Laurent Giret is the Senior News Editor at Thurrott.com, where he writes about big tech companies and their consumer-facing products and services, with a particular focus on Microsoft and Windows. His work has also appeared on IT Unity, a website dedicated to the Microsoft IT professional community. Giret's journalism covers a range of topics within the tech industry, providing analysis and insights on the latest developments and trends.
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By: Laurent Giret
The US Justice Department has just detailed a series of measures to break Google’s monopoly as part of its antitrust lawsuit against the search giant. To end Google’s monopoly in search and advertising, the US DOJ is suggesting splitting off Chrome or Android, forcing Google to share search queries, clicks, and results with competitors, and limiting Google’s ability to sign deals with other companies like Apple to make its search engine the default option.
Microsoft has just released the Windows 11 Insider build 27723 on the Canary Channel. The new bits bring minor changes to the taskbar and the Voice Access accessibility feature, and there’s still no news about when the redesigned version of the AI-powered Recall feature will be available in preview on Copilot+ PCs.
Parallels Desktop for ChromeOS could be discontinued before the end of the year according to a report from Chrome Unboxed citing a source familiar with the project. The Windows virtualization platform for ChromeOS hasn’t received any big new features since 2022, which is when the service added support for more affordable enterprise and education Chromebooks.
Intel introduced today its first Core Ultra desktop processors for AI PCs, the new Core Ultra 200S series family that will be available starting October 24. Intel’s new desktop processors (codenamed “Arrow Lake-S”) complete the new “Lunar Lake” Core Ultra 200V mobile CPUs for Copilot+ PCs that the company announced last month.
Apple has teamed up with Amazon to make its Apple TV+ streaming service available on Prime Video in the US. Later this month, Apple TV+ will join Paramount+, HBO Max, Discovery+, and other streaming services that are available as paid add-on channels on Prime Video.
Threads, the Twitter/X clone launched by the Instagram team last year is enjoying some good momentum as it recently crossed 200 million monthly users worldwide. Bluesky, another decentralized social network that aims to welcome disenchanted Twitter users is now trying to spread its message by capitalizing on Threads’ success.
Microsoft is once again wrapping up the week with two new Windows 11 preview builds for Insiders on the Dev and Beta Channels. The Dev Build 26120.2122 and the Beta build 22635.4367 follow the release of the Canary build 27723 earlier this week.
By: Laurent Giret
Spotify is expanding access to its Audiobooks offering to four European countries. Starting today, Spotify Premium users in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg can access a library of more than 200,000 audiobook titles, though audiobook listening is limited to 12 hours per month.
Microsoft has just announced a new Xbox Partner Preview broadcast this Thursday, October 17. The Xbox team has been using this “no-fluff, all-games” format to showcase upcoming games from third-party developers, and this time the event will put the spotlight on Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games, and other partners.
By: Laurent Giret
Microsoft is finally ready to bring Call of Duty games to Xbox Cloud Gaming. The upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on the company’s cloud gaming service on its launch day, October 25, and it won’t be coming alone: Last year’s Modern Warfare III episode and the “Warzone” free-to-play battle royale mode are also part of the ride.
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