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 Intelligence

Apple Will Reportedly Allow Third-Party Models to Power Apple Intelligence Features

Apple is reportedly working on a new Extensions system to integrate third-party AI models into…

Xbox CEO Announces Leadership Changes, Kills Copilot on Console Plans

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma picked up four senior executives from her previous CoreAI group at…

OpenAI GPT-5.5 Instant Memory sources

OpenAI Starts Rolling Out New GPT-5.5 Instant Model and Memory Sources to ChatGPT Users

ChatGPT now uses a new GPT-5.5 Instant model by default, which provides shorter, more factually…

Meta Teen Detection Tools

Meta Expands its Teen Detection Tools to More Markets

Meta is expanding the use of its age assurance technology to automatically apply Teen Account…

Microsoft Copilot Cowork

Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork Agent Launches on Mobile and Adds Plugins Support

Copilot Cowork, Microsoft’s new AI productivity agent is now available on mobile devices, and it’s…

Forza Horizon 6 Game Pass

Forza Horizon 6, Subnautica 2, and More Are Headed to Game Pass in May

Xbox Game Pass will get several big games on day one in May, including Forza…

Apple Wallet app

Report: Apple Wallet App Will Let iOS 27 Users Add Custom Passes

iOS 27 will reportedly let iPhone users add custom passes for digital tickets, memberships, and…

Call of Duty

The Next Call of Duty Game Won’t Be Released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Activision confirmed yesterday that the next Call of Duty game is “not being developed" for…

Forza Horizon 6

PlayGround Games Details Forza Horizon 6’s Xbox Performance and Loyalty Rewards

Forza Horizon 6 is now available for pre-loading on Xbox and PC, and developer Playground…

Apple Mac mini

Apple Stops Selling its $599 Mac Mini With 256GB of Storage

Apple has quietly stopped selling its entry-level M4 Mac mini with 256GB of storage, which…

Age of Empires II macOS May 28

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is Coming to macOS on May 28

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, the remaster of the cult-classic RTS game will be…

Windows 11 PCs

New Windows Insider Experience Starts Rolling Out to Some Canary Testers

Microsoft is moving Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel running 28000 series builds to the…

Microsoft Agent 365

Microsoft Agent 365 Platform Goes Out of Preview and Adds Support for Local AI Agents

Microsoft Agent 365, the company's new management platform for AI agents is going out of…

Microsoft Word Legal Agent

Microsoft Launches New Legal AI Agent in Word

A new Legal AI Agent in Word for Windows can now assist legal professionals working…

Apple Mac Studio

Apple Says Mac Mini and Mac Studio Are in Short Supply Due to AI Boom

Apple says its Mac mini and Mac Studio will be in short supply for many…

Researcher agent taskbar

Optional April Update for Windows 11 Brings AI Agents on Taskbar, More

The optional April update for Windows 11 brings the new Xbox Mode, AI agents to…

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