Laurent Giret
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YouTube Premium Members in the US Can Get 3 Free Months of PC Game Pass
Microsoft and Google have teamed up to offer 3 months of PC Game Pass to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US. → Read More
Bing Chat Responses Are Coming to the Top of Search Results
Microsoft is planning to replace the featured snippets at the top of its Bing search results page with responses from its new Bing chatbot. → Read More
Microsoft Announces 10-Year Deal With Cloud Gaming Platform Boosteroid
Microsoft announced this morning a new 10-year deal with Boosteroid, a global cloud gaming platform with over 4 million users. → Read More
Google Workspace is Getting New Generative AI Features
Google is bringing new generative AI capabilities to its Google Workspace productivity suite, starting with Gmail and Google Docs. → Read More
Dates for Microsoft's Build 2023 Conference Leak
Microsoft’s Build developer conference will be held on May 23-25 this year according to a leaked image posted by WalkingCat. → Read More
Meta is Working on Twitter/Mastodon Alternative
Meta is working on a new text-based social network that’s also decentralized, similar to Mastodon. The project is codenamed 'P92', but it will reportedly use Instagram branding. → Read More
Apple Music Classical iOS App is Coming on March 28
Apple will launch a standalone Apple Music Classical app on iOS on March 28. The app will be free to use for Apple Music subscribers, and it will provide access to the world's largest classical music catalog with the highest audio quality available. → Read More
Epic Games Store Announces Self-Publishing Tools and Upcoming Support for Subscription Services
Epic Games is launching new self-publishing tools for game developers and publishers interested in releasing their games on the Epic Games Store. The company also plans to add support for game subscription services later this year. → Read More
Sony Claims Microsoft Could Degrade Call of Duty on PlaySation on Purpose
Sony told the UK’s Competition Market Authority (CMA) that it believes Microsoft could purposefully introduce bugs on the PlayStation version of Call of Duty games if it’s allowed to acquire Activision Blizzard. → Read More
Microsoft Says Bing Has Now Crossed 100 Million Daily Active Users
Microsoft bringing new generative AI capabilities to Bing has helped the search engine cross 100 million daily active users. The company says that one third of the "millions" of active users of the Bing preview are new to Bing. → Read More
Microsoft Releases First Windows 11 Insider Builds for the New Canary and Dev Channels
Microsoft has just released today the Windows 11 Insider build 25314 and 23403 for Insiders in the new Canary and Dev channels. → Read More
VPN by Google One is Now Available For All Subscribers
Google announced today that all Google One subscribers are now getting access to Google’s own VPN. In the US, Google One is also adding dark web reports for monitoring stolen personal information. → Read More
Bethesda’s Starfield Will Be Released on September 6
Starfield, the much-anticipated sci-fi RPG from Bethesda has a new September 6, 2023 release date. Bethesda also announced a Starfield Direct live stream on June 11, 2023. → Read More
DuckDuckGo is Trialing New Instant Answer Feature in Search Results
DuckDuckGo is trialing DuckAssist, a new AI-powered Instant Answer feature in its search results. DuckAssist is currently available on the DuckDuckGo mobile apps as well as DuckDuckGo’s browser extensions, and it can summarize content from Wikipedia. → Read More
Meta is Testing Adding Messenger Back to its Main Facebook App
Meta is currently testing bringing back Facebook Messenger features inside its main Facebook. It’s been almost ten years, but the main Facebook mobile app used to include all features from the standalone Messenger app. → Read More
Halo Infinite Season 3: Echoes Within Launches Today
Echoes Within, the third multiplayer season of Halo Infinite is launching today on Xbox consoles and PC. Microsoft claims that it’s the biggest content update for Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode. → Read More
Google is Getting Rid of Overlay Ads on YouTube
Google is planning to retire overlay ads on YouTube starting on April 6. The company said that getting rid of this legacy ad format should improve the viewer experience for everyone. → Read More
Report: Apple Made 8 of the Top 10 Best-Selling Smartphones in 2022
There were 8 eight different iPhone models among the top 10 best-selling smartphones in 2022, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. The two other phones were entry-level Samsung Galaxy phones. → Read More
Valheim is Coming to Xbox Game Pass in March
The survival game Valheim is being released in preview on Xbox consoles this month, and it's coming on Xbox Game Pass on March 14. → Read More
Outlook for Mac is Now Free to Use on macOS
Microsoft’s Outlook for Mac app is now free to use on macOS. Until today, Outlook for Mac was free to download on the Mac App Store, but it required a Microsoft 365 subscription or license to be used. → Read More