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

Google I_O 2025

AI Mode in Search, New Gemini Features: The Biggest Announcements From Google I/O 2025

From new Gemini features to AI Mode coming to all Search users in the US,…

Apple Developers

Report: Apple to Let Third-Party Developers Use its LLMs to Create AI Features

Apple reportedly plans to let third-party developers use the large language models behind Apple Intelligence…

Spotify Premium Audiobooks

Spotify’s Latest iOS Update Lets US Users Purchase Audiobooks

Apple approved a new update for the Spotify iOS app that lets US users see…

Google NotebookLM App iOS Android

Google Releases NotebookLM App for iOS and Android

NotebookLM, the Google AI chatbot that can create audio overviews from articles and documents, is…

Click to do copilot+ PC

Microsoft Brings New Copilot+ PC Features to Release Preview Insiders

A new Windows 11 24H2 build for Insiders on the Release Preview Channel brings various…

Windows 11 Microsoft Store

Build 2025: Microsoft Store Improves Win32 Apps Support and Drops Onboarding Fees for Individual Developers

The Microsoft Store can now handle updates for all Win32 apps, and it's also dropping…

Microsoft Edge

Build 2025: Microsoft Edge is Getting PDF Translation, AI APIs for Web Apps

Microsoft Edge is adding support for PDF translation, and new AI APIs will let developers…

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Build 2025: New Microsoft Copilot 365 Features Start Rolling Out Today

A redesigned Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows PCs, Copilot Notebooks, and image generation features…

Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning

Build 2025: Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning to Improve Custom AI Agents

Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning, which will be integrated within Copilot Studio, will allow organizations to…

Windows 11 PC

Windows Insider Canary Channel Gets its First Update in Three Weeks

Microsoft has dropped today the Windows 11 Canary build 27858, which is the first flight…

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Launches ‘Codex’ AI Coding Agent in Preview

OpenAI is launching today a research preview of Codex, a new AI coding agent integrated…

Fortnite mobile

[Updated] Epic Games Says Apple is Blocking is Fortnite App Store Submission

After Epic Games submitted Fortnite for review on May 9, the company claims that Apple…

Microsoft Copilt GPT-4o image generation

Microsoft Copilot for Consumers Now Supports GPT‑4o Image Generation

The consumer version of Microsoft’s Copilot assistant now supports image generation using OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.

Surface Laptop Studio - Hero_under embargo until September 22

Microsoft Has Reportedly Stopped Manufacturing its Surface Laptop Studio 2

Microsoft has reportedly stopped manufacturing its Surface Laptop Studio 2 earlier this month, and there’s…

Windows 11 PC

New Windows 11 and Windows 10 Insider Builds Are Available on the Release Preview Channel

A new Windows 11 23H2 for Insiders on the Release Preview Channel enables the new…

Apple App Store

Apple’s EU App Store Starts Showing Warnings for Apps With External Payment Systems

Apple's EU App Store is not playing nice with apps using third-party payment systems instead…

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