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

Apple iPhone iPad Mac

Apple Releases iOS 17.3.1 and macOS Sonoma 14.3.1

Apple released yesterday iOS 17.3.1, iPadOS 17.3.1, and macOS Sonoma 14.3.1, which bring a single…

Windows 11 Fall Update

Windows Insiders on the Canary and Dev Channel Get the Same “24H2” Build Today

Microsoft has just released the same Windows 11 "24H2" build 26052 for Insiders on the…

Disney Epic Games

Disney Announces $1.5 Billion Investment in Epic Games to Create New Gaming Universe

Disney will invest $1.5 billion in Epic Games to create an “open games and entertainment”…

Apple Music app Microsoft Store

Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Devices Apps for Windows Go Out of Preview

Apple's new Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Devices apps for Windows 10 and Windows…

Google Gemini mobile app

Google Bard Officially Becomes Gemini With a Paid “Advanced” Version

Google Bard, the AI chatbot that launched last year in response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT is…

Google Maps

Google Maps for Android Now Displays Weather Data

Google has updated its Maps app on Android to display weather and air quality information…

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Apple is Reportedly Working on At Least Two Foldable iPhone Prototypes

Apple is reportedly working on foldable versions of its iPhone that fold vertically like Samsung’s…

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Gets More Features and a Superbowl Ad

Microsoft Copilot is getting a couple of new features to celebrate its first anniversary, and…

Disney+ password sharing

Disney+ Starts Cracking Down on Password Sharing in the US

Disney+ is about to start cracking down on password sharing in the US after implementing…

Meta ai-generated videos

Meta Will Soon Label AI-Generated Images Posted on Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Meta will soon start labeling AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, and it's also…

YouTube TV

YouTube TV Crosses 8 Million Subscribers

YouTube TV now has more than 8 million subscribers in the US, up from 5…

Bluesky

Twitter/X Alternative Bluesky is Now Open to Everyone

Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to Twitter/X and Meta’s Threads app is now open to everyone.

Resident Evil 3 Game Pass February 2024

Resident Evil 3 Remake and More Are Coming to Game Pass

Resident Evil 3 Remake, Train Sim World 4, and more are coming to the Game…

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is Now Available Within Windows Copilot

Copilot for Microsoft 365, the paid version of Microsoft's AI assistant is now available within…

Samsung smart TV Google Assistant

Samsung’s Older Smart TVs Are Losing Support for Google Assistant

Samsung has quietly announced that it’s removing Google Assistant from its older Smart TV models…

Starfield

Bethesda’s Starfield is Reportedly Coming to PS5, Indiana Jones Could Be Next

The Xbox-exclusive game Starfield is reportedly coming to PS5, and the upcoming Indiana Jones game…

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