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.

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Blizzard is Bringing Overwatch 2 and Other Games to Steam

Blizzard Entertainment announced yesterday that it would bring a selection of its games to Steam,…

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Apple is Reportedly Working on its Own ChatGPT-Like ChatBot

Apple is reportedly developing its own generative AI tools to catch up with OpenAI’s ChatGPT,…

Windows Copilot for Windows 11

Windows Copilot and New Outlook for Windows Come to All Dev Channel Insiders

Windows 11 Insider build 23506 brings the Windows Copilot Preview and the web-based Outlook for…

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Meta Introduces Rate Limits on Threads to Fight Spam

After Twitter limited the number of tweets users could see per day earlier this month,…

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Netflix Discontinues ‘Basic’ Tier in the US and UK

Netflix has now discontinued its ‘Basic’ ad-free plan for new subscribers in the US and…

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Microsoft and Activision Extend Acquisition Deadline to October 18

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have announced an extension of their merging agreement deadline, which expired…

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Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Adds Visual Search Support

With Visual Search, Bing users can now upload images to the chatbot and prompt it…

Bing Chat Enterprise

Microsoft Announces Microsoft 365 Copilot Pricing and Bing Chat Enterprise

Microsoft finally revealed pricing details for its Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the company is also…

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YouTube is Testing New Stable Volume Feature on Mobile

Google has quietly started testing a new “Stable Volume” feature on YouTube that aims to…

Microsoft Reveals New Game Pass Titles for Late July

The second wave of games coming to the Game Pass library in July includes a…

Twitter

Elon Musk Warns Twitter is Still Cash Flow Negative

Despite drastic cost-cutting measures and the hire of a new CEO to lure advertisers back,…

Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family

Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family Preview is Ending in August

The Xbox Game Pass Friend and Family plan that Microsoft launched in limited preview back…

Xbox Game Pass Core

Xbox Game Pass Core to Replace Xbox Live Gold on September 14

It’s official, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold subscription will officially become Xbox Game Pass Core on…

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Retro Game Streaming Platform Anstream Arcade is Coming to Xbox on July 21

Anstream Arcade, a retro-themed cloud gaming service that’s already available on PC and Android devices…

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Meta Blocks Access to its Threads App to EU Users with VPNs

Meta has taken new measures to block its Threads app in the EU. The Twitter…

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UK CMA Extends Deadline for its Review of Microsoft’s Activision Deal

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today that it was extending the deadline…

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