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

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash

Google Upgrades its Gemini App with 2.0 Flash And Imagen 3 Models

Google is improving its Gemini assistant with its new 2.0. Flash model. The chatbot is…

Forza Horizon 5 PlayStation 5

Forza Horizon 5 is the Next Xbox Exclusive Game Coming to PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025

Forza Horizon 5, one of the most critically-acclaimed Xbox exclusive games of this console generation…

Amazon Music Unlimited

Amazon Music Unlimited Gets a Price Increase in the US, UK, and Canada

Amazon has quietly raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, the UK,…

Microsoft Copilot Think Deeper

Microsoft’s Copilot Assistant Can Now “Think Deeper” for Free

Microsoft is improving the consumer version of its Copilot assistant by making its "Think Deeper”…

DeepSeek-R1 Azure AI foundry

Microsoft Makes DeepSeek’s R1 Available Via Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

Microsoft is making DeepSeek's R1 AI model available for developers via Azure AI Foundry and…

Intel-Powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for Business

Microsoft Launches Intel-Powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for Business

New Intel-powered versions of Microsoft's Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for business customers…

Recent Favorites Shared Tabs File Explorer

New Windows 11 Canary Build Brings Shared Content in File Explorer Home

Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel can now test the redesigned File Explorer Home with…

Playstation games on PC

Sony Makes PlayStation Accounts Optional for Some of its PC Games

The upcoming PC version of The Last of Us Part 2: Remastered won't require a…

Windows 11 Start Menu Phone Link

Microsoft is Improving the Phone Link Integration Into the Windows 11 Start Menu

Microsoft has started testing various improvements to the Phone Link integration in the Windows 11…

ChatGPT

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Gov for Government Agencies

OpenAI is launching today ChatGPT Gov, a new version of its chatbot that US government…

Xbox Series S

Phil Spencer Sees Xbox Series S a “Real Advantage” for Microsoft’s Gaming Handheld Plans

Xbox head Phil Spencer explained this week that forcing developers to optimize their games for…

Windows 11 Dev Home

Microsoft is Discontinuing its Dev Home App for Windows 11 and Windows 10

Microsoft's Dev Home app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 will be retired in May…

DeepSeek AI

Nvidia, Sam Altman, and Satya Nadella React to China’s DeepSeek R1 AI Model

The recent surge of the potentially disruptive R1 AI model by Chinese startup DeepSeek is…

Apple Intelligence iPhone iPad Mac

Apple Releases iOS 18.3 and macOS Sequoia 15.3

Apple has just released iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, which bring a…

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Phil Spencer Says Hardware Remains “Critical” to Xbox

Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming said in recent interviews that Xbox hardware remains…

TikTok

US Government’s Plan to Take Over TikTok May Involve Oracle and Microsoft

The White House is reportedly negotiating with Oracle and other investors including Microsoft to take…

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