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.

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Facebook Messenger

Facebook to Retire its Messenger.com Web App in April

Facebook is planning to retire its Messenger.com web app in April after pulling the plug…

Kingdom Come Deliverance II The Witcher 3 Game Pass

Kingdom Come Deliverance II, The Witcher 3, and More Are Coming to Game Pass

Kingdom Come Deliverance II, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and EA Sports College Football 26…

Apple 12-inch MacBook

[Updated] Apple’s Smaller and Cheaper MacBook May Launch in March

Apple will reportedly bring back a cheaper MacBook to its Mac lineup this year, and…

Xbox Social clubs

Microsoft to Retire User-Created Xbox Social Clubs in April

Microsoft quietly announced that the gamer-created social clubs on Xbox will be retired in April…

Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses

Report: Meta to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

Meta is reportedly working on a new facial recognition feature for its Ray-Ban smart glasses…

Apple Vision Pro YouTube app

Apple Vision Pro Finally Gets a Native YouTube App

YouTube is now available as a native app on the Apple Vision Pro, where it…

GeForce Now Amazon Fire TV App

Nvidia GeForce Now is Now Available on Amazon Fire TV 4K Sticks

Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is now available on the Amazon's Fire TV Stick…

Xbox GDC 2026

Microsoft to Help Developers Build for the Future of Xbox at GDC

Microsoft will discuss the future of Xbox game development during the GDC conference in San…

Drag and drop an app shortcut from Start to the Taskbar

Report: Windows 11 to Bring Back the Ability to Move and Resize the Taskbar

Microsoft is reportedly working to bring back the ability to resize and move the Windows…

Apple Intelligence LLM Siri

Apple’s Big Siri Update May Not Be Ready for iOS 26.4

Apple reportedly ran into issues while testing new AI features for Siri internally, and releasing…

Apple devices

Apple Releases 26.3 Updates for All Its Platforms

iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 are getting a new feature designed to limit information that…

Fitbit Personal Health Coach

Fitbit’s Personal Health Coach is Expanding to More Markets Including the UK and Canada

Fitbit’s new Gemini-powered health coach, which launched in public preview in the US in October…

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026

Samsung to Reveal its Next Flagship Galaxy Phones on February 25

Samsung announced a new Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25, 2026, in San Francisco, where…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases February 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates

The February 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 improves the cross-device feature that lets…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft to Roll Out New Secure Boot Certificates to Keep Old Windows PCs Secure

Microsoft is preparing to roll out new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update to keep…

Google Results about you

Google’s ‘Results About You’ Tool Can Now Help Users Protect Their ID Numbers

Google’s Results about you tool is being updated to help users find and remove government-issued…

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