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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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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Insider builds for the Dev and Beta channels

Microsoft has just released new Windows 10 preview builds for Insiders in the Dev and Beta channel. The build 20201…

Laurent Giret · August 26, 2020 · 3 min read

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Microsoft is adding transcription and voice commanding in Word

Microsoft announced this morning that its popular Word app is getting new transcription and voice commanding capabilities this year. The…

Laurent Giret · August 25, 2020 · 2 min read

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Windows 10 Insider build 20197 will let users manage disks and volumes from the Settings app

We weren’t sure if the Windows Insider team would be able to pull it off this week, but a new…

Laurent Giret · August 21, 2020 · 6 min read

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New Store experience is now available for a subset of Xbox One owners in the US

Microsoft is planning to introduce a revamped Xbox experience on Xbox consoles later this year, and the Microsoft Store on…

Laurent Giret · August 21, 2020 · 2 min read

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Microsoft invites business users to test Windows 10 version 20H2 ahead of public release

The Windows 10 20H2 update, which Microsoft plans to release this fall, is now available for commercial pre-release validation. Just…

Laurent Giret · August 21, 2020 · 2 min read

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Microsoft’s AI-powered Eye Contact technology is now available on the Surface Pro X

Microsoft announced today that its AI-powered Eye Contact technology is now generally available for Surface Pro X owners. Eye Contact…

Laurent Giret · August 20, 2020 · 1 min read

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Overwatch: Origins Edition, F1 2020, and Wreckfest are free to play with Xbox Live Gold this weekend

There’s another Free Play Days event for Xbox Live Gold this weekend. Starting today through Sunday, August 23, Overwatch: Origins…

Laurent Giret · August 20, 2020 · 1 min read

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No new Windows 10 Insider Dev build today, and there may not be one this week due to a blocking bug

It looks like Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel may not get a new build this week. A couple of…

Laurent Giret · August 19, 2020 · 2 min read

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A new Xbox experience is coming to Xbox consoles, Windows 10, and mobile devices later this year

As Microsoft is now gearing up for the launch of the Xbox Series X in November, the Xbox team has…

Laurent Giret · August 19, 2020 · 2 min read

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New Super Lucky’s Tale, Resident Evil 7, and more are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

The Xbox team has just announced a big list of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console and…

Laurent Giret · August 18, 2020 · 3 min read