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

WhatsApp Meta AI chatbot

EU Commission Orders Meta to Restore Free Access to Rival AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

The EU Commission just ordered Meta to restore free access to rival AI chatbots in…

Next Xbox Console to Play PC Games

Xbox CEO Want to Explore New Business Models and Innovations to Keep Project Helix Affordable

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in a new interview yesterday that memory and storage price…

Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft Releases June 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates

The June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 bring support for shared audio over…

Gemini 3.5 Live Translate

New Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Model Provides Near Real-time Translation in Over 70 Languages

Google's new Gemini 3.5 Live Translate audio model supports near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over…

Google AI Plus

Google AI Plus Plan Drops to $4.99/Month, Storage Space Doubles to 400GB

Google is dropping the price of its AI Plus subscription from $7.99/month to $4.99, and…

Windows Insider Program

Windows Insider Program Adds New Beta (26H1) Channel

Windows 11 version 26H1 is now available for testing on the Beta Channel as an…

Apple WWDC 2026 iOS 27

Apple WWDC 2026: 10 Announcements You May Have Missed

You may have missed yesterday the strict hardware requirements for Apple’s most advanced on-device model,…

Apple's '27 releases

Apple Reveals New Siri AI and Other Software Updates Coming With its ’27 Releases

Apple detailed today the next-gen Apple Intelligence features that will be coming with its '27…

Xbox Console Exclusive

Xbox Will Still Determine Console Exclusivity on a Case-by-Case Basis

Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty said yesterday that future multiplayer and live-service Xbox games…

Gears of War_ E-Day

Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution Will Be Xbox Console Exclusives

Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are the first Xbox Games Studios titles in…

Limited Edition Xbox Series X25

Limited Edition Xbox Series X25 is Coming in November

Microsoft will release a limited-edition Xbox Series X25 console and controller in November to celebrate…

Halo Campaign Evolved

Xbox Announces Release Dates for Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day, and Fable

Microsoft has just announced the release dates for Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day,…

Xbox logo conference

Microsoft’s Games Showcase Comes at a Pivotal Moment for Xbox

Tomorrow's Xbox Games Showcase will be Microsoft’s opportunity to prove that it’s still long on…

Xbox CEO Asha SHarma

Xbox CEO Wants to “Reset the Business” Over the Next 100 Days

At the Bloomberg Tech 2026 event in San Francisco yesterday, Asha Sharma, the new CEO…

OpenAI ChatGPT Memory

OpenAI is Improving How ChatGPT’s Memory Works

OpenAI is rolling out a new memory system in ChatGPT that will intelligently update what…

Valve Steam Machine Steam Frame

Valve Says its Steam Machine and Steam Frame Will Launch This Summer

Valve’s new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, which were both originally announced in November of…

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