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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Meta Facebook Instagram

EU Commission Urges Instagram and Facebook to Block Underage Users

Following a two-year investigation, the European Commission determined that Meta is breaching the Digital Services…

YouTube TV Multiview

YouTube TV Now Supports Full Multiview Customization

YouTube TV is getting full Multiview customization, allowing users to mix and match up to…

Google Gemini for Home

Google Gemini for Home Improves its Responsiveness and Contextual Logic

Google's Gemini for Home assistant now offers faster responses for managing smart home devices, and…

Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft

Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Gets System-Wide Dark Mode

Amazon is starting to roll out a new system-wide Dark Mode and a Smart Shapes…

YouTube

YouTube Starts Testing “Ask YouTube” Feature With Premium Users in the US

YouTube has started testing “Ask YouTube,” a new conversational search experience that lets users ask…

WhatsApp on iPhone

WhatsApp is Reportedly Working on its Own Chat Backup Solution

WhatsApp is reportedly working on its own chat backup history solution with end-to-end encryption support,…

Apple App Store Monthly Subscriptions 12-Month Commitment

Apple’s App Store Will Let Users Pay for Annual Subscriptions Over 12 Months

Apple is now allowing app developers to offer annual subscriptions that subscribers will pay for…

Outlook

Copilot in Outlook Can Now Proactively Manage your Inbox and Calendar

New agentic features in Outlook will allow Copilot to intelligently prioritize emails, proactively manage calendars,…

Valve Steam Controller

Valve’s New Steam Controller is Priced at $99 and Launches on May 4

Valve's new Steam Controller will start shipping on May 4, and it’s priced at $99…

OpenAI smartphone

Report: OpenAI is Working on AI Phone With Qualcomm and MediaTek

OpenAI is reportedly working with Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Luxshare on its first smartphone that may…

Outlook

[Updated] Microsoft is Working to Fix Outlook.com Outage

Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service is experiencing an outage today, and many users may experience intermittent…

Spotify Fitness Hub

Spotify Adds New Fitness Hub With Peloton Classes

Spotify is launching a new Fitness Hub that will provide access to curated playlists and…

Google Workspace

Redesigned Icons for Google Workspace Apps Leak

Google is in the process of redesigning its app icons with a new gradient effect,…

Xbox Asha Sharma Matt Booty

Xbox’s New Leadership Team Discusses Current-Gen Consoles Support, Game Pass Growth, More

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty discussed how they plan to…

Windows Insider Program

Microsoft Starts Rolling Out New “Experimental” Windows Insider Channel

Microsoft is starting to roll out today the new Experimental Windows Insider channel it announced…

Meta Account

Meta Will Soon Push New Meta Account System to Facebook and Instagram Users

Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta services that the company's Account Center system for managing connected…

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