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

Microsoft Datacenter

Microsoft’s New Datacenter Design Uses No Water for Cooling

Microsoft, one of the biggest cloud service providers with hundreds of data centers around the…

YouTube Music

YouTube Music Now Supports Timestamp Sharing

YouTube Music now supports sharing timestamps for songs and podcasts, a feature the main YouTube…

Steam machines powered by Steam OS logo

Valve May Soon Bring Back Third-Party Steam Machines

After Valve got a lot of PC gamers excited about gaming handhelds with its popular…

Microsoft Outlook for Windows

Windows 11 Version 24H2 Has Compatibility Issue With Google Workspace Sync Outlook Plugin

Microsoft is blocking upgrades to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs where old versions of…

Google Stadia Controllers Can Be Switched to Bluetooth Mode For Another Year

Google has quietly extended the deadline to switch its Stadia controllers to Bluetooth mode to…

Sony PSVR 2 controllers

Apple Vision Pro is Reportedly Getting PSVR 2 Controller Support

Apple has reportedly teamed up with Sony to make the company’s PSVR 2 controllers compatible…

Apple iPhone 16

Gurman: Apple Expects its Upcoming In-House Modems to Beat Qualcomm’s By 2027

Apple’s first modem is expected to ship on next year's iPhone SE, and the company…

Xbox Series X internals

iFixit is Now Offering Official Xbox Series X|S Repair Parts

iFixit is now offering official Xbox Series X|S parts and detailed guides for gamers interested…

Google Photos 2024 Recap

Google Photos Starts Rolling Out 2024 Recap

Google Photos is joining Spotify and other services offering 2024 recaps. Users can expect a…

Surface Studio 2+

Microsoft Ends Production of its Surface Studio 2+ All-In-One PC

Microsoft has stopped manufacturing the Surface Studio 2+, its latest all-in-one PC released back in…

Amazon Prime Video

Apple TV+ is Now Available on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, Canada, and the UK

Apple TV+ is now available as an add-on channel for Amazon Prime Video users in…

OpenAI CHatGPT Pro

OpenAI Launches $200/Month ChatGPT Pro Subscription With Exclusive o1 Pro Mode

ChatGPT Pro is a new $200/month subscription offering unlimited access to OpenAI o1, o1-mini, GPT-4o,…

Copilot Vision

Copilot Vision Starts Rolling Out to Copilot Pro Subscribers in the US

Copilot Vision, a new Copilot feature that makes Microsoft’s AI assistant capable of analyzing what’s…

Threads follow mastodon fediverse account

Thread Users Can Now Follow Mastodon, Other Fediverse Accounts

Thread users can now follow people on Mastodon and profiles from other fediverse servers. They…

Xbox Year in Review 2024

Xbox Gamers Can Check Out Their 2024 Year in Review

As 2024 is coming to a close, Xbox is joining Spotify, Apple Music, and other…

Windows 11 Microsoft Store

Windows 11 Microsoft Store Can Now Update More Win32 Apps

A new Microsoft Store update that’s now rolling out to all Windows Insiders makes it…

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