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.

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Xbox October Update Brings Faster PC Downloads, Advanced Shader Delivery on Xbox Ally

The Xbox app on PC is improving download speeds this month, and a new Advanced…

WhatsApp Now Supports Passkeys for Chat Backup Encryption

WhatsApp is improving its end-to-end encrypted backups for chats by adding support for passkeys.

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Microsoft is Simplifying its Naming scheme for Windows Updates

Microsoft is simplifying its naming scheme for Windows updates to make them easier to understand…

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Samsung Launches Windows Version of its Web Browser With Galaxy AI Features

Samsung is launching a beta version of its web browser for Windows that integrates some…

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Instagram Starts Testing New Algorithm Personalization Controls

Instagram has started testing a new feature that will give users more control over what…

Google Play Store

Google’s US Play Store Now Lets Developers Link to Alternative App Store and Payment Options

Google is opening up the Play Store’s walled garden in the US and now allows…

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Microsoft is Investigating Outages Affecting Microsoft 365 and Azure Services

Microsoft is working to fix an outage affecting its Azure and Microsoft 365 services.

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YouTube on TV Will Use AI to Automatically Upscale SD Videos to HD

YouTube will now use AI to automatically upscale SD videos to HD on TVs, but…

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Satya Nadella Says Microsoft’s Office Playbook Will Turn Xbox into a “Fantastic Publisher”

Satya Nadella said in a new interview that following the Office playbook will help Xbox…

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Grammarly Rebrands to Superhuman and Launches New AI Suite

Grammarly is rebranding to Superhuman and launching the Superhuman suite, which includes its popular proof-reading…

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Google’s Gemini for Home Assistant Starts Rolling Out in Early Access in the US

Google’s new Gemini for Home assistant is starting to roll out in early access in…

Apple MacBook Air iPad

Report: Apple is Testing New iPad mini, iPad Air, and MacBook Air Models With OLED Screens

Apple has reportedly started testing new iPad mini, iPad Air, and MacBook Air models with…

Copilot Microsoft 365 Companion apps

Copilot is Coming to Microsoft 365 People, Files, and Calendar Companion Apps

Microsoft is integrating its Copilot AI into its new Microsoft 365 People, Files, and Calendar…

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Amazon is Eliminating 14,000 Jobs Amid AI Push

Amazon is eliminating approximately 14,000 corporate jobs as part of organizational changes to “be organized…

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Elon Musk’s xAI Launches Grok-powered ‘Grokipedia’ Encyclopedia

Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched yesterday Grokipedia, a new open-source encyclopedia powered by the company’s…

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Meta Launches Disappearing ‘Ghost Posts’ on Threads

Meta’s microblogging platform Threads is introducing “ghost posts” that disappear after 24 hours.

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