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

Report: Microsoft Has Started Testing Casual Games in Teams

Microsoft has reportedly started testing games in Teams internally, imagining scenarios where Solitaire and other…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases June Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11

The June 2022 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 brings Windows Spotlight wallpapers to the…

Firefox Turns On Total Cookie Protection by Default

Mozilla is rolling out today Total Cookie Protection by default for all Firefox users on…

WhatsApp on iPhone

WhatsApp Now Supports Transferring Chat History from Android to iOS

WhatsApp has started rolling out the ability to move your chat history from an Android…

Windows 11 File Explorer Tabs Are Now Available for Beta Channel Testers

Windows Insiders in the Beta channel can now test the new Tabs feature for File…

Mozilla Will Transform K-9 Mail App into Thunderbird on Android

Mozilla has hired the maintainer of the open-source Android email client K-9 Mail and will…

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Now Uses AI to Prevent Unwanted Echo During Calls

Echo cancellation and de-reverberation are two new AI-powered features that have started rolling out in…

Microsoft Shows Over 30 Games Coming to Xbox in the Next 12 Months

Microsoft's Xbox & Bethesda games showcase yesterday revealed over 30 games coming to Xbox and…

Meta is Now Targeting Businesses with its Portal Devices

Meta has reportedly given up on trying to bring its Portal smart displays into more…

Microsoft Kicks Off Xbox Deals Unlocked Sale

The Xbox Deals Unlocked Sale offers up to 80% discounts on a selection of games…

Report: Apple is Working on 15-inch MacBook Air and New 12-inch Laptop

Apple is reportedly working on a 15-inch version of its new M2 MacBook Air, as…

Google Plans to Improve Chrome With Machine Learning

Google detailed this week some upcoming improvements coming to its Chrome browser with the help…

Microsoft Releases ARM64 Version of Notepad for Insiders

The new native ARM64 version of Notepad brings performance improvements on Windows on ARM PCs.

Outlook Mobile is Getting an Algorithmic Newsfeed

Microsoft’s Outlook Mobile app is about the add an algorithmic newsfeed for enterprise accounts that…

Surface Duo 2 June Update Makes the Glance Bar More Useful

Third-party messaging apps can now display notifications on the Surface Duo 2's Glance Bar.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is Getting New Gaming Features

Microsoft’s Edge browser is getting a couple of new gaming features to reflect the company’s…

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