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

Microsoft Launches “Simply Next Gen” Ad Campaign for Xbox Series S

Microsoft is launching a new “Simply Next Gen” ad campaign to promote its Xbox Series…

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8+ and 7 Gen 1

Qualcomm announced today the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, which will power the next generation of…

Report: Apple’s AR/VR Headset Reaches New Development Milestone

Apple’s AR/VR headset has reportedly been shown to the company’s board last week, and it…

Xbox Outsold PS5 in Japan for the First Time in this Console Gen

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles outsold Sony’s PlayStation 5 in Japan last week.

YouTube Can Now Show the Most Popular Sections of Videos

YouTube is updating its video player to add a ‘Most Replayed’ feature that highlights the…

Apple’s iPhone Privacy Ad Shows Greedy Bidders Auctioning for your Data

Apple published yesterday a new “Privacy on iPhone" ad that takes a not so subtle…

Windows 11 is Now Ready for Broad Deployment, Microsoft Says

Windows 11 is now available to install for all users running Windows 10 version 2004…

Amazon Announces New Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids Tablets

Amazon introduced today its new Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids tablets, which should deliver…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Makes it Easier to Access Installed PWAs

Microsoft has detailed today new Edge features that make it easier for users to access…

Microsoft Changes its Cloud Licensing Policies to Appease EU Cloud Providers

Microsoft announced this morning that it was changing its cloud licensing policies to address complaints…

Apple Reveals New Accessibility Features Coming to iOS 16 and macOS 13

Apple shared some details today about new accessibility features coming later this year to iPhones,…

Google Lets G Suite Legacy Customers Keep Their Free Account

Google will allow G Suite legacy free edition customers to keep using the service for…

Microsoft Teams Lands on the Windows 10/11 Microsoft Store

Microsoft Teams is finally available to download from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and…

Jurrasic World Evolution 2, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass in May

Jurassic World Evolution 2, Sniper Elite 5, and more are coming to Xbox Game Pass…

Apple Now Lets Developers Automatically Raise App Subscription Prices

Apple is now allowing developers to raise the prices of some app subscriptions without requiring…

Fall Guys Turns Free-to-play and Comes to Xbox and Switch in June

Fall Guys is coming to Xbox and Nintendo Switch on June 21, and it's also…

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