Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The Nintendo Switch launched worldwide on March 3, 2017 at $299.99 in the US, with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as a launch title.

Volvo gave the second-generation XC60 its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 7 March 2017, with a 250 hp turbo T5, a 316-320 hp T6 and a 400 hp T8 plug-in hybrid; US pricing later started at US$41,500.

On 8 March 2017 JEDEC published JESD209-4B and Addendum No. 1 (JESD209-4-1), which defines LPDDR4X. The optional extension lowers the I/O supply (VDDQ) from 1.1 V to 0.6 V, a 40% cut, and adds timing for a 4266 Mbps grade.

Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the King Kong franchise, the second film in the Legendary's Monsterverse franchise, and the eighth film in the King Kong franchise.

Bill Condon's live-action Beauty and the Beast, with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, opened in US theaters on 17 March 2017. It grossed about US$1.27 billion worldwide and was the second-highest-grossing film of 2017.

Cisco completed its acquisition of application-performance monitoring company AppDynamics on 22 March 2017 for about US$3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards.

Shuka releases the Natsume Yuujinchou Go Tokubetsu-hen bonus episodes, continuing Takashi Natsume's efforts to return the names of yokai bound within his grandmother's Book of Friends.

Bluehole released PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam Early Access on 23 March 2017; it sold a million copies in 16 days and is now the free-to-play PUBG: Battlegrounds. It is Steam's third most-played game this week, with a peak of 605,728 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

First unveiled at CES 2017 the "near borderless" P3218K. To sum up, an 8K display like the P3218K provides a lot of pixels (over 33 million, or 7680 x 4320 at 60Hz), equivalent to 4x 4K displays or 16x FHD displays. Its IPS LED backlit display has a response time of 6ms (grey to grey).

KONE finished renovating its underground elevator testing facility inside a Finnish limestone mine, extending its shafts to the world's deepest for free-fall and speed testing.

Ferrero's CEO Giovanni Ferrero, grandson of the founder, announced he would become executive chairman from 1 September 2017 and hand the CEO role to Lapo Civiletti, the first non-family chief executive.

The longest 787, the 787-10, first flew on 31 March 2017 from Boeing South Carolina, a flight of four hours and 58 minutes. It is the first Boeing airliner assembled only at the Charleston plant.

Comcast has two gigabit Internet services, one that uses cable and another that uses fiber only. The one we've talked about so far in this article uses existing cable lines to deliver 1Gbps download speeds and 35Mbps upload speeds with version 3.1 of DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification). Comcast should be able to boost upload speeds significantly with advances in DOCSIS 3.1 technology, but it hasn't announced any specific plans to do so yet.

David Miller Architects and MCC use 3D laser scanning and BIM to modernise Jan Kaplický's Stirling Prize-winning press box at Lord's Cricket Ground.

Wit Studio's second season of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) resumes the fight for humanity's survival as a horde of Titans breaches Wall Rose and Eren's squad uncovers Titan shifters hiding among their own ranks.

Jason Aldean won Entertainer of the Year for a second straight year at the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards on 2 April 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where Miranda Lambert made history with an eighth Female Vocalist win.

After finally completing the first route of his visual novel, Blessing Software's producer Tomoya Aki is optimistic about the future of his team and achieving their goal of creating the best game of the season.

Shuka's sixth TV season of Natsume's Book of Friends begins airing, following Takashi Natsume as he continues returning yokai names recorded in his grandmother's Book of Friends while deepening his bonds with the people and spirits around him.

Airbus handed over the world's first A321neo, a LEAP-1A powered jet leased from GECAS, to Virgin America in Hamburg on 20 April 2017; the airline planned revenue service from 31 May.

SteelSeries has launched "the world's first dual-surface RGB illuminated mouse pad". Mouse pad surface insert is reversible, choose between polymer and fabric.

Race Nintendo characters through courses with items and multiplayer competition.

It's a 15.6-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS panel based device. Asus Zen devices are often pretty thin and this is no exception at 8mm. Improving its portability credentials is its weight of just 780g. Asus includes an ultra-thin 1mm foldable smart case with the screen, which provides screen protection and a further horizontal or vertical stand option.

Intel has just patched a vulnerability which has been open and exploitable in all its enterprise targeted Core processors - for the last nine years. Since 2008 Intel's business-focussed PC processors have shipped with Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM) and Small Business Technology (SBT) features - all useful features for remote management.

The 13.5-inch screen (with a peculiar 2256×1504 resolution, retaining the 3:2 aspect ratio used on other Surface systems) is bright and crisp. Bezels are inoffensive. The system is very slim, at 14.5mm thick, with a slight taper. The lines are clean. The weight is respectable, for the screen size, at 2.76lb (1.25kg).

James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opened in the United States on 5 May 2017, with Kurt Russell as Peter Quill's father Ego.

China's first large jet airliner, the COMAC C919, took off from Shanghai Pudong at 2:01 pm on 5 May 2017 and flew 1 hour 19 minutes with a crew of five, about two and a half years after its roll-out.

A press release from Tesla claims that, on average, a solar roof will cost $21.85 per square foot, if 35 percent of the panels are active and the rest are inactive. Inactive panels are about $11 per square foot, and active panels are $42 per square foot, according to Peter Rive, SolarCity’s co-founder and CTO (and Elon Musk’s cousin).

Boeing handed the first 737 MAX 8 to Malindo Air on May 16, 2017, more than a year after first flight, and the Malaysian carrier flew the world's first MAX passenger service six days later.