Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

An Illinois judge preliminarily approved Alo Moves' settlement of claims that it shared viewing data with Meta, giving each US class member who files by 18 November 2024 a voucher for three free months of classes.

Lingwu Continent is an iQIYI-streamed Chinese fantasy donghua from Soyep about a fallen prodigy who regains his power as a rare dual cultivator of spirit and martial arts.

Shawn Levy's Deadpool & Wolverine, the first R-rated MCU film, opened in US theaters on 26 July 2024 with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

The Chinese donghua Slay the Gods begins streaming, a Shenman Entertainment production in which a blind teenage night watchman battles mythic invaders threatening his world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

OpenAI releases o1-preview and o1-mini, the first of a new series of models that spend more time thinking before they respond.

After bargaining that began in March 2023 and strikes that delayed the cane crush, 55% of voting Wilmar Sugar and Renewables employees accepted a three-year deal with a A$2,500 bonus and 16% in pay rises.

The FOMC lowered the federal funds target range by 1/2 percentage point to 4-3/4 to 5 percent on 18 September 2024 by an 11-1 vote, with Michelle Bowman preferring a quarter-point cut.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of 2024 on 19 September against the Marlins, becoming the first major leaguer with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season. Only five players had reached 40-40 before him.

On 20 September 2024 Constellation announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 as the Crane Clean Energy Center, adding about 835 MW of carbon-free power.

Malaysia formally launched the Forest City Special Financial Zone, a tax-incentive push aimed at reviving the stalled $100 billion artificial-island city project in the Johor Strait.

On 24 September 2024 the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Visa of monopolizing the debit card market, alleging that 60% of US debit transactions run on its network and that it charges over US$7 billion a year in fees.

Chicago Fire season 13 premieres on NBC with "A Monster in the Field". A new chief shakes things up at Firehouse 51; Violet and Novak work to uncover the truth behind a car crash; Cruz keeps a watchful eye on Severide and Damon's growing bond.