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

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…

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.

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