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

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Drops Usage Restrictions On its Free Think Deeper and Voice Features

Microsoft is making the consumer version of its free Copilot AI assistant more competitive today…

YouTube mid-roll ads

YouTube Will Soon Make Mid-roll Ads Less Bothersome

Google will soon make changes to mid-roll ads on YouTube to make them less interruptive…

Xbox Fable

Xbox Exclusive Fable Has Been Delayed to 2026

Craig Duncan, the new head of Xbox Game Studios announced today that the much-anticipated reboot…

Adobe Photoshop iPhone

Adobe Launches New Photoshop App on iPhone

Adobe is launching today a new Photoshop app on iPhone that provides access to core…

Gmail

Google to Replace SMS With QR Codes For Gmail Authentication

In the coming months, Google is planning to replace text messages with more secure QR…

Apple $500 billion US investments

Apple to Invest $500 Billion in the US Over the Next Four Years

Apple announced today that it will invest over $500 billion and hire 20,000 new employees…

cloud photos AI-powered Windows Search

Windows Search Box on Copilot+ PCs Can Now Surface OneDrive Photos

Microsoft is continuing to improve the new AI-powered search experience on Copilot+ PCs by making…

Windows 11 Drag Tray feature

Microsoft Starts Testing New Drag Tray Feature on Windows 11

The just-released Windows 11 Beta build 22635.4950 introduces a new drag tray feature to simplify…

Apple iCloud Advanced Data Protection

Apple Pulls iCloud Advanced Data Protection Feature in the UK in Reaction to Government’s Backdoor Mandate

Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud user data in the UK…

YouTube

YouTube Premium Lite Plan is Reportedly Coming Soon to the US and Other Markets

The new YouTube Premium “Lite” Plan that Google has been testing with some users in…

Spotify ElevenLabs AI narrated audiobooks

Spotify to Welcome More AI-Narrated Audiobooks With ElevenLabs Partnership

Spotify now accepts AI-narrated audiobooks generated with ElevenLabs, which can deliver human-like speech in 29…

OpenAI

OpenAI Announces 400 Million Weekly Active Users For its Products

ChatGPT maker OpenAI just announced important new milestones with 400 million weekly active users and…

Google app for iOS Gemini chat integration

Google App for iOS is Losing its Gemini Chatbot Integration

The main Google Search app for iOS is losing its Gemini chatbot integration, and the…

Amazon Appstore

Amazon Will Retire its Android Appstore in August

Amazon will retire its Amazon Appstore for Android devices on August 20, 2025. This won't…

Xbox Series X|S consoles

New Xbox Update Adds Support for Larger External Drives

A new Xbox update lets users connect external drives of any size to their consoles,…

Google Chrome iOS Circle to Search

Google Chrome and Google App for iOS Get Circle to Search Capability

The Google and Chrome apps for iOS are getting a new “Search Screen with Google…

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