Laurent Giret
@laurentgiret.com
Senior News Editor at thurrott.com. I write about Big Tech from a consumer angle.
Yes, Microsoft says the dial pad will remain available after May 2025 though 🧐
April 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yes, Microsoft says the dial pad will remain available after May 2025 though 🧐
Anthropic's Claude is the latest AI chatbot to add a web search feature buff.ly/gouvz5A
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Anthropic's Claude is the latest AI chatbot to add a web search feature buff.ly/gouvz5A
Amazon just didn't just get full creative control over the James Bond franchise, it's also giving its Echo devices a license to upload 🕵️♂️ The option to not send voice recordings to the cloud will be going away on March 28 www.linkedin.com/pulse/licens...
March 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Amazon just didn't just get full creative control over the James Bond franchise, it's also giving its Echo devices a license to upload 🕵️♂️ The option to not send voice recordings to the cloud will be going away on March 28 www.linkedin.com/pulse/licens...
The more conversational version of Apple's Siri AI assistant, which the company has been promoting for almost a year still isn’t ready to go. This should be a serious wake-up call for the iPhone maker 🚨 www.linkedin.com/pulse/apples...
March 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The more conversational version of Apple's Siri AI assistant, which the company has been promoting for almost a year still isn’t ready to go. This should be a serious wake-up call for the iPhone maker 🚨 www.linkedin.com/pulse/apples...
The battle of the tech bros could soon go to the social space as OpenAI's Sam Altman floated the idea of launching a new social app buff.ly/CEeP3BU
March 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The battle of the tech bros could soon go to the social space as OpenAI's Sam Altman floated the idea of launching a new social app buff.ly/CEeP3BU
The just-released Windows 11 Beta build 22635.4950 introduces a new drag tray feature to simplify file sharing and new grid and category views for the “All” page in the Start menu https://buff.ly/4k7gZhb
February 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The just-released Windows 11 Beta build 22635.4950 introduces a new drag tray feature to simplify file sharing and new grid and category views for the “All” page in the Start menu https://buff.ly/4k7gZhb
A Super Bowl ad for Google Gemini appears to be showing an AI-generated description for a website that the assistant didn’t actually create https://buff.ly/4hvrSrw
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A Super Bowl ad for Google Gemini appears to be showing an AI-generated description for a website that the assistant didn’t actually create https://buff.ly/4hvrSrw
Candy Crush Solitaire is King’s first new game since Microsoft acquired its parent company Activision Blizzard in October 2023 https://buff.ly/4hNSinT
February 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Candy Crush Solitaire is King’s first new game since Microsoft acquired its parent company Activision Blizzard in October 2023 https://buff.ly/4hNSinT
Apple’s 4th-gen iPhone SE may be announced next week and start shipping later this month according to a new report https://buff.ly/3EpfKtt
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Apple’s 4th-gen iPhone SE may be announced next week and start shipping later this month according to a new report https://buff.ly/3EpfKtt
The Microsoft Teams you know will soon try to imitate social networks with a "Storyline" news feed and following/followers system https://buff.ly/4hGua7j
February 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Microsoft Teams you know will soon try to imitate social networks with a "Storyline" news feed and following/followers system https://buff.ly/4hGua7j
Windows Insiders can once again test optical character recognition (OCR) in Microsoft’s Photos app the feature was temporarily disabled in November https://buff.ly/3WRKARH
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Windows Insiders can once again test optical character recognition (OCR) in Microsoft’s Photos app the feature was temporarily disabled in November https://buff.ly/3WRKARH
OpenAI is expanding access to ChatGPT Search by making the chatbot’s web search feature available without logging in, just like Google and other traditional search engines work https://buff.ly/42JuoG0
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
OpenAI is expanding access to ChatGPT Search by making the chatbot’s web search feature available without logging in, just like Google and other traditional search engines work https://buff.ly/42JuoG0
Microsoft released today the first public preview of Windows MIDI Services, which adds support for the MIDI 2.0 protocol on Windows 11 and more https://buff.ly/3CHg4mF
