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

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Microsoft Announces Changes to OpenAI’s Azure Exclusivity on New Cloud Capacity

Microsoft’s multi-year partnership with OpenAI is taking a new direction as the ChatGPT maker will…

Microsoft Edge Game Assist

Microsoft Edge’s Game Assist Feature Goes Out of Beta on Windows 11

Microsoft Edge Game Assist, which is now out of beta, brings a game-aware version of…

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WhatsApp Users Will Soon Be Able to Share Status Updates as Facebook and Instagram Stories

Meta will soon allow WhatsApp users to share their ephemeral status updates as “Stories” on…

Sniper Elite Resistance Eternal Strands Game Pass

Sniper Elite: Resistance, Eternal Strands, And More Are Coming to Game Pass

The second wave of new Game Pass games in January includes Sniper Elite: Resistance, Eternal…

AI-powered Windows Search

AI-Powered Windows Search Comes to Dev Channel Testers With Copilot+ PCs

Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel with Copilot+ PCs can now test the AI-powered Windows…

TikTok

TikTok Stays Online in the US But Faces Increased Competition

TikTok is back online in the US after briefly shutting down over the weekend, but…

Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft Releases Two New Windows 11 23H2 Builds For Insiders

Microsoft has just released two new Windows 11 23H2 preview builds for Insiders on the…

iOS 18

New iOS 18.3 Beta Tweaks Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries

Apple released the third betas for iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, which introduce important changes to how…

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Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Canary Build 27774

The just-released Windows 11 Canary build 27774 makes it possible for Windows home users to…

Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Plans Copilot

Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Plans Get New Copilot Features and a Price Increase

Microsoft is upgrading its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans with the integration of Copilot…

Mark Zuckerberg Meta

Meta is Reportedly Laying Off 5% Of Its Workforce

Meta is planning a wave of performance-based job cuts that will reportedly impact around 5%…

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 is Official With First Video Trailer

Nintendo officially revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 today with a first video trailer showing the…

Xbox Series S components

Microsoft Expands Repair Options for Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox repairability program to give owners of Xbox Series X|S consoles…

Microsoft Campus

Microsoft is Laying Off Employees Across its Sales, Security, and Gaming Divisions

Microsoft is doing another round of layoffs that will impact employees working on security, experiences…

Ralf Groene

Ralf Groene Now Leads Design for Amazon’s Devices and Services

Ralf Groene, the former head of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices design team has joined Amazon…

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Microsoft Adds Pay-as-you-go AI Agents to its Copilot Chatbot for Businesses

With Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Microsoft is introducing pay-as-you-go AI agents to the free version…

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