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

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…

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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…

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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…

Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra CPU

Intel to Launch its ‘Meteor Lake’ Core Ultra CPUs on December 14

Intel's first “Meteor Lake” CPUs will launch on December 14 with the premium Intel Core…

Twitter X Logo

Elon Musk Suggests Putting X Behind a Paywall to Keep Bots Away

Elon Musk hinted yesterday that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may soon go…

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Gotham Knights, Payday 3, and More Are Coming to Game Pass

Party Animals, Payday 3, Gotham Knights, and more are coming to Microsoft's Game Pass service…

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Microsoft’s Xbox Roadmap Leaks: Xbox Series X|S Refresh, New Controller, and More

Microsoft's Xbox roadmap for this generation has leaked: an Xbox Series X|S refresh is coming…

iOS 17

Apple Releases iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10

Apple has released today iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17. iOS 17…

Paint Adds Support for Layers and Transparency With New Insider Update

A new Paint update for Insiders is adding support for layers and transparency, which should…

The Elder Scrolls VI

Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls VI Will Be Xbox Exclusive

According to a new court document from the FTC v. Microsoft trial, The Elder Scrolls…

Panos Panay

Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay is Leaving Microsoft

Panos Panay, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Microsoft is leaving the company…

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