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Laurent Giret

Laurent was a Senior News Editor at OnMSFT from 2016 - 2022. His favorite topics to cover include operating systems, desktop and mobile apps, hardware, and gaming.

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Here’s what’s fixed and still broken in Windows 10 Insider build 17713

Microsoft is rolling out today the Windows 10 Insider build 17713 to Fast Ring and Skip Ahead Insiders, and this…

Laurent Giret · July 11, 2018 · 5 min read

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Windows 10 April 2018 update becomes the new “Semi Annual Channel” release after this month’s Patch Tuesday

It’s now been almost three months since Microsoft started rolling out the Windows 10 April 2018 update, and following the…

Laurent Giret · July 11, 2018 · 1 min read

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Mixer updates its Partnership requirements to better represent its different content types

Mixer, the Microsoft-owned Twitch competitor, announced yesterday that it will be updating its Partnership requirements starting July 24. The live…

Laurent Giret · July 11, 2018 · 2 min read

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Rocket League comes to Xbox Game Pass

Rocket League, the popular vehicular soccer game that has grown to become an eSport phenomenon is joining Xbox Games Pass…

Laurent Giret · July 10, 2018 · 1 min read

July Patch Tuesday is out, here’s what’s new for Windows version 1803

Microsoft has just released a new “Patch Tuesday” for Windows 10 version 1803, and this latest cumulative update will bump…

Laurent Giret · July 10, 2018 · 2 min read

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Action RPGs Overlord I and II are now backward compatible on Xbox One

Overlord I and II, two action role-playing games released on the Xbox 360 between 2007 and 2009 are now backward…

Laurent Giret · July 10, 2018 · 1 min read

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Check out this engineer’s tour of Microsoft’s new Surface Go

With its brand new Surface Go, Microsoft is returning the Surface brand to its roots with a smaller 10-inch tablet…

Laurent Giret · July 10, 2018 · 3 min read

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Microsoft To-Do starts testing new “important” category for your most urgent tasks

After Microsoft recently added a dark theme option to the Windows 10 version of Microsoft To-Do, the company has now…

Laurent Giret · July 10, 2018 · 1 min read

onmsft.com Latest Xbox One 1810 preview build will factory refresh your console to fix bugs with apps and games

Microsoft has started testing the latest Xbox One system update with members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Skip Ahead…

Laurent Giret · July 9, 2018 · 2 min read

Here’s what’s fixed and still broken in Windows 10 Insider build 17711

It’s been quite a while since Microsoft last released a new Windows 10 Insider build on a Friday, but the…

Laurent Giret · July 6, 2018 · 6 min read