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

Minecraft Legends and 6 More Games Are Coming to Game Pass in April

Minecraft Legends is launching on Game Pass for Console, PC, and Cloud today, and it…

Halo Veteran Joseph Staten is Joining Netflix Games

Joseph Staten, the former Head of Creative for Halo Infinite is joining Netflix Games where…

Apple Launches High-Yield Savings for Apple Card Users

Apple Card users in the US can now deposit their Daily Cash rewards on a…

Report: Samsung Could Replace Google With Microsoft Bing on its Galaxy Phones

Samsung is reportedly considering making Microsoft Bing the default search engine on its Galaxy phones…

Microsoft Admits its Experimental Xbox Home UI Needs More Work

Microsoft has acknowledged that the redesigned Xbox Home UI it’s been testing for a couple…

Twitter Blue Subscribers Can Now Tweet Up to 10,000 Characters

Twitter is raising the character limit for Twitter Blue subscribers from 4,000 to 10,000. The…

Walmart Launches $20 Google TV 4K Streaming Box

Walmart has quietly launched a new version of its Onn streaming box that runs Google…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Starts Testing Presence Sensing Privacy Settings on Windows 11

Beta Channel Insiders using Windows 11 PCs with presence sensors can test a new setting…

Microsoft Bing chatbot

Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Comes to Swiftkey and the Microsoft Start App

Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot is coming to two new Microsoft apps today, the company’s Swiftkey mobile…

Ubisoft+ Multi Access Plan is Now Available on Xbox Consoles

Ubisoft+ Multi Access, the premium tier of Ubisoft’s game subscription service is adding support for…

HoloLens 2

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is Getting an Optional Windows 11 Upgrade

Microsoft's HoloLens 2 headset will get a free upgrade to Windows 11 in the first…

Elon Musk Says Twitter is Now “Roughly Breaking Even”

Elon Musk says that Twitter is "roughly breaking even" after the company laid off 80%…

LinkedIn Launches Free Profile Verification Features

LinkedIn introduced today three different ways to verify your identity on the professional network that…

Xbox April Update to Bring Revamped Search Experience

The Xbox April update introduces a redesigned search experience and the ability to adjust active…

Nvidia Announces $599 GeForce RTX 4070 GPU

Nvidia unveiled today its new GeForce RTX 4070, which will be available starting tomorrow at…

Microsoft’s Build 2023 Session Catalog is Now Live

The session catalog for Microsoft's upcoming Build 2023 developer conference is live, and it reveals…

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