Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, a step-change improvement for the Opus tier for long-running agents, with gains in coding and professional work.

The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.

A 853-metre cable-stayed span over the Detroit River, the longest in North America, carrying the busiest US-Canada trade corridor. Estimated date.

Shenman Entertainment’s Yi Zhan Cangqiong begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Gu An, a crippled young man who seizes the power of an ancient god at his lowest moment and turns it against the enemies who wronged him. The 26-episode ONA leans into a familiar but reliably popular power-fantasy setup — a written-off protagonist ascending to godlike strength to settle old scores.

Johnson & Johnson closed its $1 billion cash purchase of Firefly Bio, the South San Francisco biotech behind the Firelink degrader antibody conjugate platform for KRAS-driven and other hard-to-treat solid tumours.

BMW Group chose Qualcomm as the lead compute silicon provider for its next-generation digital cockpit and driver-assistance and automated-driving systems through the next decade, across Snapdragon Cockpit and Snapdragon Ride.

GARDEN Culture's Chinese fantasy donghua Raised by Demons: Panda Li follows a human boy raised among demons on a mission of revenge.

Hermès' consolidated revenue reached €8.2 billion in the first half of 2026, up 6% at constant exchange rates, with recurring operating income of €3.4 billion, 41.0% of sales.

Ultra-portable 20-watt analog guitar amplifier head with a three-band EQ.

Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Chen Li-ming and Chen Wei-chieh, making their 10- and 6-year sentences for leaking TSMC's 2nm and 14nm secrets final; both go straight to prison.

Adidas grew currency-neutral revenue 14% to a record €6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a World Cup marketing push and 25% direct-to-consumer growth, and raised its full-year revenue guidance to 9-10% growth.

Flagship wireless active speakers with a bigger Uni-Q driver and sculptural design by Ross Lovegrove.

Floorstanding speaker sharing technology with the 3050c but sized for smaller rooms.

Passed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors for the first time in six years, the $16.9 billion budget for FY2026-27 and 2027-28 closes a $642 million deficit and cuts the city's structural gap by about $300 million.

Live Nation's second quarter of 2026 brought revenue of $7.7 billion, up 9%, operating income of $522 million and a record 49 million concertgoers, with Ticketmaster's adjusted operating income up 14% and 143 million tickets sold for the year by mid-July.

Prada Group's net revenues rose 16% to €3.05 billion in the first half of 2026, with Versace contributing €305 million as the newly acquired brand worked to lift retail execution.

Universal Music Group's first half of 2026 brought revenue of EUR 6.19 billion, up 5.3% (10.8% at constant currency) with the Downtown Music consolidation and Streaming 2.0 price rises, while adjusted EBITDA slipped 1.9% to EUR 1.31 billion.

Jake Howell, Yuriko Say and Craig Schoen, the team behind Peninsula, open a seven-table multicourse speakeasy by the Cumberland River.