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

Meta is Planning New AI Features in Facebook Messenger and Instagram

During an all-hands meeting with employees yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg detailed new AI features coming to…

Outlook web app Calendar board view

Outlook Web App is Losing its Calendar Board View

Microsoft will remove the calendar board view in the Outlook web app this month. Users…

Windows 11 Narrator Natural Voice

Windows 11 Insider Build 22631.1835 Brings More Natural Narrator voices

The Windows 11 Insider build 22631.1835 for Beta channel testers introduces new natural Narrator voices…

Google Drive

Google Drive is Dropping Support for Windows 8 and 8.1 in August

The Google Drive app for Windows will drop support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1…

WhatsApp channels

WhatsApp’s New Channels Let Users Follow Updates From Organizations

WhatsApp is launching a new Channels feature that will let users follow updates from organizations…

Amazon Prime Video

Report: Amazon Prime Video Could Get an Ad-Supported Tier

After both Netflix and Disney+ launched ad-supporter tiers last year, Amazon is reportedly planning to…

redesigned File Explorer Home

Dev Channel Insiders Can Now Test Redesigned File Explorer Home

The Windows 11 preview build 23475 introduces a redesigned File Explorer Home page and new…

Minecraft Chromebook

Minecraft is Now Officially Available on Chromebooks

Minecraft is officially launching on Chromebooks today, and it's available to purchase on all Chromebooks…

twitter

Twitter Blue Subscribers Can Now Edit Messages For Up to 1 Hour

Twitter is making the ability to edit messages for Twitter Blue subscribers more flexible by…

Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit Can Run DirectX 12 Games on macOS

Apple’s game porting toolkit can translate DirectX 12 Windows games into Metal 3. This should…

Apple iOS 17

Apple Mistakenly Made iOS 17 Developer Beta Available to Everyone

The first iOS 17 developer beta Apple released yesterday is reportedly available for all users,…

Amazon Luna

Amazon Luna is Sunsetting its Windows and Mac Apps

Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service is pulling the plug on its PC and Mac apps…

Western Digital Xbox Series X_S Storage Expansion card

Western Digital’s Xbox Series X|S Expansion Cards Start at $79.99

Western Digital is launching two expansion cards for Xbox Series X|S consoles today that start…

Microsoft Campus

FTC Fines Microsoft $20 Million for Illegally Collecting Kids’ Xbox Data

The US FTC has fined Microsoft $20 million for illegally collecting personal information from kids…

Apple Announces iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma

There are a lot of new features coming with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS…

Apple M2 15-inch MacBook Mac Studio Mac Pro

Apple Announces M2-Based 15-inch MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro

Apple unveiled today a 15-inch M2 MacBook Air, new M2 Max and M2 Ultra Mac…

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