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

Google Pixel February Update Addresses Bluetooth Issues and More

The February patch for Pixel devices includes fixes for Bluetooth connectivity, and there’s also a…

Google is Working on Blink-Powered Browser for iOS

Google is working on a new iOS web browser that uses Blink instead of Apple’s…

Report: Apple May Launch Beefier iPhone ‘Ultra’ Next Year

Apple is reportedly considering the launch of a new top-of-the-line iPhone in 2024. This new…

Elon Musk Announces Ad Revenue Sharing Program for Twitter Blue Subscribers

Elon Musk announced today that Twitter will start sharing some of its ad revenue with…

amazon

Report: FTC is Working on Potential Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon

The US Federal Trade Commission could be preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon after examining…

HoloLens 2

Microsoft is Still Committed to HoloLens 2 and Mixed Reality Despite Recent Layoffs

After the 10,000 job cuts Microsoft announced last month have reportedly hit the mixed reality…

Google Announces Search and AI Event on February 8

Google will be holding a search and AI event next week on February 8 where…

ChatGPT Comes to Microsoft Word With New Ghostwriter Add-in

OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot is now available in Microsoft Word via Ghostwriter, a new third-party add-in…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Insider Builds for Beta Channel Testers

The Windows 11 Insider builds 22621.1250 and 22623.1250 introduce a new policy that lets IT…

Twitter

Twitter is Cutting Free Access to its API on February 9

Twitter will be cutting free access to its Twitter API v2 and v1.1. on February…

Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm Are Working on “Extended Reality” Products

Samsung announced at its Galaxy Unpacked Event this week that it was working with Qualcomm…

Report: Microsoft Bing Could Soon Integrate OpenAI’s Faster ChatGPT-4

Microsoft’s Bing search engine will reportedly integrate GPT-4, a faster version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot…

Samsung Unveils Galaxy S23 and Galaxy Book3 Series

Samsung unveiled today its new flagship Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphones,…

Microsoft Brings Spotify and Phone Link Widgets to Dev Channel Insiders

After Dev Channel Insiders got to test a new widget for the Facebook Messenger app…

Xbox 360 games

Microsoft is Delisting Over 40 Games From its Xbox 360 Marketplace

Microsoft is planning to delist over 40 games from its Xbox 360 marketplace next week.…

Netflix’s Premium Plan Adds Spatial Audio Support on All Devices

Netflix is adding spatial audio support to its $19.99 Premium plan. Spatial Audio is currently…

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