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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TikTok For You feed

EU Commission Urges TikTok’s to Change its “Addictive Design”

The EU Commission says that TikTok’s infinite scroll and autoplaying videos could lead to addictive…

Apple Health

Apple Reportedly Shelved its Planned AI Health Coach

Apple has reportedly put a new virtual health coach on the back burner after recent…

Android Quick Share Apple Airplay

Quick Share Will Soon Work With Apple’s AirDrop on More Android Devices

Google recently confirmed that the Quick Share/AirDrop interoperability that debuted on the Pixel 10 family…

YouTube Auto dubbing

YouTube’s Auto Dubbing Now Supports 27 Languages

YouTube is improving its auto dubbing feature by adding support for 27 languages, and users…

Spotify Physical books Bookshop.org

Spotify to Start Selling Physical Books With Bookshop.org Partnership

Spotify users in the US and the UK will soon be able to purchase physical…

Valve Steam Machine Steam Frame Steam Controller

Valve Delays Steam Machine and Steam Frame Due to Memory and Storage Shortages

Valve has delayed the release of its new Steam Machine and Steam Frame headset due…

Google Pixel 10a

Google’s Pixel 10a is Official, With Pre-Orders Opening on February 18

Google just put the wraps off its entry-level Pixel 10a today with a short teaser…

Spotify song lyrics

Spotify Makes Song Lyrics More Visible and Downloadable

Spotify has started rolling out a new Lyrics preview feature on mobile that makes lyrics…

Alexa+ generally available US

Alexa+ is Now Generally Available in the US, Chat Experience is Now Free

Amazon’s next-gen Alexa+ is now generally available in the US, and the chat experience is…

Xbox logo with silicon

Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox May Launch in 2027, Says AMD

If we already knew that next-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles will be powered by AMD…

Epic Games Store New Architecture

Epic Games Teases New Store Architecture and Community Spaces

Epic Games is planning to rebuild its storefront, add new community spaces, and other top-requested…

YouTube app

YouTube Blocks Background Play on Mobile Web Browsers, But Brave is Resisting

YouTube has quietly pushed an update to its mobile website to block background playback on…

High on Life 2 Madden NFL 26 Game Pass

High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26, and More Are Coming to Game Pass

High on Life 2 is coming to Game Pass on day one in February, and…

OpenAI Codex app macOS

OpenAI Releases Codex App for Mac

Codex, the AI coding agent that OpenAI launched last year is now available as a…

Mozilla AI controls

Mozilla Details its New Controls for Blocking AI Features in Firefox

The new option to block all AI features in Firefox is coming soon to Nightly…

Apple Mac lineup

Apple Store Now Better Shows All Specs Choices to Mac Buyers

Apple has quietly updated its Apple Store website to better show Mac buyers all hardware…

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