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

Researcher agent taskbar

Microsoft Prepares Windows Insiders for the Arrival of AI Agents on the Taskbar

Insiders on the Dev and Beta Channels will soon be able to test how AI…

TikTok

Report: TikTok Has Agreed to Divest its US Operations to American Consortium

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has reportedly agreed to divest its US operations to…

Alexa+ Amazon Ring Doorbell

Alexa+ is Coming to Amazon’s Ring Doorbells

A new Alexa+ Greetings feature is launching today on select Amazon Ring doorbells, and it…

Apple iOS APp Store changes Japan

Apple Now Allows Alternative App Stores and Payment Systems on iOS in Japan

Apple now allows alternative app stores and payment systems on iOS in Japan to comply…

OpenAI ChatGPT App Store

OpenAI Invites Developers to Submit Apps to ChatGPT

OpenAI has introduced a new “Apps” section in beta on ChatGPT, and the company is…

Apple TV android app

Apple TV Android App Adds Google Cast Support

The Apple TV app for Android has quietly added support for Google Cast right as…

Google dark web report

Google is Discontinuing its Dark Web Monitoring Tool

Google is discontinuing its free dark web monitoring tool that warns users when their personal…

LG TV Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot App is Now Automatically Installed on Some LG TVs

If you own a recent LG smart TV, you may have noticed that a new…

Apple Devices

Apple Releases 26.2 Versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS

Apple released today the 26.2 versions of its various software platforms, with iOS 26.2 bringing…

Amazon Prime Video Fallout

AI-Powered Recaps Disappear From Prime Video Following Fallout Snafu

Amazon has quietly removed its new AI-powered Video Recaps for select Prime Video shows after…

Xbox Developer Direct

Microsoft Teases Next Xbox Developer Direct in January

Microsoft has started teasing its next Xbox Developer Direct in January, which will feature some…

ChatGPT

OpenAI Releases Flagship GPT-5.2 Model Following “Code Red” Alert

OpenAI just released a new GPT-5.2 flagship AI model in reaction to Google’s rapid progress…

OpenAI Disney Sora

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI and Lets Over 200 Characters Appear in Sora and ChatGPT Creations

Disney is investing $1 billion into OpenAI, and it's also making over 200 Disney characters…

Spotify Prompted Playlist algorithm

Spotify’s Tests AI-Powered ‘Prompted Playlists’ Grounded in Users’ Listening History

Spotify Premium users in New Zealand can test AI-generated "Prompted playlists" that use data from…

Google Gemini in Chrome

Google Gemini Comes to Chrome for iOS in the US

After bringing its Gemini chatbot to the desktop version of Chrome in September, Google is…

Brave AI browsing

Brave Makes New AI Browsing Mode Available for Early Testing

The privacy-focused Brave web browser is launching a new AI browsing mode today as an…

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