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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Vodafone Microsoft partnership

Vodafone Announces 10-Year Cloud and AI Partnership with Microsoft

Vodafone announced today a new 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to develop generative AI, cloud,…

Apple Vision Pro Entertainment Content

Apple Details Entertainment Content Launching on its Vision Pro Headset

Apple has revealed the entertainment content consumers can expect on its Vision Pro headset, which…

Ubisoft+

Ubisoft Makes Changes to its Ubisoft+ Game Subscription Service

Ubisoft is rebranding Ubisoft+ Multi Access to Ubisoft+ Premium, and the company is also launching…

Xbox Game Pass January 2024 Palworld Persona 3 Reload

Palworld, Persona 3 Reload, and More Are Coming to Game Pass

The Pokemon-inspired survival game Palworld and the JRPG Personal 3 Reload are coming on day…

Google Services

Digital Markets Act Will Allow EU Users to Unlink Google Services

Google will allow users in Europe to unlink some of its services once the EU's…

Apple Vision Pro

Apple to Require iPhone or iPad with Face ID For Vision Pro Pre-Orders

Pre-orders for Apple's Vision Pro headset will open on January 19, and the process will…

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft is Reportedly Bringing Back the Windows 10 Insider Beta Channel

Microsoft is reportedly planning to bring back the Windows 10 Insider Beta Channel to test…

Windows 11 PC hero

Microsoft Starts Testing Support for USB 80Gbps on Windows 11

Microsoft is testing support for USB 80Gbps with Windows Insiders, but it's currently restricted to…

Microsoft Dev Home app

Microsoft Brings its Dev Home App to Windows 10

Microsoft’s Dev Home app, which works like a dashboard where developers can configure their development…

Netflix Basic with Ads plan

Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier Crosses 23 Million Monthly Active Users

Netflix’s ad-supported plan has now crossed 23 million monthly active users, which is quite a…

Google Assistant

Google Assistant is Dropping Support for Some “Underutilized” features

Google announced today that it’s about to remove several features in its Google Assistant that…

OpenAI GPT Store

OpenAI’s GPT Store Now Offers Custom Versions of ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching today a new GPT Store, which provides access to custom versions of…

Minecraft Legends

Mojang Stops Minecraft Legends Development Less Than a Year Since Launch

Mojang Studios is no longer developing Minecraft Legends, a Minecraft-themed RTS game released on all…

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon is Eliminating Hundreds of Jobs at Prime Video and MGM Studios

Amazon announced today that it's laying off hundreds of employees working at its Prime Video…

Twitch

Twitch is Laying Off 35% of its Employees

Twitch announced this morning that it was laying off over 500 employees, which represent approximately…

Windows 11 PC with Start Menu

Microsoft Releases January 2024 Patch Tuesday Updates

The January 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 only include bug…

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