Tootfinder

Upgrade, which offers online loans and other financial services, raised $165M led by Neuberger Berman at a $7.3B valuation and is "12 to 18 months" from an IPO (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/fintech-star…

Fintech startup Upgrade valued at $7.3 billion in new funding round
Upgrade raised $165 million in a new funding round that valued the fintech startup at $7.3 billion.

On Website Technicals (2021-11) - Tech updates: more meters, reutils tweets upgrade, DB-based Event and Product schema.org. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-54.html

On Website Technicals (2021-11)
Tech updates: more meters, reutils tweets upgrade, DB-based Event and Product schema.org.

Windows 11 on my gaming PC has now tried for about a year to upgrade me to whatever Windows 11 version is current and the update process always fails, I'm stuck on 23H2.
Quality software

PSA: Forced upgrades to macOS 26 (Tahoe) will be rolling out soon, which might confuse those currently using Linux :tux: and Windows :windows:

Apple updates the Vision Pro with an M5 chip, rendering 10% more pixels, and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499 (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-vision-pro-upgraded-with-th…

Apple Vision Pro upgraded with the powerful M5 chip and comfortable Dual Knit Band
Apple introduced the upgraded Apple Vision Pro, featuring the powerful M5 chip, the Dual Knit Band, and innovative features with visionOS 26.

OpenAI debuts GPT‑5-Codex, a version of GPT‑5 optimized for agentic coding in Codex and says it spends its "thinking" time more dynamically than previous models (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/15/openai-upgrades-codex-wi…

OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5 | TechCrunch
OpenAI's AI coding agent, Codex, can now spend anywhere from a few seconds to several hours on a task, thanks to a new, customized version of GPT-5.

This is the first time since iOS 7 that I really don't want to install OS upgrades, especially not on my computer.

Meta upgrades Horizon Worlds with Meta Horizon Studio, letting creators use AI prompts to build worlds, powered by its new "built from scratch" virtual engine (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/780256/meta-horizon-worlds-engine-studio…

Meta is making the metaverse look better
At Connect 2025, Meta is sharing news about its Horizon Engine and the Horizon Studio for Horizon Worlds.