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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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

Amazon Announces Prime Big Deal Days on October 8-9

Amazon will kick off the holiday shopping season early with its Prime Big Deal Days…

Instagram Teen Accounts

Instagram Launches Teen Accounts With More Protections

Meta is launching Instagram Teen Accounts to better protect teenagers on its social network, which…

Ara_ History Untold Frostpunk 2 Wargroove 2 Game Pass

Ara: History Untold, Frostpunk 2, and Wargroove 2 are Coming to Game Pass

The second wave of games coming to Game Pass in September include Wargroove 2 and…

Apple devices MacBook Pro iPad iPhone

Apple Releases iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2

The big annual updates for Apple's software platform are now available with iOS 18, iPadOS…

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Apple to Charge More For iPhone 16 Pro Battery Replacements

Apple will charge $20 more for out-of-warranty battery replacements for the iPhone 16 Pro and…

Sony PlayStation Studios

Report: Intel Lost PlayStation 6 Chip Contract to AMD

Intel reportedly tried but failed to get Sony to use its chips instead of AMD’s…

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is Getting New Agent Builder, Pages Experience, More

Microsoft is kicking off the next phase of innovation for Microsoft 365 Copilot with a…

Meta Facebook Instagram

Meta Will Resume Training its AI Using Public Posts from UK Users

After engaging with local regulators, Meta is planning to resume the training of its AI…

Netflix iOS

Netflix is Dropping Support for iOS 16

Netflix has started warning iOS 16 users that they need to update to iOS 17…

iPadOS 18

iPadOS 18 to Enable Alternative App Stores and Browser Engines in the EU

iPadOS 18, which Apple will release on Monday, September 16, will allow iPad users in…

Google Gemini Live Android

Google Makes ‘Gemini Live’ Voice Chat Free on Android

Gemini Live is now rolling out to free Gemini users on Android, who will get…

Unity Game Engine

Unity Cancels its Runtime Fee Following Backlash From Game Developers

Unity is canceling its controversial Runtime Fee for game developers based on game installations, but…

Xbox Friend Requests

Xbox is Bringing Back Friend Requests to the Social Experience

Microsoft is planning to change the Xbox social experience and bring back the friend requests…

xbox gamescom

Microsoft is Laying Off 650 More Employees in its Gaming Division

Microsoft is laying off 650 more employees in its gaming division. This is the second…

Meta AI

Meta Confirms It’s Using Data from Adults Users in Australia for AI Training

Meta has now admitted that it's been using public data from adult Facebook and Instagram…

Microsoft Ignite 2024

Microsoft Opens Registrations for Ignite 2024 on November 19-22

Microsoft has opened registrations for Ignite 2024, its annual conference for developers and IT pros…

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