Laurent Giret
Senior News Editor at Thurrott
Senior News Editor at https://t.co/ETmTfAwuZa. I write about Big Tech from a consumer angle.
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petri.com | Laurent Giret
In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss a report about upcoming job cuts at Microsoft, the company’s increasingly ambivalent relationship with OpenAI, and how Notion fits into their workflow. Create a free account today to participate in forum conversations, comment on posts and more.
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thurrott.com | Laurent Giret
Microsoft announced earlier this week that it was once again working with AMD to build a next-generation gaming lineup that will include consoles, handhelds, PCs, cloud gaming, and accessories. There was a first video from Xbox President Sarah Bond detailing the company’s work with AMD to create a next-gen gaming experience that isn’t restricted to Xbox consoles and the Microsoft Store.
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thurrott.com | Laurent Giret
Android users can now open shared Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without being logged into the Office apps with a Microsoft account. This new Anonymous file sharing experience works for Office files shared from a personal Microsoft account, and it was previously made available for iPhone and iPad users in March. The Office apps allow users to share files using web links with granular options for editing features.
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buff.ly | Laurent Giret
WhatsApp announced on Monday that it plans to introduce ads in the app’s “Updates” tab in the coming months, but EU users won’t see any ads this year. According to a report from Politico, the WhatsApp team informed the Irish Data Protection Commission that WhatsApp’s new advertising model, which also includes recommended Channels, won’t be coming to the EU until 2026. “That new product won’t be launching [in] the EU market until 2026.
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thurrott.com | Laurent Giret
Microsoft has just released two new Windows 11 preview builds for Insiders on the Canary and Release Preview Channels. The Canary build 27881 brings various new features that Microsoft previously tested on other Insider Channels, including Speech recap in Narrator and the ability to edit images from the Windows Share window. The 24H2 build 26100.4482 for Release Preview testers, however, brings a new option to automatically resize taskbar icons to fit more apps, and more.
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Sony’s PS5 DualSense controllers will add support for multiple Bluetooth connections with a new update coming later this year https://t.co/hsr4OkWKr8
The full-screen Xbox experience that's coming to the Xbox Ally will also be made available on other Windows gaming handhelds, and it should bring big performance improvements https://t.co/XtG9lmZCVy
The upcoming macOS 26 Tahoe will be will be the last version of the OS to support a small selection of Intel-based Macs https://t.co/QqAzbvekQ8