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 Veo AI Video Generator

Google Launches ‘Veo’ AI Video Generator

Google Veo, the company's new text-to-video model is launching in private preview today, and it…

Apple 2nd gen HomePod

Apple HomePod With Smart Home Display Could Be Coming in Late 2025

Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes a new “display-equipped HomePod” will enter mass production in…

iPhone 13 Pro (left) and Pixel 6a (right)

iPhone Users Can Now Transfer Live Photos to a Google Pixel 9 and Older Models

Google is now making it easy for iPhone users to keep their Live Photos when…

Samsung Dex App for Windows

Samsung is Sunsetting its DeX App for Windows

Samsung is pulling the plug on its DeX for PC app, which allowed users of…

Intel Arc B-Series GPUs

Intel Launches its Arc B-Series GPUs

Intel is launching today new Arc B-Series desktop GPUs that bring support for XeSS Super…

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Game Pass

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Are Headed to Game Pass

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and more coming to Game…

OpenAI board

OpenAI is Exploring How to Introduce Ads Into its Products

OpenAI is exploring how to introduce ads into its products as the company looks to…

Sony PlayStation 2

Sony Says its PlayStation 2 Crossed 160 Million Lifetime Sales

Sony announced this week that its PlayStation 2 console, which was already the best-selling console…

Amazon Black Friday 2024 deals

Black Friday 2024: The Best Amazon Deals to Shop Right Now

We’ve compiled the best Black Friday 2024 deals we could find on Amazon today, and…

Xbox Avatar Editor app

Xbox Avatar Editor App Will Shut Down in January 2025

Microsoft is discontinuing the Xbox Avatar Editor app it launched during the Xbox One generation.…

New Outlook for Windows

Microsoft 365 Outage is Affecting Teams and Outlook

Microsoft is rushing to fix an outage affecting various online services including Exchange Online, Microsoft…

Xbox Gamers Can Now Join Private Discord Calls

Xbox gamers can finally join private Discord calls from their consoles in addition to public…

Windows 11 version 24H2 gaming

Windows 11 Version 24H2 Has a Compatibility Issue With Select Ubisoft Games

Microsoft is blocking updates to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs where select Ubisoft games…

PlayStation 5 Handheld

Sony is Reportedly Working On PlayStation 5 Handheld

Sony has reportedly started working on a handheld gaming console that would be capable of…

Microsoft is Testing New Task Continuity Feature on Windows 11

Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel can now resume working on OneDrive files from their…

Windows 11 Recall feature

Recall and Click to Do Launch in Preview for Dev Channel Testers With Copilot+ PCs

Recall is launching in preview today for Dev Channel testers on Copilot+ PCs. A limited…

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