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

Apple MacBook Pro M4

Apple Announces New MacBook Pros With M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max Chips

Apple revealed today a new 14” MacBook Pro model with an M4 chip, plus 14”…

GitHub Copilot multi-model

GitHub Copilot to Support New AI Models From Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI

GitHub Copilot will soon let developers leverage Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro,…

Fantastical Calendar app Windows

Fantastical Calendar App is Now Available on Windows

Fantastical, an award-winning calendar app that’s quite popular among people using Apple devices is now…

Apple Mac Mini M4

Apple Unveils Redesigned Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro

Apple unveiled today a redesigned Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chips that looks…

Apple Intelligence iPhone iPad Mac

Apple Intelligence to Launch in the EU in Spring 2025

Apple is planning to officially launch Apple Intelligence on iPhones and iPads in the European…

New Home Experience xbox app for PC

Microsoft is Previewing New Home Experience on its Xbox App for PC

Microsoft is inviting Xbox Insiders on Windows to test a new Home experience on its…

Apple 24" iMac M4

Apple Announces New 24″ iMac with M4 Chip

Apple's new M4 iMac starts with 16GB of memory instead of 8GB, and it’s getting…

Microsoft Teams chat channels combined view

Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let Users Combine Chat and Channels in a Single View

Microsoft will soon introduce a new chat and channels experience in Microsoft Teams that will…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Drops New Windows 11 Builds on the Dev and Beta Channels

Microsoft is wrapping up the week with two new Windows 11 Insider builds with minor…

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Game Pass

It’s a Big Day for Xbox With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Now on Game Pass

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is available on day one on Game Pass, Xbox…

Google Calendar Dark mode

Google Calendar Web App Gets Refreshed UI and Dark Mode

Google is updating its Google Calendar web app this week with a some subtle UI…

Bluesky

BlueSky Crosses 13 Million Users and Teases Premium Subscription

Bluesky has now crossed 13 million users, and the company is planning to launch a…

Amazon Prime Fuel savings

Amazon Prime Now Offers Fuel Savings in the US

Amazon has teamed up with bp, Amoco, and ampm to let Prime subscribers save $0.10…

Windows 11 Version 24H2

Windows 11 Version 24H2 Gets its Optional October Update

The optional October update for Windows 11 version 24H2 adds new Copilot key settings and…

Office for Mac handoff

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Add Handoff Support on Apple Devices

Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint now support Apple’s Handoff continuity feature on iPhones, iPads, and…

iOS 18

iOS 18.2 Will Let Users Choose Alternative Phone and Messaging Apps

New default app controls on iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 will let users choose new…

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