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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Spotify Discover Weekly controls

Spotify Adds New Controls to its Discover Weekly Playlist

Spotify is giving its popular Discover Weekly playlist a fresh coat of paint plus new…

Apple 12-inch MacBook

Report: Apple is Working on Cheaper MacBook with A18 Pro Chip

Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook model that would be powered by an…

Microsoft 365 Copilot app macOS

Microsoft 365 Copilot App for macOS is Now Available

Microsoft has released a new Microsoft 365 Copilot app for macOS today, which provides access…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge 138 Improves History Search with AI

Microsoft Edge 138 is now available on the Stable Channel, and it brings an AI-enhanced…

Google Doppl

Google’s AI-Powered Doppl App Creates Videos of People Wearing Any Outfits

Google has just released Doppl, an experimental AI-powered app that lets users create videos of…

Xbox 360 Store

Xbox 360 Consoles Are Getting a New Dashboard Update

Microsoft has quietly released a new dashboard update for the Xbox 360 nearly a year…

YouTube AI-powered carousel

YouTube is Testing AI-Powered Carousels in Search Results

YouTube is testing AI-powered carousels in search results on searches related to shopping, travel, or…

Windows Security

Microsoft Details New Security Features to Make Windows More Resilient

Following the launch of the Windows Resiliency Initiative last year, Microsoft is announcing new security…

Microsoft Sued By Group of Authors for Allegedly Using Their Books for AI Training

Microsoft is facing a lawsuit from a group of authors accusing the company of using…

WhatsApp Private Message Summaries

WhatsApp Launches AI-Powered Message Summaries

WhatsApp can now use AI to summarize your chat conversations. The new feature uses a…

Microsoft Ignite 2025 San Francisco November 17

Microsoft Opens Registrations for Ignite 2025 in San Francisco on November 17–21

Registrations are now opened for Microsoft's Ignite 2025 conference in San Francisco on the week…

Discord

Discord to Launch Native App for ARM-Based Windows PCs

Discord has made an ARM64 client available for testers on Windows on ARM PCs, though…

Microsoft Learning Zone Copilot+ PC

Microsoft to Launch AI-powered Learning App for Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft Learning Zone, a new AI-powered learning app coming in preview later this summer will…

Netflix Games

Netflix is Removing 21 Mobile Games From its Library in July

Netflix is planning to remove 21 games from its mobile games library in July, including…

Amazon Same Day Delivery

Amazon Expands Same-Day and Next-Day Delivery to Over 4,000 Smaller US Cities

Amazon is planning to make Same-Day and Next-Day Delivery available in more than 4,000 smaller…

Amazon Alexa+

Alexa+ is Now Available for Over 1 Million Testers in the US

Alexa+, the next generation of Amazon's AI assistant is now available in early access for…

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