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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Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases August 2025 Patch Tuesday Updates

The August 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 enables Recall for Copilot+ PCs users…

Meta Threads app

Threads Crosses 400 Million Monthly Active Users

Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter/X has crossed over 400 million monthly active users a little…

Xbox Game trials demos

Xbox Game Trials and Demos Will Soon Appear in New “Free With Xbox” Section

Microsoft will soon reorganize the Xbox game library and move game trials and demos to…

Epic Games Store

Fortnite is Coming Back to iOS Users in Australia via the Epic Games Store

Fortnite is coming back to iOS users in Australia via the Epic Games Store after…

GitHub

GitHub to Join Microsoft’s CoreAI Organization as Its CEO Departs Later This Year

GitHub will become integrated into Microsoft’s new CoreAI organization after its CEO Thomas Dohmke leaves…

OpenAI GPT-4o

OpenAI Brings Back its GPT-4o Model to ChatGPT Following GPT-5 Criticism

After launching its new GPT-5 model with great fanfare last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 to Be Supported Until October 2028

Microsoft's Edge browser will get three additional years of updates on Windows 10 after the…

Windows 11 PC

New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available for Canary, Dev, and Beta Testers

Microsoft is testing a redesigned mobile device companion experience for the Windows 11 Start menu,…

ChromeOS Steam beta

Steam for Chromebook Beta Will Be Discontinued in January 2026

The Steam beta that launched on select Chromebooks back in 2022 will be discontinued on…

Copilot 3D

Microsoft’s New Copilot 3D Turn Images Into 3D Models

Microsoft has just launched an experimental Copilot 3D tool that can transform a static image…

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT Search

Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT Integration Will Leverage GPT-5 on iOS 26

Apple is reportedly planning to upgrade Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration with GPT-5 with the release…

Xbox exclusive contraband

Microsoft Reportedly Paused Production for Xbox Exclusive Game Contraband

Microsoft has reportedly paused production on Contraband, an Xbox-exclusive game developed by Just Cause developer…

Bing Image Creator GPT-4o

Bing Image Creator Adds GPT-4o Image Generation

Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator can now generate images using OpenAI’s GPT-4o model as an alternative…

Apple American Manufacturing Program

Apple Announces American Manufacturing Program and New $100 Billion US Commitment

Apple announced yesterday a new American Manufacturing Program alongside an additional $100 billion investment in…

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

Windows 10 Consumer ESU Program Licenses Will Support 10 PCs

Microsoft quietly announced that consumer licences for its Windows 10 Consumer ESU program, which will…

Microsoft Gaming Copilot PC

Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot Launches in Beta on PC

Microsoft’s new Gaming Copilot, which first became available on the beta version of the Xbox…

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