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
Epic Games is Laying Off 16% of Its Employees
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- Sep 28, 2023
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Epic Games announced today that it was laying off around 16% of its workforce to…
Meta Opens Pre-Orders for its $499.99 Quest 3 Mixed Reality Headset
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- Sep 28, 2023
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Meta has now opened pre-orders for the Quest 3, the company’s new $499.99 mixed reality…
PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan to Retire in March 2024
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 28, 2023
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In a quite surprising announcement yesterday, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan announced that he will retire…
Vivaldi is Now Available on iOS
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 28, 2023
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Vivaldi for iOS aims to offer the same privacy features as the desktop and Android…
Paint Cocreator Starts Rolling Out to Insiders
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 27, 2023
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Windows Insiders on the Canary and Dev Channels can now start testing a new AI-powered…
Microsoft Tweaks How Xbox Game DVR Works With New OneDrive Integration
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 27, 2023
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Xbox consoles will now delete game clips uploaded to the Xbox Network after 90 days,…
Panos Panay is Amazon’s new Devices & Services Leader
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 27, 2023
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Following the unexpected announcement of Panos Panay's departure from Microsoft, Amazon officially announced today that…
Windows 11 Fall Update is Out With Copilot, New File Explorer, and More
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 26, 2023
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The big Windows 11 update that Microsoft announced during its special event last week is…
Google Podcasts App Will Shut Down in 2024 as YouTube Music is Taking Over
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 26, 2023
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Google will shut down its Google Podcasts app in 2024 as it's preparing to make…
ChatGPT Can Now Talk and Analyze Images
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 26, 2023
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With new voice and image capabilities, ChatGPT is about to challenge traditional voice-based assistants like…
Google is Discontinuing its YouTube Premium Lite Plan
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 26, 2023
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Google is discontinuing the YouTube Premium Lite plan that the company launched in select European…
Spotify Starts Testing AI-Powered Voice Translation for Podcasts
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 25, 2023
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Spotify is leveraging new voice generation technology from OpenAI to test voice translation for select…
Amazon Announces Up to $4 Billion Investment in AI Startup Anthropic
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 25, 2023
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Amazon will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an AI safety and research company…
Copilot in Windows and Other 23H2 Features Starts Rolling Out to Release Preview Insiders
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 22, 2023
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Windows Insiders on the Release Preview Ring can start testing Copilot and other new features…
Windows 11 Dev Channel Build 23550 Adds Voice Access in Out of Box Experience
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 22, 2023
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The Windows 11 Dev Channel build 23550 adds support for the Voice Access accessibility feature…
Apple Releases iOS 17.0.1 and macOS Ventura 13.6 to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 22, 2023
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Apple released yesterday iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, and macOS Ventura 13.6 to fix critical vulnerabilities…