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

Apple Watch Healthcare

Apple is Reportedly Working on Glucose Monitoring Technology

Apple is reportedly working on noninvasive glucose tracking technology that could eventually ship in future…

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Open Source its Algorithm Next Week

Elon Musk is teasing that Twitter could make its algorithm open source next week, though…

Spotify Launches New AI DJ in Beta

Spotify is launching a new AI DJ in beta in the US and Canada today.…

Microsoft’s New Bing AI Comes to the Bing, Edge, and Skype Mobile Apps

Microsoft is updating its Bing mobile app today to integrate its new Bing chatbot. The…

Windows 11 PC with Start Menu

New Windows 11 Features Are Available in the Release Preview Ring

A big update for Windows 11 version 22H2 is now available for Windows Insiders in…

Microsoft to Make its PC Games Available on Nvidia’s GeForce Now

Microsoft has signed a 10-year agreement with Nvidia to bring its Xbox PC games to…

Microsoft Announces Four New Game Pass Games

Four new games are coming to Game Pass between February 28 and March 3 including…

Google Chrome’s Memory Saver and Energy Saver Modes Are Now Rolling Out

Google Chrome's new Memory Saver and Energy Saver modes should now be enabled by default…

Microsoft Signs 10 Year Deal to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Players

Microsoft has signed a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo’s consoles.…

Microsoft Teams meetings

A Faster Microsoft Teams “2.0” is Reportedly Coming Next Month

A new Microsoft Teams 2.0 client with an infrastructure rebuilt from scratch is reportedly launching…

Facebook

Meta Launches Verified Subscription for Facebook and Instagram

Meta is trialing a new Meta Verified subscription that provides a verified badge for Facebook…

Microsoft Bing Edge Yusuf Mehdi

Report: Microsoft is Exploring How to Bring Ads to its Bing AI

Microsoft has reportedly demoed its new AI-powered Bing to a “major ad agency” this week…

Microsoft Store on Windows 11 (1)

New Microsoft Store UI is Rolling Out to Dev Channel Testers

A new update to the Microsoft Store app is now rolling out to Dev Channel…

iOS 16.4 to Add Push Notifications Support for Home Screen Web Apps

In the first iOS 16.4 and iPad OS 16.4 developer previews released yesterday, web apps…

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is Stepping Down After 9 Years

Susan Wojcicki, a Google veteran who has been the CEO of YouTube for nine years…

Microsoft Bing chatbot

Microsoft Acknowledges Feedback on its New Bing AI Chatbot

Following a week of public testing of its new Bing AI chatbot, Microsoft has shared…

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