Drops to $4.99/Month, Storage Space Doubles to 400GB

Google is dropping the price of its AI Plus subscription from $7.99/month to $4.99, and…

Windows Insider Program

Windows Insider Program Adds New Beta (26H1) Channel

Windows 11 version 26H1 is now available for testing on the Beta Channel as an…

Apple WWDC 2026 iOS 27

Apple WWDC 2026: 10 Announcements You May Have Missed

You may have missed yesterday the strict hardware requirements for Apple’s most advanced on-device model,…

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