Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

At MWC Barcelona 2026 Qualcomm unveiled the X105 5G Modem-RF, the first modem ready for 3GPP Release 19, with 14.8 Gbps peak downloads, video calls over satellite and the first 6 nm RF transceiver, for devices in the second half of 2026.

The Jakarta anti-corruption court sentenced Muhammad Syafei, head of social security legal at Wilmar's Indonesian unit, to six years for helping channel about Rp 60 billion (US$4 million) in bribes to the judges who acquitted Wilmar.

Ferrero split its top job: Alessandro Nervegna will run the core confectionery, biscuits and better-for-you business, while CEO Lapo Civiletti moves to lead Ferrero Ice Cream and WK Kellogg Co from 1 September 2026.

Florida shopper Alix Widmia sued Nike in federal court in Portland on 4 March 2026 on behalf of everyone whose data was exposed in the breach Nike found on 21 January, accusing it of lax security and of waiting until 25 February to warn customers.

Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.

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.

Boyd Gaming brought down the 16-story Eastside Cannery tower at 2 a.m., six years after the locals casino closed for the pandemic and never reopened; the site is being sold for housing.

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

Harry Styles's fourth album, a synth-driven dance-pop record made largely in Berlin with Kid Harpoon, came out on Erskine and Columbia and opened with 430,000 US units, the biggest debut week of 2026 at the time.

Salesforce said a known threat group was mass-scanning public Experience Cloud sites with a modified Mandiant tool and pulling CRM data through overly permissive guest user profiles.

For International Women's Day Alo runs 270 free Pilates, yoga, meditation and sound-bath classes with more than 100 women-owned studios in nine countries, as the Alo Foundation backs The Mental Health Coalition.

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.

A week into the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly trial in Manhattan, the Justice Department filed a signed settlement that caps ticketing fees at 15%, opens Live Nation events to rival ticket sellers and drops 13 exclusive amphitheatre deals - without breaking up Ticketmaster.

Nike told a special works council at its European Logistics Campus in Laakdal, Belgium, on 10 March 2026 that it plans to cut 411 jobs, 330 of them weekend-shift posts handling online orders, citing falling online sales.

Aramco's 2025 net profit fell 12% to SAR 348 billion on lower oil prices, yet it raised its quarterly base dividend 3.5% to $21.89 billion and announced its first-ever share buyback, of up to $3 billion. No performance-linked dividend was declared for 2025.