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

OpenAI Sora

OpenAI is Killing its Sora Video Generator

OpenAI is sunsetting Sora, its AI-powered video generation app that launched on iOS and Android…

Arm datacenter AI chip

ARM Announces First Datacenter AI Chip Developed With Meta

Arm unveiled the AGI CPU yesterday, its first CPU for AI data centers, designed in…

Google Gemini Google TV

Gemini for Google TV is Coming Soon to Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain

The new Gemini for TV experience that’s set to replace the existing Google Assistant on…

Apples Releases the 26.4 Versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS

Apple has just released the 26.4 versions of all of its software platforms, and there…

Epic Games

Epic Games is Laying Off Over 1,000 Employees

Epic Games announced today that it’s laying off over 1,000 employees as it continues to…

Wi-Fi router

US FCC Bans Imports of New Foreign-Made Routers Over Security Concerns

The US Federal Communications Commission has just banned the importation of new foreign-made consumer routers…

Anthropic Claude Computer Use

Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Control a Mac and Complete Tasks

Anthropic’s Claude AI can now control Macs and complete tasks on its own using Claude…

Apple Maps ads

Apple Maps May Start Showing Ads to Users This Summer

Apple is reportedly planning to introduce ads to its Maps app as soon as this…

Apple WWDC 2026

Apple’s WWDC 2026 Developer Conference Will Kick Off on June 8

Apple will hold its WWDC 2026 developer conference on June 8–12, 2026, and the '27…

Xbox Partner Preview event March 26 2026

Xbox Announces Partner Preview Event on March 26

The Xbox team has just announced a Partner Preview broadcast on Thursday, March 26, which…

Windows 11 Microsoft account sign-in

Windows 11 Gets Emergency Patch to Fix Microsoft Account Sign In Issues

Microsoft released an emergency patch over the weekend to address an issue preventing Windows 11…

AirDrop Samsung Galaxy S26

AirDrop Support is Coming to Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Series

Samsung is adding AirDrop support to its Galaxy smartphones, starting with the latest Galaxy S26…

Amazon Alexa+

Amazon’s Alexa+ Assistant is Now Rolling Out in the UK

Amazon is continuing the international expansion of its next-gen Alexa+ assistant, which is now rolling…

Windows 11 PCs

Here’s How Microsoft Plans to Improve Windows 11’s Performance and Reliability in 2026

Microsoft detailed today how it plans to improve the performance and reliability of Windows 11…

Windows 11 Vertical Taskbar

Windows Insiders Will Soon Get to Test Vertical Taskbar and More

Windows Insiders will soon get to test the ability to move the taskbar to other…

Windows Insider Feedback Hub

Windows Insider Feedback Hub Gets a New Design and Simpler Submission Flow

Microsoft is starting to roll out a redesigned Feedback Hub to Insiders with a redesigned…

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