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

TikTok Parent Company Admits it Used the App to Track Some Journalists

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok has confirmed after an internal investigation that some of…

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Microsoft Responds to FTC Activision Blizzard Lawsuit

Microsoft has filed its response to the FTC’s lawsuit challenging its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.…

Twitter

Twitter Starts Rolling Out Public View Counts on Tweets

Twitter has started rolling out view counts on all tweets, as CEO Elon Musk believes…

NFL Sunday Ticket is Coming to YouTube in 2023

Google will start airing NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV and a YouTube Primetime channel…

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Google is Changing its Chrome Release Schedule Next Year

Starting with Google Chrome 110, Google will start pushing an early stable new version of…

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Apple May Be Working on Apple TV App for Android

Apple has reportedly started testing an Android version of its Apple TV app internally. The…

Report: Apple May Delay or Cancel 4th Gen iPhone SE

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the next iPhone SE, which is expected to finally…

Elon Musk is Looking For New Twitter CEO “Foolish Enough to Take the Job”

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that he’s ready to resign as soon he finds “someone…

Ubisoft Gives Free PC Copies of its Games Bought on Google Stadia

With Google Stadia shutting down for good on January 18, 2023, Ubisoft announced today that…

Amazon Starts Rolling Out Matter Support on its Echo Devices

Amazon has completed the first phase of its rollout of the Matter smart home standard…

Lenovo Announces New ThinkPad X1 Laptops

Lenovo unveiled today its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11, ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8,…

Twitter Launches Twitter Blue for Business

Twitter has announced yesterday Twitter Blue for Business, a new version of its Twitter Blue…

Amazon Brings Free Music Videos, Business News, More to Fire TV

Amazon has started rolling out free music videos and other video content to Fire TV…

Google Workspace Adds Client-Side Encryption for Gmail in Beta

Google has launched a public beta of client-side encryption for Gmail on the web. The…

Apple Has Reportedly Canceled High-End Mac Pro with M2 “Extreme” Chip

The Mac Pro is the last Mac model that has yet to make the transition…

Microsoft Kicks Off its Xbox Countdown Sale

Microsoft kicked off its Xbox Countdown Sale today with up to 60% discount on hundreds…

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