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

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Game Pass

It’s Official: Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is Coming on Day One on Game Pass

Microsoft officially confirmed today that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on…

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Apple Explains Why iOS 17.5 Brought Back Some Deleted Photos

Apple shared more details about the iOS 17.5 bug that caused some deleted photos to…

Google AI Overview

Google’s AI Overviews in Search Appear to Be Deeply Flawed

In its race to keep Google Search relevant against AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's…

Windows 11 PC hero

Windows 11 Insider Build 22635.3646 Lands on the Beta Channel

The Windows 11 Insider build 22635.3646 is now available for testers on the Beta Channel,…

MacBook foldable screen

Apple MacBook With Foldable Screen and M5 Chip May Come in 2026

Apple's first foldable MacBook could start shipping in 2026 and come with an M5 chip,…

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 DIrect

Activision to Reveal Call of Duty Black Ops 6 on June 9

Microsoft and Activision confirmed today that a Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 reveal will…

Microsoft Bing

Microsoft Bing Outage is Impacting Copilot, DuckDuckGo, And Other Services

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is currently experiencing an outage that’s also affecting services relying on…

Copilot Windows 11

Windows 11 Version 24H2 is Now Available on the Release Preview Channel

Windows 11, version 24H2, the annual feature update for the OS is now available for…

Google Photos Magic Editor

Google Photos Starts Rolling Out Magic Editor and Other AI Tools to More Users

Google has started making Magic Editor and other AI-powered editing tools available to more Google…

Amazon is Still Working on Paid AI Version of Alexa

Amazon is reportedly still on track to launch a paid version of Alexa with generative…

Adobe Lightroom Generative Remove

Adobe Lightroom is Getting a New AI-Powered Generative Remove Tool

Adobe Lightroom is getting a new Generative Remove feature powered by the company’s Firefly generative…

Qualcomm Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows

Build 2024: Qualcomm Announces $899 Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows

Qualcomm announced today the Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows, a $899 mini PC powered by…

Team Copilot

Build 2024: Microsoft Expands Copilot for Microsoft 365 With Team Copilot

Team Copilot, a new experience coming in preview later this year will transform Copilot for…

Microsoft Teams

Build 2024: Microsoft Teams Gets New Features to Enhance Collaboration

Microsoft detailed today new Teams feature to improve collaboration, new AI-powered capabilities in Microsoft Teams…

PC with Microsoft Edge

Build 2024: Microsoft Edge to Add Real-Time Video Translation and New Security Features for Business

Microsoft's Edge browser is getting real-time video translation and more security features for business users.

iOS 17.5.1 bug deleted photos

iOS 17.5.1 Fixes Bug Causing Deleted Photos to Reappear

iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1 include a fix for a bug that was causing deleted…

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