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

Copilot on Windows Undocked Mode

Microsoft Starts Testing Undocked Mode for Copilot in Windows

Windows Insiders on the Canary and Dev Channel can start testing a new “undocked” mode…

Google Drive

Google Details Steps to Recover Missing Drive Files

Google has published a solution for the Google Drive data loss issue that many users…

AMD Ryzen 8040 Series CPUs

AMD Announces Ryzen 8040 Series Mobile CPUs

With its new Ryzen 8040 Series mobile CPUs, AMD is doubling down on its "Ryzen…

Facebook Messenger Encryption

Meta Brings End-to-End Encryption to Facebook Messenger

Meta has started rolling out end-to-end encryption for all messages and calls on Facebook Messenger.

Apple MacBook Air iPad

Apple’s New iPads and M3 MacBook Air Are Reportedly Coming Early Next Year

Apple is expected to launch a refreshed iPad Air and iPad Pro lineup in early…

Windows 11

Report: Microsoft’s 2024 Windows Roadmap Includes Advanced Copilot And “Groundbreaking” AI Features

The next Windows update coming next year, codenamed “Hudson Valley,” is said to include “groundbreaking"…

Apple iMessage

Apple’s iMessage App May Avoid EU Regulation

The European Commission is reportedly considering Apple's iMessage to be not popular enough among business…

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft is Launching an Extended Security Update Program for Windows 10

Microsoft has just announced the Windows 10 Extended Security Update program, which will provide organizations…

Microsoft Copilot anniversary billions of chat

Microsoft Copilot is Getting GPT-4 Turbo, New DALL-E 3 Model, And More

Microsoft Copilot is being upgraded with OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 Turbo model, a new DALL-E 3…

Windows 11 Fall update copilot

Windows 11 Optional Update is Out With Copilot Improvements

The November optional “D” release for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2 is now available,…

Grand Theft Auto VI

Grand Theft Auto VI Gets a First Trailer Ahead of its 2025 Release

Rockstar Games has published the first trailer for GTA VI, which will be set in…

PlayStation Video Content

PlayStation Users Will Soon Lose Access to All Purchased Discovery Content

Sony has started notifying PlayStation users who purchased Discovery content that they will lose access…

spotify

Spotify is Laying Off 17% of its Workforce

Spotify announced today that it’s laying off approximately 17% of its employees, which represents approximately…

Apple devices MacBook Pro iPad iPhone

Apple Releases iOS 17.1.2 and macOS 14.1.2 to Fix WebKit Vulnerabilities

Apple released yesterday iOS 17.1.2 and macOS 14.1.2 to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities in the…

Copilot on Windows 10

More Windows 10 Users Can Now Try Microsoft’s Copilot AI Assistant

Microsoft is expanding access to its Copilot assistant on Windows 10. The feature is now…

Google Messages RCS

Google Messages Now Has 1 Billion Users Sending RCS Messages Every Month

Google announced today that its Messages app on Android has crossed 1 billion users sending…

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