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

Windows 11 PCs

Windows Insider Beta Channel Gets New Features While Canary Testers Move to Build 26200

The Windows Insider Canary Channel is moving back to more unstable flights with today’s build…

Meta Quest 2

Meta Drops the Price of its Quest 2 Headset to $199

Meta announced another permanent price cut for its Quest 2 VR headset, with the 128GB…

Office LTSC 2024 Commercial Preview

Office LTSC 2024 Commercial Preview is Now Available

The Office LTSC 2024 commercial preview is now available for organizations that need to keep…

Microsoft VASA-1 Talking faces

Microsoft’s VASA-1 AI Tool Can Create “Talking Faces” From Photos

Microsoft’s Research arm has created a new VASA-1 AI model that can create realistic-looking “talking…

Xbox Mastercard

Microsoft Opens Up Access to its Xbox Mastercard in the US

The Xbox Mastercard that Microsoft first made available to Xbox Insiders last fall is now…

Google Drive dark mode

Google Drive Adds Dark Mode Support on the Web

The Google Drive web app has finally added support for dark mode this week, and…

Airplay IHG Hotels

AirPlay Hotel Support Comes to Select IHG Hotels & Resorts Properties

More than 60 properties from IGH Hotels & Resorts in North America now let guests…

AltStore PAL

AltStore Pal is the First iOS Alternative App Store in the EU

AltStore PAL, an open-source alternative app store for independent iOS developers is now available to…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Will Reportedly Dodge EU Probe

Microsoft will reportedly avoid a formal investigation from the European Commission into its multi-billion partnership…

Logitech AI Prompt builder

Logitech’s AI Prompt Builder Can Put ChatGPT on your Mouse and Keyboard

Logitech's new AI Prompt Builder tool lets users of select Logitech mice and keyboards open…

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut

PlayStation’s Next PC Port Comes With New Overlay and Trophies Support

The PC port of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut will integrate PlayStation social features and…

iPhone 15 Pro Max

iOS 17.5 Beta 2 Enables Downloading iPhone Apps Directly From Websites in the EU

Apple has just released the iOS 17.5 Beta 2, which enables the distribution of iPhone…

Microsoft Store on Windows 11

New Microsoft Store Update Brings Major Speed Improvements

Microsoft has started rolling out an update for its Microsoft Store on Windows 11 that…

AMD Ryzen Pro Commercial AI PC

AMD Announces New Ryzen Pro Portfolio for Commercial AI PCs

AMD revealed today its new Ryzen Pro 8000 Series desktop CPUs and Ryzen Pro 8040…

Game Pass APril 2024

Microsoft Announces More Game Pass and Game Pass Core Games for April

The second wave of Game Pass games for April includes the JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred…

YouTube app

YouTube Starts Cracking Down on Third-Party Ad-Blocking Apps

After YouTube started blocking video playback for desktop users with ad blockers last year, the…

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