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.

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Google Podcasts App Will Shut Down in 2024 as YouTube Music is Taking Over

Google will shut down its Google Podcasts app in 2024 as it's preparing to make…

ChatGPT voice image capabilities

ChatGPT Can Now Talk and Analyze Images

With new voice and image capabilities, ChatGPT is about to challenge traditional voice-based assistants like…

YouTube Premium

Google is Discontinuing its YouTube Premium Lite Plan

Google is discontinuing the YouTube Premium Lite plan that the company launched in select European…

Spotify podcasts Voice Translation

Spotify Starts Testing AI-Powered Voice Translation for Podcasts

Spotify is leveraging new voice generation technology from OpenAI to test voice translation for select…

Amazon Anthropic

Amazon Announces Up to $4 Billion Investment in AI Startup Anthropic

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an AI safety and research company…

Windows 11 Fall update copilot

Copilot in Windows and Other 23H2 Features Starts Rolling Out to Release Preview Insiders

Windows Insiders on the Release Preview Ring can start testing Copilot and other new features…

Windows 11 PC hero

Windows 11 Dev Channel Build 23550 Adds Voice Access in Out of Box Experience

The Windows 11 Dev Channel build 23550 adds support for the Voice Access accessibility feature…

Apple devices MacBook Pro iPad iPhone

Apple Releases iOS 17.0.1 and macOS Ventura 13.6 to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities

Apple released yesterday iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, and macOS Ventura 13.6 to fix critical vulnerabilities…

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video Will Soon Charge an Extra $3/Month for an Ad-Free Experience

Amazon Prime Video will introduce ads in early 2024, and users will need to pay…

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The UK’s CMA Provisionally Approves Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal

The UK’s CMA has provisionally approved Microsoft’s restructured Activision Blizzard deal, which will transfer cloud…

Surface Laptop Studio 2 Surface Laptop Go 3 Surface Go 4

Microsoft Announces Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Go 3, and Surface Go 4

Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Studio 2, the Surface Laptop Go 3, the Surface Go…

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Copilot Will Be Available for Commercial Customers on November 1

Microsoft 365 Copilot, the new AI-powered productivity assistant that the company announced earlier this year…

Windows Copilot Preview windows 11 version 23H2

Windows 11 Version 23H2 Will Be Released on September 26

Microsoft announced during its special event today that Windows 11 version 23H2 will be released…

Microsoft Surface family form factors

Report: Microsoft is Refocusing its Surface Business on More Popular Form Factors

A new report claims that Microsoft has canceled upcoming Surface products to focus on more…

Amazon Devices and Services event 2023

Amazon Unveils Generative AI Features for Alexa and New Smart Home Devices

Amazon held its big Devices and Services event today where the company detailed new generative…

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Introduces New iPad App in Beta

The latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS is finally adding native support for the…

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