Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The FOMC held the federal funds target range at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent on 31 July 2024 by a unanimous vote, with the unemployment rate having moved up.

Production I.G streams Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 3, picking up right after Sawako and Kazehaya become a couple as their families and friends' own romances keep unfolding around them.

A 10,000 sq ft Alo flagship at 150 Regent Street with two floors of shop and Alo's first gym and wellness club in the UK.

The US General Services Administration reversed course on a $52M congressional earmark to demolish two historic Chicago Loop skyscrapers, opting to reuse them instead after a sustained preservation campaign.

The fourth season of the Chinese donghua comedy-fantasy Fabulous Beasts (You Shou Yan) streams online, continuing its manga-adapted story of mismatched humans and mythical beasts.

A second season of The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, the isekai comedy about a healer drilled into a battlefield medic, was announced on stage at Otakon 2024.

The second season of Rising Impact begins streaming, following golf prodigy Gawain and Camelot Academy's Japan team as they compete against gifted young golfers from UK and US schools in the Camelot Cup.

June 2024: the trade gap was $73.1 billion, down $1.9 billion from the revised prior month. Exports rose to $265.9 billion and imports rose to $339.0 billion. Released August 6, 2024.

Northwestern Chinese cuisine at 西安市西影路506号西影电影博物馆2楼. The branch listing names Warm Tossed Pork Kidney Strips / 溫拌腰絲, Oil-Splashed Hand-Pulled Noodles / 油潑扯麵, House-Style Braised Beef Shank / 私房醬牛肉. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.

On August 11, 2024, the Martin JRM Mars flying boat "Hawaii Mars" made its final flight, escorted by Snowbirds jets, ending 78 years of service as the world’s largest water bomber.

OpenAI ships a GPT-4o update in ChatGPT that users preferred in experiments, while saying it is not a new frontier-class model.

On 13 August 2024 Starbucks named Chipotle chairman and CEO Brian Niccol as chairman and chief executive, replacing Laxman Narasimhan, who stepped down immediately; Niccol started on 9 September 2024.

NIST released the first three finalised post-quantum cryptography standards - FIPS 203, 204 and 205 - and told system administrators to start migrating immediately. They are the replacements for the public-key cryptography that a large quantum computer would break.

On 14 August 2024 Cisco announced a restructuring that would eliminate about 7% of its global workforce, with up to US$1 billion of pre-tax charges, as it shifted investment toward AI and security.

Las Dahlias has 78 total apartments, including one manager’s home, for households at 30%–60% AMI. Thirty-nine apartments serve people who experienced homelessness. Grand opening scheduled for August 14, 2024 and subsequently reported celebrated.

Crews finished carving three enormous caverns a mile beneath a former South Dakota gold mine to house the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

The Clippers' new $2BN Intuit Dome arena opened in Inglewood on August 15, 2024, giving the team its first standalone home after decades sharing a venue with the Lakers.

Lamborghini revealed the Temerario at Monterey Car Week, a plug-in hybrid supercar with a twin-turbo V8 and three electric motors making a combined 920 PS (907 hp), reaching 213 mph and marking Lamborghini's return to a V8 mid-engined car for the first time since the 1981 Jalpa.

Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus, set between Alien and Aliens, opened in US theaters on 16 August 2024. It grossed about US$351 million worldwide on an US$80 million budget.

On 19 August 2024 AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire ZT Systems, a hyperscale AI infrastructure provider, in a cash-and-stock deal worth US$4.9 billion including up to US$400 million of contingent payments. AMD said it would seek a partner to buy ZT's manufacturing business.

Sydney opened the City & Southwest section of its Sydney Metro, adding a new driverless rail crossing under Sydney Harbour and the CBD alongside the city's largest railway cavern.

The Taliban's Ministry of Justice published the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice law on 21 August 2024: 35 articles that make women cover their faces and bodies, bar their voices from being heard in public and stop them travelling without a male guardian.

Hunan cuisine at 湖南省长沙市天心区刘家冲北路友谊小区4片区2栋13号(天心区人民政府东侧约150米). The branch listing names Buddha Jumps Over the Wall / 佛跳牆, Clay Pot Braised Duck / 砂鍋將軍鴨, Wasabi Giant River Prawns / 芥辣羅氏蝦. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.

