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

Discord ARM64

Discord Launches Native App for Qualcomm-Powered PCs

Discord is now available as a native ARM64 app on Windows PCs powered by Qualcomm's…

Spotify

Spotify Now Offers Narrated Magazine Articles to Premium Users

Spotify is once again expanding its content offering with the addition of long-form articles from…

Apple AirPlay

Report: iOS 27 May Let EU Users Set Google Cast as their Default Wireless Casting Solution

To comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is reportedly planning to let iOS…

Facebook Forum App

Meta Launches Forum, a New App for Facebook Groups with a Custom Algorithm

Meta just launched a new Forum app on iOS dedicated to Facebook groups. It allows…

Windows 11 Voice Isolation

Microsoft Makes New Windows Accessibility Features Available for Insider Testing

Windows Insiders on the Beta and Experimental Channels can test new accessibility features, including Voice…

Yusuf Medhi Microsoft

Microsoft’s Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi Announces His Departure

Yusuf Medhi, Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, announced yesterday that…

ChatGPT for PowerPoint beta

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for PowerPoint Add-in in Beta

A new ChatGPT integration in Microsoft PowerPoint is now available in beta, and it allows…

Google Health App

Google Health Starts Replacing Fitbit App on iOS and Android

The new Google Health app is now rolling out to iOS and Android users as…

Spotify

Spotify Announces New AI-Powered Features for Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Listeners

Spotify is launching a new AI-powered tool for creating personalized podcasts. Self-published authors will also…

Airbnb Grocery Delivery

Airbnb Now Offers Car Rentals, Luggage Storage, Grocery Delivery, More 

Airbnb is continuing to expand its services offering with the addition of car rentals, grocery…

Google Search Gemini-powered ads

Google is Bringing New Gemini-Powered Ads to its Search Engine

Google started testing new Gemini-powered ads in AI Mode in Search. AI-powered shopping ads are…

Android 17 Continue on handoff

Android 17 Will Introduce a Handoff-Like ‘Continue On’ Feature

Android 17 will introduce a new ‘Continue On’ feature that will let users start an…

Microsoft Confirms Shift Back to Xbox Brand

Xbox’s New CEO Announces More Leadership Changes

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just announced the appointment of a new Chief Strategy Officer and…

Spotify Podcasts verified badges

Spotify is Rolling Out Verified Badges on “Authentic” Podcasts

Spotify is expanding the new Verified badges it recently introduced on artist profiles to podcast…

Discord calls end to end encryption

Discord Voice and Video Calls Are Now End-to-End Encrypted

Discord announced this week that it recently brought end-to-end encryption to all voice and video…

Google TV pointer remote support

Google I/O: Google TV is Adding Support for Pointer Remotes

The Google TV smart TV platform is adding support for pointing remotes, which will unlock…

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