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.

Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts

Adobe Firefly

Adobe Expands Access to its ‘Firefly’ Generative AI Products

Adobe's Firefly family of responsible generative AI products is adding support for over 100 new…

Microsoft Activision Blizzard

UK CMA Says it Could Investigate Restructured Microsoft Activision Deal

If the UK's CMA re-opened discussions with Microsoft regarding its Activision Blizzard deal, the regulator…

Windows 11

July Patch Tuesday Update Brings Moment 3 Features to Windows 11

Microsoft is finally making the new “Moment 3” features on Windows 11 available to all…

Microsoft Activision Blizzard

Microsoft Wins its US Court Case Over its Activision Blizzard Acquisition

Microsoft has won its trial against the US Federal Trade Commission over its Activision Blizzard…

Twitter threads links

Twitter is Blocking Threads Links as App Crosses 100 Million Users

As Meta's new Threads app just crossed 100 million users, Twitter is apparently making links…

Amazon Hardware event September 2022

Amazon Teases Hardware Event on September 20

Amazon is planning to hold a hardware event on September 20 at its new headquarters…

Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft Brings Back $1 Game Pass Trials

Microsoft is once again letting Xbox and PC gamers try Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and…

Twitter Threads Lawsuit Threat

Twitter Threatens to Sue Meta for its “Copycat” Threads App

Following the launch of Threads earlier this week, Twitter is now threatening Meta with a…

YouTube

YouTube is Testing New Lock Screen Feature on Mobile

YouTube is testing a new Lock Screen feature that lets users on mobile devices disable…

Amazon Devices Prime Day Deals

Amazon Previews its Best Prime Day Deals Coming on July 11-12

Amazon has shared a preview of some of its best Prime Day deals that will…

spotify premium

Spotify Premium Members Can No Longer Pay Via Apple’s App Store

Spotify has started warning users paying for their Premium subscription via Apple’s iOS App Store…

Meta Threads app

Meta Launches Threads, its Twitter Competitor

Meta has officially launched Threads, its Twitter competitor created by the Instagram team, though the…

windows 365

Windows 365 Frontline Goes Out of Preview

Windows 365 Frontline, a new version of Microsoft's Cloud PC subscription service for shift and…

TweetDeck XPro

Twitter Launches New Version of TweetDeck Before it Goes Premium

Twitter made a new version of TweetDeck available for all users yesterday, but the social…

Xbox Game Pass July 2023 wave 1 GTA V

GTA V Comes Back to Xbox Game Pass Today

GTA V is coming back to Xbox Game Pass starting today, and the new Xbox…

Apple vision pro

Report: Apple Has Slashed its Vision Pro Headset Production Plans

Apple has reportedly made big cuts to its production plans for its Vision Pro augmented…

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