Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Entry-level active speaker system with a built-in phono preamp, now in a Macassar ebony finish.

Charli xcx, The Strokes and RÜFÜS DU SOL headlined three sold-out days in Golden Gate Park, where Charli xcx joined The Strokes on stage for "Take It or Leave It".

Siemens announced more than US$200 million for new Pendergrass, Georgia and Grand Prairie, Texas manufacturing facilities. The release allocates more than US$185 million to Georgia and US$19 million to Texas, with over 1,500 combined jobs expected.

Swiss-made monoblock power amplifier delivering 1,560 watts into 8 ohms.

Zoox turned its free Las Vegas robotaxi service into a paid one on 10 August 2026, its first commercial market, after NHTSA granted the first commercial exemption for a vehicle with no manual controls.

Open-ear clip-on earbuds with improved battery life and physical buttons.

The only man ever charged in Tupac Shakur's 1996 drive-by killing went on trial in Las Vegas, where jury selection began nearly 30 years after the shooting and more than two years after the first trial date.

Equinix’s August 11, 2026 Nigeria update explicitly confirms LG4 is under construction. The exact parcel and confirmed opening date are unavailable.

Babcock & Wilcox signed for Siemens Energy to start work on 20 steam turbine generator sets of 50 MW each, 1 GW in all, for its FastPower data-centre program, on top of the turbines already ordered for the Applied Digital project.

Leapmotor launched the A05 compact electric hatchback in Hangzhou on 11 August 2026, a day later than planned because of a typhoon, with prices from RMB 63,900 to RMB 90,900 and up to 510 km of CLTC range.

Upstage releases Solar Pro 4, an API-only agentic model with a 512K context window that scores 57 on Terminal-Bench v2.1, up from 12 for Solar Pro 3, at $0.30 per 1 million input tokens.

Wen Muye's anti-war comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆), starring Shen Teng, opened in China on 11 August 2026. It passed CN¥1 billion in eight days and has grossed over CN¥2.19 billion.

Midrange 7.4-channel AV receiver delivering 100 watts per channel.

Judge P. Casey Pitts entered the consent decree clearing HPE's Juniper Networks deal in a 41-page order that found DOJ leadership overrode its own antitrust staff, but held that 12 states and DC had not shown the Instant On sale and Mist source-code licence were against the public interest.

1,140 MW generating capacity; About EUR 4.05 billion published project cost. Partly operational / under construction.

Stronger tropical-oil refining, Chinese soybean crushing and a first full half of India's AWL lifted pre-tax profit 13% to US$1.06 billion; the interim dividend rose to S$0.05.

Flagship 9.4-channel AV receiver with 8K HDMI inputs and a new 32-bit DAC.

Swatch and Omega sold the MoonSwatch Mission to the Sun - Solar Eclipse, with a black pusher and a New Moon caseback, only in Spain and only on 12 August 2026, the day of the total solar eclipse, for EUR 280.

Upgraded manual belt-drive turntable with a built-in speed sensor and switchable phono stage.

Flagship 360-degree action camera with Dolby Vision HDR and 8K at 50fps.

Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.

Birkenstock reported fiscal third-quarter revenue growth of 13% reported and 15% in constant currency, at the top of its target range, and raised its full-year 2026 outlook for both revenue and profitability.

Vuori opened its first store in South China on 13 August 2026 at The MixC in Shenzhen's Luohu district, giving it a presence in the Greater Bay Area.