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Fitch Ratings said it was upgrading its rating on Argentina following the October elections that saw President Javier Milei emerge with a stronger popular mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Alphabet launched its Gemini 3 model on Nov. 18, and OpenAI announced that it was upgrading the GPT-5 model to GPT- 5.1 External link on Nov. 12.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

A spokesperson said the authority was upgrading streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting and had so far removed about 200 banners and flags from the streets of the city since the start of the year.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

Bowen snagged a commercial refrigerator from a brewery that was upgrading, and most of the decor came from, appropriately, garage sales.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022

BellSouth was headquartered in Atlanta, ambitious metropolis of the new high-tech Sunbelt; and BellSouth was upgrading its network by leaps and bounds, digitizing the works left right and center.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce