Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

IFPI named Taylor Swift the biggest-selling recording artist in the world for 2025, her fourth year running and sixth in all, as many wins as every other artist combined over the past decade, driven by The Life of a Showgirl.

eBay announced a deal to buy resale marketplace Depop from Etsy for about $1.2 billion in cash, aiming to accelerate its push into younger, Gen Z-heavy fashion resale.

Host Hotels & Resorts sold the 444-room Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World and the 125-room Four Seasons Resort and Residences Jackson Hole for a combined $1.1 billion, ending its ownership of both properties.

Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro in preview, an upgraded core for complex reasoning that reaches a verified 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2 and arrives in the Gemini app, NotebookLM, the API and Vertex AI.

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.

Taylor Swift's 'Opalite' jumped seven places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 168,000 US sales in a week, her 14th No. 1, tying Rihanna for the third-most, and the second chart-topper from The Life of a Showgirl.

Alo Yoga confirmed its first Australian stores, at Chatswood Chase and a two-level, 700 m² store at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney.

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.

Nike began sending breach notices on 25 February 2026 about an intrusion, found on 21 January, into a portal hosted by a third-party service provider that exposed customers' contact, order and payment card information; Nike says no full card details or account credentials were taken.

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.

PLDT posted record 2025 EBITDA of ₱111.2 billion and core income up 1% to ₱34.6 billion, but reported net income fell 7% to ₱30.0 billion; the board declared a ₱46 final dividend and guided 2026 capex to the mid-₱50 billion range.

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.

Levi Strauss & Co. closed the sale of its Dockers khaki-pants brand to brand-management firm Authentic Brands Group, a deal first agreed in May 2025 for $311 million with a potential earnout to $391 million, as Levi's narrowed its focus to its core denim business.