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Microsoft released today the first public preview of Windows MIDI Services, which adds support for the MIDI 2.0 protocol on Windows 11 and more https://buff.ly/3CHg4mF
Tapestry, the new app from Twitterific developer The Iconfactory offers a unified timeline that aggregates posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, and other platforms https://buff.ly/3Q6pBa3
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tapestry, the new app from Twitterific developer The Iconfactory offers a unified timeline that aggregates posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, and other platforms https://buff.ly/3Q6pBa3
Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference will return to Seattle this year on May 19-22, and the event will likely have a heavy AI/Copilot focus https://buff.ly/3CMSEfB
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference will return to Seattle this year on May 19-22, and the event will likely have a heavy AI/Copilot focus https://buff.ly/3CMSEfB
2024 was Spotify's first full year of profitability after 18 years on the market. One of the company's main priorities in 2025 will be to deliver a best-in-class video experience https://buff.ly/40K1Vgr
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2024 was Spotify's first full year of profitability after 18 years on the market. One of the company's main priorities in 2025 will be to deliver a best-in-class video experience https://buff.ly/40K1Vgr
Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are both coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025, with the first one launching on Sony’s console on March 4 https://buff.ly/4gxXyLf
February 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are both coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025, with the first one launching on Sony’s console on March 4 https://buff.ly/4gxXyLf
Various hidden features have been recently discovered in Windows 11 preview builds including a new file sharing UI and the option to show smaller icons in the taskbar https://buff.ly/42L4Hon
February 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Various hidden features have been recently discovered in Windows 11 preview builds including a new file sharing UI and the option to show smaller icons in the taskbar https://buff.ly/42L4Hon
Apple's new Invites app on iPhones and the web aims to improve the process of creating events and sharing memories with their participants. However, creating events requires an iCloud+ subscription https://buff.ly/4aJSgLC
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Apple's new Invites app on iPhones and the web aims to improve the process of creating events and sharing memories with their participants. However, creating events requires an iCloud+ subscription https://buff.ly/4aJSgLC
Apple is offering six months of Apple Music for just $2.99 as a part of a limited-time promotion ahead of Super Bowl LIX https://buff.ly/4jLs5bC
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Apple is offering six months of Apple Music for just $2.99 as a part of a limited-time promotion ahead of Super Bowl LIX https://buff.ly/4jLs5bC
The first wave of new Game Pass games for February will bring Starfield and three other games to the new Game Pass Standard tier https://buff.ly/4hepGV3
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The first wave of new Game Pass games for February will bring Starfield and three other games to the new Game Pass Standard tier https://buff.ly/4hepGV3
Apple has publicly criticized the release of the first porn app on AltStore PAL, one of the first alternative app stores for iPhone users in the EU https://buff.ly/3WLR5Wc
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Apple has publicly criticized the release of the first porn app on AltStore PAL, one of the first alternative app stores for iPhone users in the EU https://buff.ly/3WLR5Wc
Outlook for Mac is getting the ability to recall emails sent by mistake, which was a top-requested feature https://buff.ly/3El2KFf
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Outlook for Mac is getting the ability to recall emails sent by mistake, which was a top-requested feature https://buff.ly/3El2KFf
Microsoft is discontinuing the free VPN that was available with its Microsoft Defender app for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers https://buff.ly/4aIoYNi
February 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Microsoft is discontinuing the free VPN that was available with its Microsoft Defender app for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers https://buff.ly/4aIoYNi
OpenAI launched yesterday Deep research, a new “agentic” feature in ChatGPT Pro that turns the chatbot into a powerful research assistant https://buff.ly/3QmZyf3
February 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
OpenAI launched yesterday Deep research, a new “agentic” feature in ChatGPT Pro that turns the chatbot into a powerful research assistant https://buff.ly/3QmZyf3