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

Microsoft’s Xbox Series S Gets a Memory Boost

Microsoft has improved memory allocation on its Xbox Series S console to make more memory…

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YouTube Premium Adds ‘Pinch to Zoom’ Experimental Feature

YouTube has started testing a new ‘Pinch to Zoom’ feature for Premium subscribers on mobile…

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Amazon to Acquire Makers of Roomba Vacuum Cleaners for $1.7 Billion

Amazon announced this morning that it has reached an agreement to acquire iRobot, the makers…

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family Plan Launches in Preview in Colombia and Ireland

Microsoft is previewing a new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family in Colombia and Ireland that…

Google Starts Rebranding its Duo App to Google Meet

Google has started rebranding its Duo app to Google Meet on iOS and Android to…

Report: Apple Could Delay iPadOS 16 By a Month to Fix Bugs

iPadOS 16 could be released a month later than iOS 16 this fall, as Apple…

Windows 11 Insider Build 25174 Brings New Game Pass Widget

Microsoft has started testing a new Game Pass widget on Windows 11 that will highlight…

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Starts Rolling Out Native Teams App on Apple Silicon Macs

Microsoft has started rolling out a native version of Microsoft Teams for users with Apple…

Amazon Luna Joins Xbox Cloud Gaming on Samsung Smart TVs

Amazon’s Luna game streaming service is now available on Samsung’s 2022 Smart TVs and Smart…

Apple Adds Eight 2015-2016 Macs to its Vintage Products List

Apple has added eight new MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac models released between…

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Windows Susbsystem for Android Adds Gamepad Support for Insiders

This new Windows Subsystem for Android update brings support for joysticks and gamepads in Android…

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Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 22H2 Builds for Beta Channel Testers

Microsoft has just released two new Windows 11 22H2 builds for Insiders in the Beta…

Microsoft to Fix Outlook Crashes Caused by Uber Receipt Emails

Microsoft is working to fix a bug causing Outlook to become unresponsive when opening emails…

Amazon Prime Now Offers Same-Day Delivery From Select US Stores

Amazon Prime members in select US cities can now get free same-day delivery when purchasing…

Ghost Recon Wildlands And More Come to Xbox Game Pass in August

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands headlines the list of games coming to the Xbox Game…

Outlook Lite Android App Launches in Select Markets Today

Microsoft's new Outlook Lite app for Android supports the main features of the regular Outlook…

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