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
EU Commission Announces “Innovation-Friendly” Digital Rules and Fix for Cookie Banner Fatigue
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- Nov 19, 2025
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The European Commission detailed today some new “innovation-friendly” digital rules that may profoundly impact how…
WhatsApp for iPhone is Getting Multi-Account Support
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- Nov 19, 2025
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WhatsApp for iPhone will soon add support for multiple accounts, which has been a top-requested…
Developers Will Soon Be Able to Bring Unity Games to Fortnite
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- Nov 19, 2025
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Epic Games, the developer of the popular Unreal Engine, will soon allow developers using the…
The Crew Motorfest, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, and More Are Coming to Game Pass
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- Nov 18, 2025
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The second wave of new Game Pass games for November will bring seven new games…
Anthropic’s Claude Models Are Coming to Microsoft Foundry and Adopting Nvidia Architecture
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- Nov 18, 2025
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Anthropic is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to scale its Claude AI models on the…
Ignite 2025: Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds New Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Agents, and More
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- Nov 18, 2025
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Microsoft 365 Copilot is getting new Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents plus video generation capabilities…
Ignite 2025: Microsoft Agent 365 is a New Management Platform for AI Agents
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 18, 2025
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Microsoft Agent 365 is a new platform designed to help organizations manage AI agents created…
Ignite 2025: Windows 11 is Getting Agents on the Taskbar and More AI Features
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 18, 2025
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Microsoft detailed today new agentic experiences coming to Windows 11, including the integration of AI…
Microsoft Announces Xbox Partner Preview Event on November 20
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 17, 2025
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Microsoft announced an Xbox Partner Preview broadcast on November 20 that will feature the upcoming…
Apple Has Reportedly Lost Interest in the Mac Pro
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 17, 2025
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Apple’s Mac Pro, which was the last Mac model to make the transition to the…
ChatGPT Now Supports Group Chats in Select Markets
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 14, 2025
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OpenAI has started testing a new group chat feature in ChatGPT that lets multiple users…
Fortnite is Coming to the Xbox App on PC With Xbox Play Anywhere Support
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 14, 2025
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Fortnite is dropping its Epic Games Store exclusivity and will be coming to the Xbox…
WhatsApp to Enable Messaging Interoperability With Two Other Apps in the EU
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 14, 2025
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Meta will soon enable messaging interoperability in WhatsApp for EU users. BirdyChat and Haiket are…
Netflix Launches New Party Games on TV
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 13, 2025
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Netflix is launching today a new collection of social party games on TV and the…
Tesla is Reportedly Planning to Add Apple CarPlay Support to its Vehicles
- Laurent Giret
- Nov 13, 2025
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Tesla is reportedly planning to make its vehicles compatible with CarPlay, Apple’s iPhone mirroring system…
Spotify Launches Audiobook Recaps on iOS
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- Nov 13, 2025
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Spotify is launching a new Audiobook recap feature in beta on iOS that summarizes the…