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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Recall Goes to the Theater

Microsoft Prepares “Important” Windows Recall Update For Dev Channel Testers

Microsoft is preparing to improve the AI-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs with an upcoming…

Outlook iOS Android Recall emails

Outlook for iOS and Android Will Soon Be Able to Recall Emails

Microsoft is bringing the ability to recall emails to its Outlook app for iOS and…

Google Gemini Advanced Reference Past Chats

Google Gemini Advanced Can Now Reference Past Chats

The consumer version of Google’s Gemini chatbot can now reference past chats if you pay…

TikTok Comes Back to the US App Store And Play Store

Apple and Google have both agreed to bring back TikTok to their mobile app stores…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Drops New Windows 11 23H2 Build on the Release Preview Channel

The Windows 11 build 22631.4969 for Release Preview Insiders bring various changes to taskbar jumplists,…

Microsoft Copilot mobile app

Microsoft’s Copilot Assistant for Consumers Gets New Voice Capabilities

Microsoft is improving the voice capabilities of its Copilot assistant for consumers, which can now…

OpenAI ChatGPT

OpenAI Wants to Simplify Its AI Models Offering

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company wants to simplify its AI models offering…

Tim Cook iPhone SE

Tim Cook Teases New iPhone SE Reveal on February 19

Apple CEO Tim Cook has just teased the launch of a new product on Wednesday,…

YouTube TV

[Updated] YouTube TV to Lose All Paramount Content After February 13

YouTube TV is about to lose all Paramount content after today, February 13 as Google…

Google Family Link Parental Controls

Google Family Link Adds New Parental Controls

Google is updating its Family Link app with a more intuitive design and new supervision…

Apple TV app for Android

[Updated] Apple TV+ is Finally Coming to Android Devices

Apple is reportedly planning to make its Apple TV+ streaming service available on Android devices…

Outlook iOS Android Minimize Email drafts

Outlook for iOS and Android Will Let Users Minimize Email Drafts

Microsoft’s Outlook app for iOS and Android will soon let users minimize email drafts so…

Apple migrate digital purchases

Apple Now Lets Users Migrate Digital Purchases Between Accounts

Apple is now making it possible to migrate digital purchases from one Apple account to…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases February 2025 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11

The February 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 versions introduce improved previews for apps…

Apple Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Earbuds

Apple Launches $250 Powerbeats Pro 2 Earbuds With Heart Rate Monitoring

Apple’s Beats subsidiary is launching today the Powerbeats Pro 2, a new version of its…

iOS 18

iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 Fix Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability

iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 fix a critical zero-day vulnerability that may already be used…

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