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 for Chromebooks is Now Being Tested in Select Markets

Minecraft developer Mojang has quietly launched a trial version of the sandbox game for Chromebooks…

Microsoft Office apps

Microsoft Reportedly Plans to Unveil OpenAI-Powered Office Features in March

Microsoft is reportedly planning to announce new integrations between the technology of ChatGPT maker OpenAI…

Microsoft Campus

Report: Microsoft Job Cuts Hit Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens Teams

As Microsoft recently announced that it would lay off 10,000 employees in Q1 2023, a…

PC with Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Releases Edge 110 and Drops Support for Windows 7 and 8.1

Microsoft Edge 110 is the first version of the web browser to drop support for…

Microsoft Tests Highlighting 2FA Codes in Windows 11 Notification Toasts

In the just-released Windows 11 Insider build 25295 for Dev Channel testers, Microsoft has started…

Netflix Starts Restricting Password Sharing in Four Markets

Netflix has begun its password-sharing crackdown in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain today. Subscribers…

twitter

Twitter Blue US Subscribers Can Now Write Tweets With Up to 4,000 Characters

Twitter Blue subscribers in the US can now create longer tweets with up to 4,000…

Google

Google Start Rolling Out Multisearch on Mobile and Immersive View in Maps

Google is rolling out a new multisearch feature in its Google app on mobile, and…

Atomic Heart and Cities Skyline: Remastered Are Coming to Game Pass in February

Six new games are coming to the Game Pass library in February including the FPS…

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The UK’s CMA Says Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Could Hurt Competition

In the UK's Competition and Markets Authority provisional findings published today, the country's antitrust regulator…

Mozilla is Working on Gecko-Based iOS Web Browser

Mozilla has started working on a new iOS browser that uses the company’s Gecko rendering…

Microsoft Edge Bing AI ChatGPT

Microsoft Launches AI-Powered Bing and Edge in Limited Preview

A new version of Microsoft's Bing search engine that integrates artificial intelligence technology from ChatGPT…

OnePlus 11 to Launch in the US on February 16, OnePlus Tablet Also Announced

OnePlus announced today the pricing details and international release date for its new OnePlus 11…

New Skype Insider App Runs 3X Faster on Apple Silicon Macs

Skype is finally adding native support for Apple Silicon Macs with the latest version of…

Twitter

Report: Twitter Currently Has 290,000 Subscribers Accounting For $28M in Annual Revenue

Twitter reportedly had just 290,000 subscribers in mid-January, which represents around $28 million in annual…

Microsoft to Hold Surprise AI-Themed Event Today

Microsoft will hold a surprise media event at its Redmond campus today at 10 AM…

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