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

Death Stranding Game Pass

Death Stranding and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II Are Coming to Game Pass

Death Stranding Director’s Cut and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II are the next two big…

Microsoft Edge Copilot button

Microsoft Edge Now Lets You Hide its Copilot Button

If you like Microsoft Edge but don’t care about Copilot features, the version 144 of…

Xbox Cloud Gaming

Xbox Cloud Gaming Appears to Be Readying Ad-Supported Tier

Microsoft may soon launch an ad-supporter Xbox Cloud Gaming tier as traces of the new…

Windows 11 PC

Emergency Windows 11 Updates Are Out to Address Shutdown and Remote Connection Issues

Microsoft released two emergency Windows 11 updates over the weekend to address remote connection and…

OpenAI ChatGPT Go

ChatGPT Go is Now Available Worldwide, But Free and Go Users Will Soon See Ads

The cheaper ChatGPT Go plan is now available, but OpenAI will soon start testing ads…

Wikipedia AI partnerships

Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

Wikipedia new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, which will join…

Meta Horizon Workrooms

Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App

Meta is sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app, and it will also…

AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Amazon Launches AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Amazon announced today that the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, an independent cloud infrastructure for European…

OpenAI ChatGPT Translate

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Translate

OpenAI has discreetly launched a new translation tool in ChatGPT that replicates the UI from…

Spotify logo green

Spotify Premium is Getting More Expensive in the US in February

Spotify has started notifying Premium subscribers in the US that their subscription will cost $1…

YouTube Parental Controls

YouTube Adds More Granular Parental Controls

YouTube is introducing today more granular parental controls, including an option to restrict the time…

Google Gemini Personal Intelligence

Google Gemini Can Now Be Personalized Using Data From Google Apps

A new Personal Intelligence feature for Google Gemini allows the chatbot to deliver personalized responses…

Microsoft Leading in the age of AI Satya Nadella

Microsoft Details How it Plans to Build a “Community-First” AI Infrastructure

Microsoft wants to operate its datacenters more responsibly and detailed a 5-point plan to build…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases January 2026 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11

The January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 address a battery issue on devices…

Meta Reality Labs

Meta is Cutting 10% of its Reality Labs Workforce as it Shifts its Focus to Mobile and Wearables

Meta is laying off 10% of employees working at its Reality Labs group as the…

Apple Creator Studio

Apple Launches ‘Creator Studio’ App Bundle at $12.99/Month

Apple Creator Studio is a new app bundle designed for creative professionals that will be…

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