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

Amazon May Announce Thousands of Corporate Job Cuts Next Week

Amazon is reportedly preparing to announce thousands of corporate job cuts next week, with the…

Alexa+ Mexico

Amazon’s Alexa+ Assistant is Now Available in Mexico

Amazon’s Alexa+ assistant is now available in early access in Mexico, the first country where…

TikTok Finalizes Deal to Form New US Joint Venture

TikTok owner ByteDance has finally struck a deal to sell its US operations to a…

Fable

Fable is Coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5 in Autumn 2026

Fable, the most-anticipated game from Xbox Game Studios got a proper gameplay reveal today, and…

Meta Threads app

Threads to Start Global Ad Rollout Next Week

Threads, which recently crossed 400 million monthly active users, will start showing ads to all…

Google Gemini Personal Intelligence AI mode in Search

Google Gemini’s Personal Intelligence Comes to AI Mode in Search

The new Personal Intelligence feature in Google’s Gemini chatbot, which provides personalized responses based on…

Spotify Prompted Playlist

Spotify’s Prompted Playlist Beta Expands to the US and Canada

The new Prompted Playlist feature that Spotify launched in beta in New Zealand last month…

iPhone with Siri

Apple Will Reportedly Transform Siri into a Chatbot Later This Year

Apple will reportedly turn its Siri assistant into a full-fledged chatbot later this year. It…

Paint now has a Copilot button/menu

Notepad and Paint Add New Features for Insiders

Windows Insiders can try additional Markdown syntax features in Notepad and a new a fill…

YouTube Priorities 2026

YouTube Wants to Reduce AI Slop and Bring More Variety to Shorts Videos

YouTube will give more AI features to creators of Shorts videos this year, all while…

Adobe Acrobat PDF generate podcast presentation

Adobe Acrobat Can Now Turn PDFs Into Podcasts and Presentations

Adobe Acrobat can now turn PDFs into professional-looking presentations and podcasts. The new AI features…

OpenAI Age prediction ChatGPT

OpenAI Introduces Age Prediction on its ChatGPT Consumer Plans

OpenAI has started rolling out a new age prediction technology on its ChatGPT consumer plans…

Xbox App Arm-Based Windows 11 PCs

Arm-Based Windows 11 PCs Can Now Download and Play Games from the Xbox App

Microsoft’s Xbox app on Windows 11 now supports game downloads and local play on all…

Netflix real-time voting

Netflix Introduces Real-Time Voting for its Live Events

Netflix is attempting to make its live events more interactive with the introduction of real-time…

spotify audiobooks

Report: Spotify is Working on ‘Page Match’ Feature for Audiobooks

Spotify is reportedly working on a new “Page Match” feature that will allow users to…

Netflix Warner Bros

Netflix Wants to Secure Warner Bros Acquisition With All-Cash Transaction

Following multiple hostile takeover bids from Paramount, Netflix is amending its Warner Bros acquisition offering…

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