Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Wireless microphone system with 32-bit floating-point recording and four transmitters.

Aramco's second-quarter adjusted net income rose 33% to $33.4 billion as prices surged with the Strait of Hormuz disrupted by the Iran war, while exports kept flowing through the East-West Pipeline. It declared a $21.9 billion base dividend; first-half adjusted profit reached $67.2 billion.

Zillow laid off just over 500 employees, about 7% of its workforce, in its second and largest cut of 2026, a day before its second-quarter results.

The first Megapack 3 units, each holding about 5 MWh, rolled off the line at Tesla's third Megafactory near Houston, built in 16 months with a design capacity of 50 GWh a year.

The Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling, won by Lululemon, that every challenged claim of Nike's patent on a heart-rate and fitness watch console is unpatentable.

Etsy is laying off about 220 employees, roughly 12% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering, leaving about 1,600 people.

DEF CON 34 filled the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall from 6 to 9 August 2026, handing its attendees an electronic badge built around Andrew "bunnie" Huang's inspectable, open-source Baochip.

Picking of the 2026 Champagne vintage began on 6 August in Montgueux, the earliest harvest ever observed in the appellation and about 14 days ahead of 2025, with the marketable yield set at 8,800 kg per hectare.

Diageo's reported net sales fell 3.0% to $19.6 billion in the year to 30 June 2026 as North America dropped 8.4% and Chinese white spirits slumped, and new CEO Sir Dave Lewis unveiled about $1 billion of savings over three years.