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.

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Xbox CVP Kareem Choudhry

Kareem Choudhry is Leaving Microsoft Following New Xbox Reorg

Kareem Choudhry, a 26 years Microsoft veteran who is currently working as CVP of Xbox…

Windows 11 Microsoft Store

Windows 11 Microsoft Store is About to Get a Major Speed Boost

Microsoft has started rolling out a new Microsoft Store update to Insiders that should bring…

X Twitter logo

X Now Gives Free Premium Subscriptions to Accounts With Large Audiences

X has started giving free Premium subscriptions and blue checkmarks to users with at least…

Apple smart home robot

Report: Apple is Exploring Smart Home Robots After Giving Up on Car Plans

Apple is reportedly seeing robotics as a new growth opportunity, and the company could be…

Google Search Generative experience

Google Could Make its Search Generative Experience a Paid Feature

Google could make the new Search Generative Experience (SGE) it’s been testing in a couple…

Windows 11

Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100 is Out on the Canary and Dev Channels

The Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 for Insiders on the Canary and Dev Channels brings…

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft Shares Pricing Details For its Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Program

Microsoft revealed today how much it will cost to keep receiving security updates for Windows…

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

iOS 17.5 Will Let EU Users Download Apps Directly From Websites

Apple released yesterday the first developer beta of iOS 17.5, which adds support for downloading…

spotify

Report: Spotify Price Increases Are Coming in the UK, Australia, and Other Markets

Spotify is reportedly planning to announce price increases in five markets this month including the…

Spotify Premium audiobook subscriber catalogue

Spotify Expands its Premium Audiobook Catalog to Users in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand

Spotify will expand the availability of its Premium audiobook catalog to users in Canada, Ireland,…

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Adds Priority GPT-4 Turbo Access and Unlimited Conversations

Copilot for 365 now provides priority access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo model, and Microsoft has…

Xbox AI support agent

Microsoft is Working on an AI-Powered Xbox Support Agent

Microsoft is working on a new AI-powered Xbox support agent that may soon help gamers…

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Game Pass April 2024

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lego 2K Drive, and More Are Headed to Game Pass

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, Lego 2K Drive, and five other games are…

OpenAI ChatGPT

ChatGPT Can Now Be Used Without an Account

OpenAI is making ChatGPT usable without an account. The logged-out experience will roll out gradually,…

Dropbox Beta

Dropbox Launches Microsoft Store App in Beta

The Dropbox team has released a beta version of its desktop sync client on the…

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Decouples Teams From its Office 365 Commercial Plans Globally to “Ensure Clarity”

After Microsoft agreed to decouple Teams from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 commercial plans…

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