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

Gmail is Discontinuing POP3 Import and ‘Gmailify’ Features for Other Accounts

Gmail is about to lose the ability to fetch emails from other accounts via the…

Resident Evil Village Star Wars Outlaws Game Pass

Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws Are Coming to Game Pass

The first new Game Pass games for 2026 include two blockbuster titles, Resident Evil Village…

Nvidia GeForce Now

Nvidia Announces DLSS 4.5 and GeForce Now Apps for Linux and Fire TV

Nvidia just announced DLSS 4.5, a new version of its AI-powered upscaling and frame generation…

Alexa+ web app alexa.com

Alexa+ Web App is Now Available for All Early Access Users

Amazon is making its Alexa+ web app available for all users in the US and…

Xbox CLoud Gaming Hisense smart tvs

Xbox Cloud Gaming is Coming to Hisense Smart TVs

Microsoft continues to expand the availability of Xbox Cloud Gaming, which will be coming later…

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 Plus Chip for Copilot+ PCs

Qualcomm has just put the wraps off its new Snapdragon X2 Plus chips, which will…

Google Gemini Google TV

Google TV is Getting New Gemini-Powered AI Features

Google detailed today how it’s planning to improve the new Gemini on Google TV experience…

Gmail

Gmail May Soon Let Users Change Their Email Address

Google may be testing the ability for Gmail users to change their @gmail.com email address.

Apple App Store

Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores for iOS Users in Brazil

Apple will soon allow alternative iOS app stores in Brazil after agreeing to settle an…

Xbox Cloud Gaming Amazon Fire TV smart tvs

Xbox Cloud Gaming is Coming to the Latest Amazon Fire TV Smart TVs

Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to more Fire TV devices today, with Microsoft’s Xbox app…

iOS 26.3 Interoperability

iOS 26.3 to Improve Interoperability With Third-Party Earbuds and Smartwatches in the EU

iOS 26.3, which is expected to be released in late January, will improve interoperability with…

OpenAI Your Year with ChatGPT

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’

“Your Year with ChatGPT” is rolling out in select markets to celebrate how ChatGPT users…

Firefox AI

Mozilla Firefox to Get New AI Feature in 2026, With a “Kill Switch”

Mozilla wants to turn Firefox into a "modern AI browser," but the company's new CEO…

spotify

Activist Group Allegedly Scraped 86 Millions Spotify Audio Files

An activist group scraped metadata from over 250 million Spotify tracks, as well as audio…

Microsoft Copilot LG TV

LG to Make Microsoft Copilot App on its Smart TVs Fully Removable

Owners of LG smart TVs will be able to remove a new Microsoft Copilot app…

Alexa+ Web app

Amazon is Starting to Roll Out its Alexa+ Web App

Amazon is starting to open up access to its new Alexa+ web app, which is…

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