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.

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Xbox Muse AI model

Xbox Reveals Muse AI Model for Gameplay Experimentation

Microsoft announced today Muse AI, a new generative AI model that can simulate game visuals…

Apple iPhone 16E

Apple Announces iPhone 16E Starting at $599

Apple's new entry-level iPhone 16 SE is official and starts at $599. It's based on…

Windows 11 Colored battery icons

Windows 11’s Colored Battery Icons Starts Rolling Out to Release Preview Testers

Windows 11's new colored battery icons aim to make it easier to identify battery charging…

Outlook font picker

Outlook for iOS and Android is Getting a New Font Picker

Outlook for iOS and Android will finally let users change fonts, which was the most…

xAI Grok 3

xAI Launches New Grok 3 Model for X Premium+ Subscribers

xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup released yesterday Grok 3, the latest version of its chatbot…

Watch Dogs Legion F1 24 Warhammer Rogue Trader Game Pass

Watch Dogs: Legion, F1 24, and Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Are Coming to Game Pass

Avowed is coming to Game Pass later today, and it will soon be joined by…

Microsoft CoreAI – Platform and Tools Division

Microsoft Won’t Keep Users of its Services Signed in Automatically in February

Microsoft is no longer planning to keep users of its services signed in automatically after…

Apple Studio Display

Apple is Reportedly Working on New 27″ Studio Display

Apple is reportedly working on a new version of its $1,599 27-inch Studio Display that…

Recall Goes to the Theater

Microsoft Prepares “Important” Windows Recall Update For Dev Channel Testers

Microsoft is preparing to improve the AI-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs with an upcoming…

Outlook iOS Android Recall emails

Outlook for iOS and Android Will Soon Be Able to Recall Emails

Microsoft is bringing the ability to recall emails to its Outlook app for iOS and…

Google Gemini Advanced Reference Past Chats

Google Gemini Advanced Can Now Reference Past Chats

The consumer version of Google’s Gemini chatbot can now reference past chats if you pay…

TikTok Comes Back to the US App Store And Play Store

Apple and Google have both agreed to bring back TikTok to their mobile app stores…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Drops New Windows 11 23H2 Build on the Release Preview Channel

The Windows 11 build 22631.4969 for Release Preview Insiders bring various changes to taskbar jumplists,…

Microsoft Copilot mobile app

Microsoft’s Copilot Assistant for Consumers Gets New Voice Capabilities

Microsoft is improving the voice capabilities of its Copilot assistant for consumers, which can now…

OpenAI ChatGPT

OpenAI Wants to Simplify Its AI Models Offering

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company wants to simplify its AI models offering…

Tim Cook iPhone SE

Tim Cook Teases New iPhone SE Reveal on February 19

Apple CEO Tim Cook has just teased the launch of a new product on Wednesday,…

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