Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

OpenAI updates GPT-5.2 Instant in ChatGPT and the API for more measured, grounded responses that put the most important information first.

A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.

Two more of the ten Common Central Secretariat blocks on Kartavya Path, along with the Seva Teerth complex, were inaugurated, taking to three the number of buildings in service in the Central Vista's replacement for Shastri, Nirman and Krishi Bhawan. The first three blocks, designed by HCP and built by Shapoorji Pallonji, cost 3,690 crore rupees and each spans about 150,000 sq m over seven floors and two basements.

Bandai Namco Pictures revisits the Yoshiwara Arc for the big screen as part of Gintama's 20th-anniversary project, following Gintoki and friends into the pleasure district to help a young pickpocket find his long-lost mother.

A two-week stopgap for DHS alone ran out on 14 February 2026, and the department stayed unfunded for 76 days - the longest shutdown of a single agency in US history - until the President signed a bipartisan bill on 30 April.

Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in 2025 on sales of CHF 89.5 billion, proposed a dividend of CHF 3.10 a share, up 5 centimes, and set out a focus on four businesses: Coffee, Petcare, Nutrition and Food & Snacks. It guided to around 3% to 4% organic growth in 2026.

Barcelona's basilica tops out its 172.5-metre central tower, making it the world's tallest church, timed for the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death. Estimated date.

Studio Khara debuts a new short Evangelion animation at the "EVANGELION:30+" 30th-anniversary fan event in Yokohama Arena, marking three decades since Neon Genesis Evangelion's original broadcast.

Khara and CloverWorks revealed a brand-new Evangelion anime series at the close of the franchise's 30th anniversary festival, with NieR creator Yoko Taro writing and Kazuya Tsurumaki and Tōko Yatabe directing.

Four months after presenting Blue Jay as its newest warehouse system - a single workspace where several robotic arms pick, stow and consolidate about 75% of the item types Amazon stocks - Amazon said it was no longer using it in operations, keeping only the underlying technology.

The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.

Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox return to the Ghostface franchise in a film written and directed by original series creator Kevin Williamson.

A Santa Barbara Superior Court upheld its July preliminary injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting the Las Flores onshore pipeline system that ruptured at Refugio State Beach in 2015, requiring 10 court days' notice before any restart. The ruling also clarifies that the Trump administration's December move to seize control of the system and issue an emergency special permit does not affect the court's prior decision.

Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha, of Ha's Snack Bar, open a French bistro seasoned by Ha's Vietnamese heritage on Eldridge Street.

Vinnie Cimino and Andrew Watts, of Cordelia, open a wood-fired restaurant in Ohio City inspired by the Istrian Peninsula.

Debris from two intercepted drones, launched as Iran struck its Gulf neighbours, started a fire at Saudi Arabia's largest domestic refinery, a 550,000 barrel-a-day plant, and Aramco halted it as a precaution.

Thundray's Release that Witch begins release, an ONA adapting Er Gen's web novel about a modern man reborn as a prince who rescues persecuted witches and fuses their magic with early industrial technology to defend his frontier territory.

OpenAI updates GPT-5.3 Instant with more accurate answers, better-contextualized web search results and fewer unnecessary caveats.

Babcock & Wilcox received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion design-build contract with Base Electron, an Applied Digital-backed power producer, for 1.2 GW of gas-fired boiler and steam turbine capacity to supply Applied Digital AI Factory campuses.

Fourth-quarter revenue was $161.0 million and adjusted EBITDA $16.4 million, and full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA rose 107% to $43.7 million. Backlog reached $2.8 billion with the $2.4 billion Base Electron AI data-centre power project announced the same morning.

OpenAI brings GPT-5.4 Thinking to ChatGPT, a frontier model combining GPT-5.3-Codex's coding with better work across tools, documents and spreadsheets.

Maggie Gyllenhaal writes and directs a dark, comedic reimagining of the Bride of Frankenstein, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale.

Aramco's board approved buying back up to 350 million of its shares, worth at most SAR 11.3 billion ($3 billion), within 18 months of 9 March 2026, to hold in treasury for its employee share plan. It is the company's first buyback; until now it returned cash only through dividends.