Buffet at 张自忠路1号天津泛太平洋大酒店1楼. The branch listing names Sashimi / 生魚片, Salmon / 三文魚, Mousse Cake / 慕斯蛋糕. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.

Cantonese cuisine at 重庆来福士洲际酒店（LG层乘电梯至C1层水晶连廊餐厅及酒吧）. The branch listing names Fuqi Feipian (Sliced Beef and Ox Tongue in Chili Sauce) / 夫妻肺片, Peking Duck with Caviar / 魚子醬烤鴨, Smoked Crispy Squab / 煙熏脆皮乳鴿. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.

Duke's Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 prospect for the 2025 NBA draft, signed a significant New Balance endorsement deal on 26 August 2024, choosing the Boston brand with a factory near his Maine home; the length and value were not reported.

Given: Hiiragi Mix Specials is a set of four short bonus stories bundled with the Blu-ray release of Given the Movie 2: Hiiragi Mix, animated by Lerche as an extension of the Given franchise.

Google announced construction of its $850 million Canelones data center on August 29, 2024. The current facility page still identifies it as in development.

The first phase of Queen's Wharf Brisbane, the AUD $3.6BN riverside district built around the historic Queen's Wharf site, opened to the public as Star Brisbane.

Cohere releases updated Command R and Command R+ (08-2024), with about 50% higher throughput, a Safety Modes beta, and API prices of $0.15 and $2.50 per 1 million input tokens.

Prague and Stockholm signed a joint declaration to keep the Čáslav-based Saab JAS 39 Gripen fleet flying beyond the lease's 2027 expiry, until Czech F-35s arrive; the binding contract covering 12 jets to 2035 was still being negotiated the following year. The deal underpins the fleet's ongoing depot-level overhauls, which strip and rebuild each jet roughly every few years.

A plant-forward modern Southern restaurant in a century-old house in Montgomery's Cloverdale neighbourhood, run by nutrition professor Deanne Allegro with a staff of under ten.

Microsoft reports site preparation began in September 2024. Its November 2025 update describes continuing construction traffic and earthworks; operation is not established.

OpenAI updates GPT-4o in ChatGPT to make better use of uploaded files and to save the key parts of a conversation to memory.

A vegan-certified Nutella that swaps milk for chickpeas and rice syrup, launched in Nutella's 60th year in Italy, France and Belgium in a 350g jar.

July 2024: the trade gap was $78.8 billion, up $5.8 billion from the revised prior month. Exports rose to $266.6 billion and imports rose to $345.4 billion. Released September 4, 2024.

Verizon agreed to buy Frontier Communications, the largest pure-play US fiber provider, in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion ($38.50 a share), adding 2.2 million fiber subscribers and reach to 25 million premises across 31 states and DC.

Alo's first performance shoe, a $185 unisex runner with a dual-density midsole and heel clip, went on sale online and in its US stores, backed by a campaign with Joe Burrow.

Victoria's Secret & Co. named Hillary Super, previously CEO of Savage X Fenty, as its chief executive officer, tasking her with reviving the lingerie retailer's core brand and its Pink and Adore Me businesses.

Givenchy named Sarah Burton, who spent two decades as Alexander McQueen's creative director before stepping down in 2023, as its new creative director, effective immediately, to oversee both the women's and men's lines.

Marriott's plan for the world's tallest modular hotel in Manhattan's NoMad district collapsed after years of stalled construction, and the site was sold for a residential condo tower instead.

Every US mammography facility must now tell patients in writing whether their breast tissue is dense, which can hide cancers on a mammogram, under the FDA's amended Mammography Quality Standards Act rule.

A section of the 1971-built Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany collapsed into the Elbe overnight with no warning, minutes after the last tram had crossed it.

Hotpot at 雍州路锦荣悦汇城东门一楼. The branch listing names Bullfrog and Shrimp / 牛蛙愛上蝦, Fennel Mini Youtiao / 茴香小油條, Handmade Noodles / 手工面. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.