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

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…

Xbox Design Lab Comes to More Markets with New Options

Xbox Design Lab is launching in 11 new markets today, and the program is also…

Xbox Game Pass Will Add Demos of Upcoming Games Next Year

Microsoft is planning to let Xbox Game Pass members play demos of upcoming games with…

Xbox Cloud Gaming App on Smart TVs

Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Soon Let You Play the Games you Own

Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming platform will soon allow Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play…

Xbox App On Samsung Smart TVs

Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs This Month

Microsoft is launching a new Xbox Cloud Gaming app on 2022 Samsung Smart TVs and…

E3

E3 is Coming Back as a Physical and Digital Event Next Year

If there's been no E3 in-person event for three years in a row, E3 will…

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