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.

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Yusuf Medhi Microsoft

Microsoft’s Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi Announces His Departure

Yusuf Medhi, Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, announced yesterday that…

ChatGPT for PowerPoint beta

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for PowerPoint Add-in in Beta

A new ChatGPT integration in Microsoft PowerPoint is now available in beta, and it allows…

Google Health App

Google Health Starts Replacing Fitbit App on iOS and Android

The new Google Health app is now rolling out to iOS and Android users as…

Spotify

Spotify Announces New AI-Powered Features for Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Listeners

Spotify is launching a new AI-powered tool for creating personalized podcasts. Self-published authors will also…

Airbnb Grocery Delivery

Airbnb Now Offers Car Rentals, Luggage Storage, Grocery Delivery, More 

Airbnb is continuing to expand its services offering with the addition of car rentals, grocery…

Google Search Gemini-powered ads

Google is Bringing New Gemini-Powered Ads to its Search Engine

Google started testing new Gemini-powered ads in AI Mode in Search. AI-powered shopping ads are…

Android 17 Continue on handoff

Android 17 Will Introduce a Handoff-Like ‘Continue On’ Feature

Android 17 will introduce a new ‘Continue On’ feature that will let users start an…

Microsoft Confirms Shift Back to Xbox Brand

Xbox’s New CEO Announces More Leadership Changes

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just announced the appointment of a new Chief Strategy Officer and…

Spotify Podcasts verified badges

Spotify is Rolling Out Verified Badges on “Authentic” Podcasts

Spotify is expanding the new Verified badges it recently introduced on artist profiles to podcast…

Discord calls end to end encryption

Discord Voice and Video Calls Are Now End-to-End Encrypted

Discord announced this week that it recently brought end-to-end encryption to all voice and video…

Google TV pointer remote support

Google I/O: Google TV is Adding Support for Pointer Remotes

The Google TV smart TV platform is adding support for pointing remotes, which will unlock…

Google Audio Glasses Gentle Monster Warby Parker

Google I/O: Google Shows First Audio-Only Glasses Coming Later this Fall

Google revealed at its I/O conference yesterday two designs of audio-only smart glasses developed with…

Apple Intelligence Accessibility features

Apple Details New AI-Powered Accessibility Features Coming Later This Year

Apple revealed today how its Apple Intelligence system on its recent mobile devices will soon…

Plex Lifetime Pass

Plex’s Lifetime Pass Will Soon Be 200% More Expensive

Plex has just announced another price increase for its Lifetime Plex Pass, which will cost…

Fortnite on mobile

Fortnite is Coming Back to Apple’s App Store Worldwide, Except in Australia

Fortnite has just returned to the iOS App Store worldwide (except in Australia), five years…

Forza Horizon 6 Game Pass May 2026 wave 2

Forza Horizon 6 is Racing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Today

The critically-acclaimed Forza Horizon 6 headlines the second wave of games coming to Game Pass…

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