Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

DeepSeek launches DeepSeek-V3.2, an open-weight model that thinks inside tool use and performs at GPT-5 level by its own tests, and the API-only DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, which it says rivals Gemini-3.0-Pro and reached gold-medal level at the 2025 IMO and IOI.

CPV Backbone Solar, on a reclaimed coal mine site in Garrett County, Maryland, began commercial operations at 160 MW in December 2025. A second phase under construction is expected to bring total capacity to 175 MW.

The Kremlin said Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Donetsk region under siege for almost two years, and Vovchansk in Kharkiv; a NATO official said Russia held over 95% of Pokrovsk while Ukrainian pockets fought on.

洪佩瑜 (Hung Pei-yu) achieved the #2 music ranking of 2026 on Taiwan's KKBOX Mandarin Yearly Cumulative Singles Chart. Hung Pei-yu's theme song for the film Sunshine Women's Choir is second on KKBOX's 2026 Mandarin yearly cumulative singles chart through 15 October 2026 (KKBOX counts listens from 31 Dec 2025); the final 2026 ranking is not yet published.

Mayor Daniel Lurie swore in City College trustee Alan Wong as District 4 supervisor at Abraham Lincoln High School, the Sunset's third supervisor since October after his first pick, Beya Alcaraz, resigned a week into the job.