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.

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Amazon Alexa+

Alexa+ Launches in Early Access in Germany and Austria

Amazon is continuing to expand the availability of its next-gen Alexa+ assistant, which is launching…

Google Health Fitbit Air

Google Launches Screenless Fitbit Air and Rebrands Fitbit App to Google Health

Google officially unveiled the screenless Fitbit Air fitness band today, and it's also rebranding the…

Spotify Personal podcast

Spotify Now Welcomes AI-Generated Podcasts Created With AI Agents

Spotify is currently hosting over 7 million podcasts, but it’s now welcoming AI-generated podcasts created…

Google Chrome built-in ai

Google Clarifies How Chrome’s Built-In AI Features Use Local Storage

Google has clarified how Chrome’s built-in AI features work after multiple reports pointed out that…

Samsung One UI 8.5

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Starts Rolling Out to Older Galaxy Phones

Samsung’s new One UI 8.5 software, which first shipped on the Galaxy S26 series in…

Xbox boot animation

Xbox Consoles Are Getting a New Boot Animation

Microsoft is about to introduce a new boot animation on Xbox consoles featuring the glowing…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Loads All Saved Passwords in Plain Text Upon Launch

Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords in the browser’s memory in plain text upon launch,…

Google AI Mode AI Overviews

Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews Now Show More Links and New Content Sources

Google is updating its AI Overviews and AI Mode in search to show more links…

Apple Intelligence

Apple Will Reportedly Allow Third-Party Models to Power Apple Intelligence Features

Apple is reportedly working on a new Extensions system to integrate third-party AI models into…

Xbox CEO Announces Leadership Changes, Kills Copilot on Console Plans

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma picked up four senior executives from her previous CoreAI group at…

OpenAI GPT-5.5 Instant Memory sources

OpenAI Starts Rolling Out New GPT-5.5 Instant Model and Memory Sources to ChatGPT Users

ChatGPT now uses a new GPT-5.5 Instant model by default, which provides shorter, more factually…

Meta Teen Detection Tools

Meta Expands its Teen Detection Tools to More Markets

Meta is expanding the use of its age assurance technology to automatically apply Teen Account…

Microsoft Copilot Cowork

Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork Agent Launches on Mobile and Adds Plugins Support

Copilot Cowork, Microsoft’s new AI productivity agent is now available on mobile devices, and it’s…

Forza Horizon 6 Game Pass

Forza Horizon 6, Subnautica 2, and More Are Headed to Game Pass in May

Xbox Game Pass will get several big games on day one in May, including Forza…

Apple Wallet app

Report: Apple Wallet App Will Let iOS 27 Users Add Custom Passes

iOS 27 will reportedly let iPhone users add custom passes for digital tickets, memberships, and…

Call of Duty

The Next Call of Duty Game Won’t Be Released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Activision confirmed yesterday that the next Call of Duty game is “not being developed" for…

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