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

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Sony Announces PlayStation 5 Price Increases in the US

Sony is raising the price of all PlayStation 5 consoles in the US starting tomorrow,…

Asus Rog Xbox Ally Handhelds

Asus’ ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds to Launch on October 16

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will launch in select markets…

Call of Duty Black Ops 7

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Will Have a 4-Player Co-op Campaign

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's campaign will support co-op with up to four players,…

UK Drops Demand for iCloud Backdoor for American Users’ Data 

The UK will no longer force Apple to provide a backdoor to encrypted data from…

Gears of War Reloaded Dragon Age The Veilguard Game Pass

Gears of War: Reloaded and Dragon Age: The Veilguard Are Coming to Game Pass

Gears of War: Reloaded and Dragon Age: The Veilguard are the next two big games…

Spotify Premium transitions between tracks

Spotify Lets Premium Users Add Custom Transitions Between Tracks

Spotify Premium users can now create custom transitions between tracks in their playlists.

ChatGPT

OpenAI Launches Cheap ChatGPT Go Plan for Indian Users

OpenAI has just launched an affordable ChatGPT Go plan in India that provides higher usage…

Nvidia GeForce Now RTX 5080 GPUs

Nvidia is Bringing RTX 5080 GPUs to its GeForce Now Ultimate Tier

New RTX 5080 servers will start rolling out to GeForce Now Ultimate subscribers in September,…

Notion Mail iOS

Notion Mail is Now Available on iOS

Notion Mail, from the developers of the popular Notion productivity app, is now available on…

Windows 11 Recall feature

Windows Insider Canary Channel is Finally Getting Recall and Other Copilot+ PC Features

Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel with Copilot+ PCs can finally test Recall, Click to…

HomePod Mini Apple TV iPad

Report: New HomePod Mini, iPad Mini, and Apple TV Models Are Coming Soon

A second-gen HomePod mini and a new Apple TV with an A17 Pro chip are…

Apple Watch Healthcare

Apple Redesigned its Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Feature to Circumvent ITC Import Ban

Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 models sold in the US will…

Google Gemini Personal Context

Google Gemini Can Now Reference Past Chats

Google’s Gemini chatbot can now use past chat conversations to give users a more personalized…

Windows on ARM Xbox app

Qualcomm-Powered PCs Can Now Download PC Games from the Xbox App

Microsoft is finally making it possible to download and run PC games from the Xbox…

Google Preferred sources in Search

Google Now Lets US and Indian Users Choose Their Preferred News Sources in Search

Google is launching a new feature in the US and India that lets users pick…

ChatGPT

ChatGPT’s Model Picker Brings Back 4o Model Alongside New GPT-5 Controls

OpenAI has updated the model picker for ChatGPT to reintroduce the GPT-4 model for all…

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