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

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…

WhatsApp on iPhone

WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD

WhatsApp is finally allowing users to send photos in HD. This new capability will roll…

Xbox 360 Store

Microsoft to Shut Down Xbox 360 Store in July 2024

Microsoft will pull the plug on the Xbox 360 Store and the console's Movies &…

Lenovo Legion Go

Lenovo’s Handheld Gaming PC Leaks

The first pictures of the Lenovo Legion Go have leaked, and the handheld gaming PC…

Windows 11

Windows 11 Canary Build 25931 is Out With More Dev Channel Features

Microsoft has just released the Windows 11 Canary build 25931 to Insiders, which continues to…

TweetDeck XPro

X Puts TweetDeck (Now X Pro) Behind a Paywall

TweetDeck, which X recently rebranded as X Pro, now requires an X Premium (formerly Twitter…

Amazon Music Unlimited

Amazon Music Unlimited Gets More Expensive for Prime Members

After Amazon raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited for non-Prime members earlier this year,…

Xbox gamer

Microsoft Debuts New Xbox Enforcement Strike System

Microsoft is introducing today a new enforcement strike system on Xbox that aims to better…

Amazon hardware chief Dave Limp

Amazon Hardware Chief is Leaving the Company

Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Devices and Services at Amazon is leaving the company…

Xbox Game Pass August 2023 wave 2

Microsoft Details New Game Pass Games Coming in August

Three brand new games are coming to Game Pass on day one this August including…

Google Photos Memory View

Google Photos Starts Rolling Out AI-Powered Memory View

Google has introduced today a new AI-powered Memory View in Google Photos, which is rolling…

Netflix Cloud Gaming beta

Netflix Launches Cloud Gaming Beta on TVs

A small number of Netflix subscribers in Canada and the UK can now try playing…

Microsoft Office apps

Microsoft’s Office Apps Are Getting a New Default Theme in September

The new Office theme that's coming next month will introduce a changed color palette, updated…

Amazon AI-generated review summaries

Amazon Expands AI-Generated Review Summaries to More Mobile Users

Amazon has started showing its new AI-generated review summaries to more users. The new review…

Apple Watch Series 8

Report: Apple is Working on “Watch X” Redesign for its Smartwatch

Apple is reportedly planning to give the Apple Watch the “iPhone X” treatment for its…

Twitter X Logo

X Tweaks its Ad Revenue Sharing Program

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is changing its ad revenue-sharing program to allow…

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