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

Windows MIDI Services

Microsoft Releases Windows MIDI Services With MIDI 2.0 Support in Public Preview

Microsoft released today the first public preview of Windows MIDI Services, which adds support for…

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Amazon Announces Devices & Services Event on February 26

Amazon has just sent invites to an upcoming Devices and Services event that will be…

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Twitterrific Developers Launch Tapestry, a “Universal Timeline” App

Tapestry, the new app from Twitterrific developer The Iconfactory offers a unified timeline that aggregates…

Microsoft Build 2025

Microsoft’s Build 2025 Conference Will Be on May 19-22

Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference will return to Seattle this year on May 19-22, and…

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Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: DE Are Coming to PlayStation 5

Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are both coming to…

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Report: Windows 11 is Getting New File Sharing UI and More This Year

Various hidden features have been recently discovered in Windows 11 preview builds including a new…

Apple Invites App

Apple Wants to Improve Event Creation With New Invites App

Apple is launching today a new Invites app on iPhones and the web that aims…

Apple Music

Deal: Get Six Months of Apple Music for $2.99

Apple is offering six months of Apple Music for just $2.99 as a part of…

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Starfield is Coming to Xbox Game Pass Standard in February

The first wave of new Game Pass games for February will bring Starfield and three…

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Apple Says it’s “Deeply Concerned” After First iPhone Porn App Launches in the EU

Apple has publicly criticized the release of the first porn app on AltStore PAL, one…

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Outlook for Mac is Getting the Ability to Recall Emails

Outlook for Mac is getting the ability to recall emails sent by mistake, which was…

Microsoft 365 Subscribers Will Soon Lose Access to Free VPN

Microsoft has quietly announced that it’s discontinuing the free VPN that was available with its…

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OpenAI’s Deep Research Turns ChatGPT Into a Research Assistant

OpenAI launched yesterday Deep research, a new “agentic” feature in ChatGPT Pro that turns the…

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Microsoft Improves AI-Powered Windows Search for Insiders With Copilot+ PCs

The AI-powered Windows Search experience that’s currently available in preview on Copilot+ PCs can now…

Apple Watch Healthcare

Apple Accepts $20 Million Settlement Over Apple Watch Battery Swelling Issues

Apple has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company was aware of…

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Esports Platform Start.gg is Parting Ways With Microsoft

Start.gg, an online tournament platform that Microsoft acquired back in December 2020 has just reclaimed…

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