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.

Laurent Giret’s Recent Posts

Acer Nitro Blaze 7 Gaming Handheld

Acer Unveils Nitro Blaze 7 Gaming Handheld

Acer is the latest PC maker to announce a Windows-based gaming handheld with the Nitro…

NordVPN ExpressVPN Google Drive ARM64

ExpressVPN and NordVPN Launch Native ARM64 Clients, With Google Drive Coming Soon

ExpressVPN and NordVPN are both releasing native ARM64 clients today, and Google Drive will also…

Microsoft 365 Copilot Event September 16 2024

Microsoft to Hold Microsoft 365 Copilot Event on September 16

Microsoft will be holding a “Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2" event on September 16 with…

Surface Pro 11 Surface Laptop 7 for Business

Microsoft Announces Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for Business Customers

Microsoft announced today new business versions of its ARM-based Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop…

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus Copilot+ PC

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core Chip for Copilot+ PCs

Qualcomm is launching today the Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core, a new version of its Snapdragon X…

PlayStation Concord

PlayStation’s Brand New Hero Shooter Concord is Being Shut Down After it Flopped

Concord, the PlayStation-developed new hero shooter released nearly two weeks ago on PlayStation 5 and…

Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Mobile CPUs

Intel’s New Core Ultra 200V Series Mobile CPUs Will Power a New Generation of Copilot+ PCs

Intel has just announced the launch of its newest Core Ultra processors mobile CPUs, the…

Age of Mythology Retold Game Pass September 2024 wave 1

Age of Mythology: Retold And More Are Coming to Game Pass in September

Age of Mythology: Retold, Riders Republic, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, and Train Sim World 5…

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early Access Beta Game Pass August 30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Early Access Multiplayer Beta Kicks Off Today

The early access multiplayer beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has just kicked…

Windows 11 PCs

New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available for Canary and Beta Testers

Microsoft is wrapping up the month of August with two new Windows 11 Insider builds…

Meta Llama AI

Meta Says Monthly Usage of its Llama AI Models Has Grown 10x Since January

Meta claims to be the leader in AI innovation as monthly usage of its Llama…

Gmail

Gmail Gets a New Gemini-Powered Q&A Feature on Android

Google's Gemini chatbot is now available on the Gmail app for Android via a new…

OpenAI ChatGPT

OpenAI Says ChatGPT Doubled its User Base to 200 Million Weekly Active Users in a Year

ChatGPT has crossed 200 million weekly active users and doubled its user base since last…

Apple Intelligence iPhone iPad Mac

New iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 Developer Betas Make Apple Intelligence Easier to Access

With the latest developer beta for iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1, users no longer have…

Meta Threads Fediverse Sharing

Threads Improves its Integration With the Fediverse

Threads now supports fediverse sharing for posts created via the Threads API, and it's also…

PlayStation 5 Pro leak

PlayStation 5 Pro Design Has Reportedly Leaked

Sony could reportedly reveal the PlayStation 5 Pro in September, and the design of the…

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