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

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…

Office Lens

Microsoft Lens App to be Retired on March 9

Microsoft Lens, the company’s mobile scanner app will be removed from the App Store and…

Google AI Overview

Google Turns Off Some AI Overviews Following Reports of “Dangerous” Medical Information

Google has quietly tweaked its AI Overviews in search results to remove some AI-generated summaries…

Amazon Alexa+

Amazon Starts Pushing Alexa+ to Prime Members with Echo Devices

Amazon has started pushing its next-gen Alexa+ assistant to Prime members with supported Echo devices.…

Google Agentic Shopping AI Mode Gemini

Google Enables Agentic Shopping in AI Mode in Search and the Gemini App

Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) will soon power agentic shopping experiences in AI Mode in…

Windows 11 PC

The First Windows 11 Insider Build of 2026 is Out With Copilot Improvements

The first Windows 11 preview build of the year is out following the holiday break,…

Avowed PlayStation 5

Avowed is the Next Xbox Game Coming to PS5 on February 17

Avowed, the heroic fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment released on Xbox and PC last year…

YouTube

YouTube is Updating its Search Filters

YouTube has announced updates to its search filters, which should make it easier for users to find what…

Microsoft Copilot Shopping experience

Microsoft is Bringing a Shopping Experience to its Copilot Assistant

Microsoft has started testing a new Copilot Checkout feature that lets US users shop for…

Apple Card

Chase to Replace Goldman Sachs as Apple Card Issuer

Apple announced yesterday that Chase will replace Goldman Sachs as the new issuer of the…

Xbox Developer Direct Fable Forza Horizon 6

Xbox Developer_Direct Returns on January 22 With Fable and Forza Horizon 6 Gameplay

Xbox is doing another Developer_Direct event in January with an in-depth look at the upcoming…

OpenAI ChatGPT Health

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health

OpenAI is launching today a new Health experience in ChatGPT designed to provide better health…

Dell XPS laptop CES 2026

Dell Exec Says Consumers Aren’t Buying New PCs “Based on AI”

A Dell executive said at CES this week that consumers aren’t too excited about AI…

WhatsApp Group member tags events reminders

WhatsApp Improves its Groups Feature With Member Tags and Event Reminders

WhatsApp announced today some upgrades for its Groups feature, with new member tags, event reminders,…

Spotify Listening Activity mobile

Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile

Spotify users on mobile can now share their listening activity in real time and invite…

Alexa+ Samsung Smart TV

Alexa+ is Coming to Samsung TVs, BMW Cars, and More

Amazon's next-gen Alexa+ assistant is coming soon to more devices, including Samsung smart TVs and…

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