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, Threads, X (Twitter), Bluesky, and Mastodon.

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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…

Netflix

Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier Crosses 94 Million Monthly Active Users

Netflix's $7.99/month ad-supported plan has now crossed more than 94 million monthly active users, up…

Apple Carplay Ultra

Apple CarPlay Ultra Launches on New Aston Martin Cars in the US and Canada

Apple CarPlay Ultra, the next-generation of the company’s iPhone mirroring system, is now available in…

OpenAI GPT-4.5

OpenAI Makes GPT-4.1 Available for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users

OpenAI is making its new GPT-4.1 model available for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users…

Apple Vision Pro

Apple Vision Pro May Get Eye-Scrolling Support With visionOS 3

Apple is reportedly working on a new eye-scrolling feature for its Vision Pro headset that…

Hey Copilot wake word

“Hey Copilot” Wake Word Starts Rolling out to Windows Insiders

Microsoft is testing a new “Hey Copilot” wake word to invoke the Copilot app on…

ChatGPT Deep Research

ChatGPT Deep Research Can Now Access SharePoint and OneDrive Files

ChatGPT Deep Research, the AI research agent that’s now available for all users of the…

Google AI mode

Google is Testing New ‘AI Mode’ Button on its Search Homepage

Google has started testing a new AI mode button on the homepage of its search…

Windows 11 PCs

May 2025 Patch Tuesday Updates Enable Recall and Click to Do on Copilot+ PCs

The May 2025 Patch Tuesday updates enable the new the AI-powered Recall and Click to…

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