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
Apple Refreshes its 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Airs with M4 Chips
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- Mar 02, 2026
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Apple’s mid-range iPad Air tablets are being refreshed today with faster M4 chips, the company’s…
Apple Announces iPhone 17E with A19 Chip and MagSafe Support
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- Mar 02, 2026
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Apple's iPhone 17e comes with a faster A19 chip, MagSafe support, and 256GB of storage,…
Microsoft Does Another Friday Drop for Canary, Dev, and Beta Insiders
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- Feb 27, 2026
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With today's Insider builds, Microsoft is improving its Shared Audio feature for Bluetooth LE Audio…
Spotify Launches Audiobook Charts in the US and UK
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- Feb 27, 2026
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Spotify is launching weekly Audiobook charts in the US and the UK to surface the…
Microsoft Brings Agentic AI to its Consumer Chatbot With New Copilot Tasks
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- Feb 27, 2026
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The consumer version of Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot is getting a new agentic AI feature named…
OpenAI Announces $110 Billion Funding Round Involving Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 27, 2026
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OpenAI announced today that it closed a $110 billion funding round, with participation from Amazon,…
Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Announce New Products Starting on Monday
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 26, 2026
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Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed today that the company has "a big week ahead", with…
Google Starts Rolling Out Nano Banana 2 Image Generation Model Across its Services
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 26, 2026
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Google is releasing today Nano Banana 2, its latest image generation model that is now…
Microsoft Reveals Two New Cloud PC Devices From Asus and Dell
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 26, 2026
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Asus and Dell will soon launch their first cloud PC devices designed for Windows 365,…
Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Supports 1440p Streaming on Xbox Consoles
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 25, 2026
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Xbox Cloud Gaming now supports 1440p streaming for supported games on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox…
Samsung Unveils the New Galaxy S26 Series and Galaxy Buds4 Series
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 25, 2026
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Samsung's Galaxy S26 series brings minor design changes, battery upgrades, and new AI features, while…
Spotify Can Now Reorder Playlists Using BPM and Key Information
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 25, 2026
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Spotify is launching today a new Smart Reorder feature that uses BPM and key information…
Amazon Gives Three New Conversation Styles to Alexa+
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 25, 2026
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Amazon is introducing three new conversation styles for its Alexa+ assistant, which became generally available…
Microsoft’s New Gaming CEO Elaborates on the ‘Return to Xbox’
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 25, 2026
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In her first interview after becoming the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming CEO, Asha Arma…
Microsoft Releases February Optional Updates for Windows 11
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 24, 2026
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The February optional patch for Windows 11 brings a network speed tool to the taskbar,…
YouTube Premium Lite Gets Better With Background Play and Offline Downloads
- Laurent Giret
- Feb 24, 2026
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YouTube is improving its $7.99/month Premium Lite plan with two new perks, background play and…