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.

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Windows 11 PCs

Windows 11 Version “24H2” Appears in Official Support Document

An official support page from Microsoft mentions “Windows 11 version 24H2,” apparently for the first…

Apple Watch Blood Oxygen

Tim Cook Says Apple Won’t Be Licensing Masimo Technology to End US Apple Watch Ban

Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested yesterday that the company won’t be licensing the blood sensing…

Meta's new Threads service

Meta’s Threads App Crosses 130 Million Monthly Active Users

Threads, Meta’s Twitter killer has now crossed 130 million monthly active users in Q4 2023.

Windows 11 PC

Windows Insider Beta Channel Gets a Bug Fixing Update

The just-released Windows 11 build 22635.3139 brings a handful of bug fixes for Windows Insiders…

Google ImageFX image generator

Google Launches New AI Image Generators and Expands Gemini Pro Availability in Bard

Google is launching today a standalone image generator and new image generation capabilities in its…

Xbox Physical disks

Report: Some European Game Retailers Have Stopped Stocking Xbox Games

Some European video game retailers have reportedly stopped stocking Xbox physical games due to low…

Apple Vision Pro apps visionOS

Apple Vision Pro Will Have Over 600 Native Apps and Games at Launch

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset will launch in the US tomorrow with just over 600 native…

Palworld Breaks New Game Pass Record With 7 Million Players Since Launch

With over 7 million Xbox players since launch, Palworld is now the biggest third-party launch…

OneDrive web app redesign

Microsoft Launches Redesigned OneDrive Web App With New People View

Microsoft has started rolling out today a redesigned OneDrive web app for consumers that also…

Xbox Series S

Game Screenshots on Xbox Series S Will Soon be Restricted to 1080p

The upcoming February update for Xbox consoles is going to restrict screenshot resolution on the…

iOS 17.4 Safari App Store EU DMA changes

Apple Releases First iOS 17.4 Public Beta With DMA-Related Changes

Apple released yesterday the first public betas of iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, which include…

Apple Card

Apple Says its Apple Card Crossed 12 Million Users in the US

Apple announced today that its Apple Card now has more than 12 million users in…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge May Import Your Chrome Tabs Without Your Consent

If you use Google Chrome as your default browser on your Windows PC, Microsoft's Edge…

Neuralink

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Just Did its First-in-Human Clinical Trial

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s startup working on brain implants to connect humans to computers and potentially…

Johanna Faries Blizzard President

General Manager of Call of Duty Johanna Faries Becomes President of Blizzard

Blizzard Entertainment, the now Microsoft-owned studio behind Diablo, World of Warcraft, and other cult-classic franchises…

Microsoft Designer

Microsoft Designer Adds New Safeguards to Block AI-Generated Porn Deepfakes

Microsoft has added new safeguards to its Designer AI tool after reports surfaced that it…

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