Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Qualcomm and Meta signed a multi-generation agreement making Qualcomm a data-centre CPU supplier to Meta, whose next-generation server fleet is to run Qualcomm's Dragonfly C1000, in production from the second half of 2028.

At its 2026 Investor Day in New York, Qualcomm branded its data-center products Dragonfly and unveiled the 250-plus-core Dragonfly C1000 CPU, the AI300 accelerator and High Bandwidth Compute memory, with Meta signed up for the CPU; the stock jumped 15%.

The Fed's main inflation gauge rose 0.4% in May and 4.1% from a year earlier, while core PCE, excluding food and energy, rose 0.3% and 3.4%.

At an uncontested annual meeting after the Wilson settlement, shareholders elect Chip Bergh, Esi Eggleston Bracey and Teri List and back Chip Wilson's proposal to declassify the board by 73.1 million votes to 0.3 million.

Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.

US District Judge Anne Hwang declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked 10-2 in favour of acquitting Jonathan Rinderknecht on all three arson charges, and prosecutors said they would try him again.

Led by Dykes on Bikes, the 56th SF Pride Parade filled Market Street from Beale Street to Civic Center on 28 June, with organisers expecting more than a million people over the weekend.

The second-season finale of Wistoria: Wand and Sword ended by announcing a third season of the fantasy action anime, along with a promo and celebratory visual.

A Leonardo AW139 carrying oil workers back from Aramco's offshore fields crashed on approach to Ras Tanura at about 6 a.m., killing its two pilots and 12 passengers, all Saudi nationals.

Verizon and BT agreed to combine their international enterprise networking arms into a 50:50 joint venture serving over 3,000 multinationals in 180-plus countries with about $4 billion in combined annual revenue; Verizon pays BT $625 million to equalize.

France's Senate cast the final vote on 29 June 2026 to definitively adopt the anti-fast-fashion law targeting Shein and Temu, after the National Assembly's own final vote on 24 June and a joint committee compromise reached on 17 June. The law introduces a rising eco-penalty on ultra-fast-fashion garments, from €5 today to €10 by 2030, capped at 50% of the pre-tax price.

Etihad Rail began passenger service in the UAE, launching an introductory Abu Dhabi-to-Fujairah route ahead of its full national network opening.

The City Council approved Mayor Mamdani's first budget on 30 June, the largest expense budget in Council history, adding $350 million to reserves and $300 million over two years for a new rental-assistance program. It was agreed with Speaker Julie Menin the same day.