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

Facebook Messenger Encryption

Facebook Messenger Brings End-to-End Encryption to More Users

Meta is bringing end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger to more users, and it plans to…

Age of Empires IV Xbox

Age of Empires IV is Now Available on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass

Age of Empires IV has been ported to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles,…

PlayStation Portal

Sony’s PlayStation Portal Remote Player is Launching Later This Year at $199.99

The PlayStation Portal, Sony's first remote play device will launch later this year at $199.99.…

Meta Threads web app

Threads Web App Will Start Rolling Out Over the Coming Days

A Threads web app will roll out over the coming days, though it won’t have…

European Union flag

EU May Need to Review Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal

The EU Commission says it's "carefully assessing" the situation after Microsoft submitted a restructured Activision…

Nvidia Microsoft

PC Game Pass is Coming to Nvidia GeForce Now This Week

Nvidia is getting ready to make select games in the PC Game Pass library available…

Microsoft Activision Blizzard

Microsoft Proposes Selling Activision Blizzard Cloud Streaming Rights to Ubisoft

To close its Activision Blizzard deal in the UK, Microsoft Microsoft offered to sell cloud…

Parallels Desktop for Mac 19

Parallels Desktop for Mac 19 Brings New Design, Touch ID integration, and More

Parallels Desktop for Mac 19 is optimized for the upcoming macOS Sonoma, and it introduces…

Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit MRTK

Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit is Now Being Developed with Qualcomm and Magic Leap

Microsoft's Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) is now an independent project with Qualcomm and Magic…

Xbox Series X Console Wraps Starfield

Microsoft Unveils Three Xbox Series X Console Wraps Coming This Fall

Microsoft unveiled 3 Xbox Series X console wraps, which will allow gamers to customize their…

Twitter X Block

Elon Musk Says X Will Remove Blocking Feature Except for DMs

Elon Musk said today that he wants to remove the ability to block people on…

Windows 11 PCs

New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available on the Dev and Beta Channels

Microsoft is wrapping up the week with two new Windows 11 Insiders builds for Dev…

minecraft

Minecraft for Xbox Series X|S Has Been Rated in Germany

A new version of Minecraft for Xbox Series X|S consoles has been rated by the…

Meta's new Threads service

Meta’s Threads App Makes Reposts More Visible

Meta has started rolling out a new Reposts tab on personal profiles, and reposts are…

AI-Generated Travel Guide from Microsoft Suggested Food Bank Stop on an “Empty Stomach”

Microsoft quietly pulled an AI-generated travel guide for the Canadian city of Ottawa, which suggested…

Microsoft Special Event September 21

Microsoft Announces Special Event on September 21

Microsoft has just announced a “special event” on September 21, 2023. The company is expected…

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