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
PS5 Shipments Were Almost 5x Superior Than Xbox’s in Q1 According to Analyst
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- May 15, 2024
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Sony reportedly shipped almost five times more PlayStation 5 units than Microsoft shipped Xbox Series…
Microsoft is Discounting Xbox 360 Digital Games Before the Store Closes on July 29
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- May 14, 2024
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Microsoft has just kicked off an Xbox 360 digital game sale ahead of the closure of…
Microsoft Releases May 2024 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10
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- May 14, 2024
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The May 2024 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 improves widgets on the lock screen…
Xbox Consoles Will Soon Be Able to Pre-Download Game Updates
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- May 14, 2024
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The next Xbox system update should allow gamers to pre-download game updates so they don’t…
Hellblade 2, Chants of Sennaar, and More Are Coming to Game Pass in May
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- May 14, 2024
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Hellblade 2, Microsoft’s first big Xbox exclusive game of 2024 will be available on day…
Report: Google is Testing Running ChromeOS Alongside Android on Pixel Devices
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- May 14, 2024
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Google is reportedly testing the integration of Chrome OS on Android to provide a desktop-like…
Apple Releases iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, and watchOS 10.5
- Laurent Giret
- May 13, 2024
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iOS 17.5 is out with cross-platform tracking detection, Apple News updates, and the ability for…
Microsoft Places Aims to Make Workplaces More Flexible With AI
- Laurent Giret
- May 13, 2024
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Microsoft Places, the company’s new connected workplace platform designed to reimagine flexible work with AI…
Word for Windows Now Uses ‘Merge Formatting’ Paste Option By Default
- Laurent Giret
- May 13, 2024
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Microsoft is changing the default paste option in Word for Windows to make pasted content…
Report: EU Commission is Readying Antitrust Charges Against Microsoft Following Teams Investigation
- Laurent Giret
- May 13, 2024
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Even though Microsoft recently agreed to decouple Teams from its Office 365 commercial plans globally,…
New Windows 11 Dev and Beta Builds Are Available With Minor Changes
- Laurent Giret
- May 10, 2024
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Two new Windows 11 Insider builds bring a couple of minor changes to testers on…
Microsoft May Soon Bring Widgets to the Windows 11 Start Menu
- Laurent Giret
- May 10, 2024
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Microsoft could be planning to make the Windows 11 Start Menu extensible with widget-like adaptative…
Xbox’s Sea of Thieves Was the Most Downloaded PS5 Game in Europe in April
- Laurent Giret
- May 10, 2024
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Xbox's Sea of Thieves was the most-downloaded PS5 game on the PlayStation Store in Europe…
OpenAI’s Google Search Competitor Could Be Announced on Monday
- Laurent Giret
- May 10, 2024
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OpenAI could announce its Google Search competitor on Monday, just a day before Google kicks…
Apple Apologizes for New iPad Pro Ad That Crushed Creative Tools
- Laurent Giret
- May 10, 2024
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Apple issued yesterday a rare apology for its new iPad Pro ad that showed various…
Snipping Tool is Getting Emoji Support and QR Code Scanning
- Laurent Giret
- May 09, 2024
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A new Snipping Tool update that's rolling out to Windows Insiders adds emoji support and…