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.

Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts

Atomfall Blizzard Arcade Collection Game Pass

Atomfall, Blizzard Arcade Collection, And More Are Coming to Game Pass

Atomfall and the Blizzard Arcade Collection are the main highlights in the second wave of…

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Panos Panay Details Amazon’s New Consumer Product Strategy

Panos Panay wants to change the cheap reputation of Amazon’s products. The exec teased more…

Discord Social SDK

Discord Wants to Power Games’ Social Features With New SDK

Discord is launching a new Social SDK that game developers can use to integrate social…

Google G suite legacy

Google G Suite Legacy Accounts Will Soon Switch to Pooled Storage

Google has started warning users of its Legacy G Suite free edition plan that their…

Microsoft Copilot app on Windows 11

Windows 11’s March Security Update May Remove Copilot From Your PC

Microsoft acknowledged a new known issue in its March 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows…

GroupMe Copilot

Microsoft Killed Skype But Keeps Supporting GroupMe

As Microsoft is about to kill Skype in May 2025, its mobile group messaging app…

Windows 11 PC

New Windows 11 Canary Build is Out With Minor Changes

The Windows 11 Canary build 27813 brings minor bug fixes and removes the Location History…

Netflix Games

Netflix Games Creator Has Left The Company

Mike Verdu, a video games industry veteran who oversaw the creation of the Netflix Games…

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Apple Releases iOS 18.3.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.3.2

Apple has just dropped new security updates with iOS 18.3.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 ahead…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Releases March 2025 Patch Tuesday Updates

The March 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 bring the ability to share files…

Microsoft 50th anniversary celebration

Microsoft to Share Consumer AI News During its 50th Anniversary Event on April 4, 2025

Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary and share what’s next with its consumer AI products…

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Report: Xbox-Branded Third-Party Handheld May Be Coming Later this Year

The first Xbox-branded gaming handheld may come as soon as this year, but it may…

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Mozilla Thunderbird is Coming to iOS Later This Year

The Mozilla Thunderbird team has announced plans to release a beta version of its email…

Apple Siri AI updates

Apple Delays Much-Anticipated AI Updates for its Siri Assistant

The more conversational version Siri that Apple revealed during its WWDC conference in June 2024…

Recommended Snap Groups Windows 11 Start Menu

Microsoft Starts Testing Recommended Snap Groups in the Windows 11 Start Menu

Windows 11 Insiders on the Beta Channel will now see suggested apps to snap together…

Copilot Think Deeper

Microsoft Upgrades Copilot’s Think Deeper Feature With Better OpenAI Model

Microsoft is upgrading the Think Deeper feature of its Copilot assistant with a more powerful…

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