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

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Asha Sharma Says “Hard Choices” Are Needed to Make Xbox Stronger

Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Xbox, said that "hard changes" are needed to align…

Google Gemini

Google Tweaks Gemini’s New Usage Limits After Listening to Feedback

After Google Gemini shifted from a daily prompt limit to compute-based usage limits, Google is…

Microsoft 365 Copilot App

Microsoft 365 Copilot App Gets a New Design and Performance Improvements

Microsoft 365 Copilot, the enterprise version of Microsoft’s AI chatbot, has just received a fresh…

YouTube Premium Podcasts

YouTube Premium Adds Auto Speed Feature and On-the-go Mode for Podcasts

YouTube Premium subscribers are getting access to three new features to a new On-the-go mode…

Spotify playlist folder

Spotify Gets New Playlist Editing Tools and Other Feedback-Inspired Features

Spotify is adding support for several new playlist features inspired by user feedback, including the…

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Will Ship on October 23 on Xbox, PS5, and PC, Switch 2 Version Also Announced

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will be released on October 23, 2026, on Xbox…

YouTube Custom feed

YouTube Launches AI-Powered Custom Feed in the US

YouTube is launching a new AI-powered custom feed in the US that lets users choose…

NotebookLM Google Drive

Google’s NotebookLM App Now Syncs Files With Google Drive

NotebookLM, Google’s AI research tool that can synthesize information from local and online sources, can…

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Meta Launches Instagram Plus, WhatsApp Plus, and Facebook Plus Subscriptions

Meta is launching today new Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus subscriptions with a…

Valve Steam Deck

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED is Back in Stock, With an Over 40% Price Increase

Valve has just announced a big price increase for its Steam Deck OLED handheld, which…

Google Search Preferred sources AI Mode AI Overviews

Google Search Now Supports Preferred Sources in AI Mode and AI Overviews

The Preferred Sources feature that lets Google Search users pick up the news publishers they…

Spotify podcasts clips

Spotify Now Lets Users Create and Share Podcast Clips

Spotify is now allowing mobile users to create clips of podcast episodes that can be…

YouTube AI Label on videos

YouTube Now Automatically Applies More Visible Labels on AI-Generated Videos

YouTube now uses AI detection tools to automatically label AI-generated videos. The platform is also…

LibreOffice web mobile

LibreOffice Team Details Web and Mobile Development Plans

LibreOffice, one of the most popular free and open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, may finally…

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Apple Releases First 26.6 Developer Betas for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

Apple released yesterday the first 26.6 developer betas of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, and the…

Samsung Gallery OneDrive sync

Samsung’s Gallery App Will Soon Lose its OneDrive Integration

The Samsung Gallery app on Android will lose its integration with Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage…

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