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
YouTube TV is Getting a $10 Price Increase to $82.99 Per month
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- Dec 12, 2024
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The YouTube TV base plan is getting a $10 price bump to $82.99/month today. The…
Microsoft is Bringing More Games to its Xbox App for PC
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- Dec 12, 2024
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Microsoft is working with game developers to make all PC games with Xbox features available…
Select Xbox Insiders Can Test Streaming Their Own Games on Their Consoles
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- Dec 11, 2024
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Xbox Insiders on the Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha rings can now test streaming select games…
Windows Insiders Can Now Share Files between Their iPhone and PC
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- Dec 11, 2024
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A new Phone Link update that’s now rolling out across all Insider channels will let…
Skype Stops Selling Skype Credit In Favor of Monthly Subscriptions
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- Dec 11, 2024
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Skype users can no longer purchase Skype Credit to make calls to mobiles and landlines with…
Google Launches Flagship Gemini 2.0 AI Model Designed for the “Agentic Era”
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 11, 2024
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Google has just announced Gemini 2.0, the company’s most advanced AI model that will power…
YouTube Makes Automatic Dubbing Available For Information Channels
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- Dec 11, 2024
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YouTube is making automatic dubbing available for “hundreds of thousands of channels” focusing on knowledge…
Apple Releases iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 11, 2024
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iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 bring a new wave of Apple Intelligence…
Microsoft Releases December 2024 Patch Tuesday Updates
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- Dec 10, 2024
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The December 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 bring a simplified system tray, new…
Microsoft’s New Datacenter Design Uses No Water for Cooling
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 10, 2024
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Microsoft, one of the biggest cloud service providers with hundreds of data centers around the…
YouTube Music Now Supports Timestamp Sharing
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- Dec 10, 2024
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YouTube Music now supports sharing timestamps for songs and podcasts, a feature the main YouTube…
Valve May Soon Bring Back Third-Party Steam Machines
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 09, 2024
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After Valve got a lot of PC gamers excited about gaming handhelds with its popular…
Windows 11 Version 24H2 Has Compatibility Issue With Google Workspace Sync Outlook Plugin
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 09, 2024
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Microsoft is blocking upgrades to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs where old versions of…
Google Stadia Controllers Can Be Switched to Bluetooth Mode For Another Year
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 09, 2024
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Google has quietly extended the deadline to switch its Stadia controllers to Bluetooth mode to…
Apple Vision Pro is Reportedly Getting PSVR 2 Controller Support
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 09, 2024
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Apple has reportedly teamed up with Sony to make the company’s PSVR 2 controllers compatible…
Gurman: Apple Expects its Upcoming In-House Modems to Beat Qualcomm’s By 2027
- Laurent Giret
- Dec 06, 2024
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Apple’s first modem is expected to ship on next year's iPhone SE, and the company…