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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Google Photos Video Remix

Google Photos Can Now Reimagine Your Videos With AI

The Google Photos app is adding a new Video Remix feature that uses AI to…

Fallout New Vegas

Xbox Reportedly Has Obsidian Entertainment Working on New Fallout Game

Obsidian Entertainment, one of the various studios impacted by the dramatic Xbox layoffs announced earlier…

ChatGPT Voice GPT-Live

ChatGPT Voice Gets a Big Upgrade With New GPT-Live Models

OpenAI's new GPT-Live models allow ChatGPT to listen and talk at the same time and…

Spotify

Spotify Now Lets Users Pin More than 4 Items in Their Libraries

Spotify is raising today the maximum number of items that can be pinned for quick…

Netflix

Netflix Will Soon Add Videos From BuzzFeed and Other Publishers

Netflix will soon diversify its content offering with the addition of videos from BuzzFeed, Condé…

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 22 2026

Samsung Announces Galaxy Unpacked Event on July 22

Samsung is planning to reveal new foldable Galaxy devices during an Unpacked event in London…

Claude Cowork web mobile

Claude Cowork is Now Available on Mobile and Web for Max Subscribers

Anthropic’s Claude Cowork agentic tool is coming to the web and mobile following its launch…

Google Pixel 11 event August 12 2026

Google Announces Pixel 11 Event on August 12

Google is planning to take the wraps off the next generation of Pixel devices during…

Doom the dark ages

Doom Developer id Software Has Reportedly Lost Half of Its Workforce

id Software, the developer of the just-released "Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC, has reportedly lost…

Tony Hawk Pro Sakter 1-2 Planet Crafter Game Pass wave 1 July 2026

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+ 2, The Planet Crafter, and More are Coming to Game Pass

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service will get eight new games in July, including Tony Hawk’s…

Apple TV app

Apple TV App Now Offers Free 4K Upgrades for Select TV Shows

Apple has started offering free 4K upgrades for Mad Men and other TV shows it’s…

All three Nintendo Switch models

Sales of the Original Nintendo Switch to Stop in Europe in February 2027

Nintendo will stop selling all models of the original Nintendo Switch in Europe next year…

Microsoft Announces 4,800 Job Cuts, Including 3,200 at its Xbox Division

Microsoft announced today that it was laying off approximately 4,800 employees, and that will include…

Microsoft Edge Google Account sign in

Microsoft Edge is Adding Support for Google Account Sign-ins

Microsoft is starting to roll out support for Google account sign-ins in the version 150…

Microsoft Leading in the age of AI Satya Nadella

Microsoft Launches New Frontier Company to Speed Up Entreprise AI Adoption

Microsoft dedicated $2.5 billion to the creation of a new 'Microsoft Frontier' subsidiary that will…

Plex Pass

Plex Launches 5-Year Plex Pass for $250 After Lifetime Option Jumped to $750

The popular media center Plex is introducing today a new 5-year Plex Pass membership priced…

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