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 Says Cyberattacks Caused Early June Cloud Service Outages
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- Jun 19, 2023
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The Microsoft cloud service outages that happened earlier this month were caused by cyberattacks, Microsoft…
Google Docs’ Smart Chips Can Now Pull Data From Third-Party Apps
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- Jun 19, 2023
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New third-party smart chips from Atlassian, Figma, Miro, and Whimsical let Google Docs users easily…
New Outlook for Windows to Replace UWP Mail and Calendar Apps in September 2024
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- Jun 16, 2023
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Microsoft’s new web-based Outlook for Windows is set to replace the Mail, Calendar, and People…
Google is Selling its Domains Service to Squarespace
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 16, 2023
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Google is selling its Domains service to Squarespace. The service had finally exited beta last…
Microsoft Has Stopped Developing New Games for Xbox One
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- Jun 15, 2023
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Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty confirmed that Microsoft is no longer developing new…
New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available on the Beta Channel
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 15, 2023
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The Windows 11 Insider build 22631.1900 will suggest users who don't interact with toast notifications…
Intel Details New Branding Changes Coming With its Meteor Lake CPUs
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 15, 2023
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Intel announced this morning a new branding structure for its Core processors ahead of the…
Dev Channel Insiders Can Now Use Pen Input Anywhere They Can Type
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 14, 2023
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The Windows 11 Insider build 23481 lets Dev Channel testers use their pen anwyhere they…
Sony is Testing Cloud Streaming for PlayStation 5 Games
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 14, 2023
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Sony is testing cloud streaming for PlayStation 5 games, and PlayStation Plus Premium members will…
Microsoft Store Now Offers Replacement Components for Surface Devices
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 14, 2023
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Starting today, Microsoft is now offering replacement components for Surface devices in its Microsoft Store…
OpenAI Announces API Updates and Price Cuts for Developers
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 14, 2023
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OpenAI announced some updates for its GPT-3.5 turbo and GPT-4 generative AI models this week,…
EU Hits Google With Antitrust Complain Over its Ad Tech Business
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 14, 2023
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Two years after opening an investigation into Google’s anticompetitive practices in the digital advertising business,…
Amazon is Testing AI-Generated Review Summaries
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 13, 2023
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As Amazon continues to face a fake reviews problem, the company has started using AI…
Netflix Could Stream its First Live Sports Event This Fall
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 13, 2023
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Netflix is reportedly in discussions to stream a live celebrity golf tournament featuring both professional…
Windows Subsystem for Android Adds File Sharing Support for Insiders
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 12, 2023
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Today's update for the Windows Subsystem for Android adds support for file sharing between Windows…
Phil Spencer Says Mid-gen Xbox Upgrade Doesn’t “Feel an Imperative”
- Laurent Giret
- Jun 12, 2023
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Despite rumors of an upcoming “PlayStation 5 Pro,” Xbox's Phil Spencer said he doesn’t “feel…