Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Late on 31 August 2026 the very large crude carriers Sidr and Senegal Prosperity, each carrying about two million barrels of Saudi crude, were hit by unidentified projectiles minutes apart as they left the Strait of Hormuz; no one claimed the attacks and crews were safe.

A longtime downtown pizzeria returns after seven years.

A Vietnamese kitchen offers pho, banh mi and grilled dishes.

The New York Ukrainian institution's first out-of-state restaurant runs inside Lakeside Lounge, with pierogi, schnitzel and borscht.

Salesforce closed its roughly $1.5 billion purchase of Contentful, adding the headless content platform to Headless 360 so Agentforce can assemble personalised content across channels.

On 1 September 2026 Dell Technologies reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of US$47.0 billion, up 58%, with US$16.4 billion of AI server revenue, and raised its full-year revenue guidance to US$192 billion.

Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 - the same model behind different safeguards - and cuts cache reads by 75%, making typical workloads about 25% cheaper to run than Fable 5.

PAHO's Situation Report #10 reports 51,027 confirmed measles cases and 55 deaths in 17 countries and territories in epidemiological weeks 1-33 of 2026 (to 22 August), led by Guatemala, Mexico, the US and Canada.

Gaming headset with a cardioid condenser boom microphone and detachable cable.

Ferrero's new structure took effect: Alessandro Nervegna became CEO of Ferrero Core and Lapo Civiletti, CEO since 2017, became President of Ferrero Ice Cream and WK Kellogg Co, both reporting to Giovanni Ferrero.

Shein's shares fell 9% in their Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading debut on 1 September 2026, after an IPO that raised about HK$13.60 billion ($1.74 billion) at HK$48.56 a share and valued the fast-fashion retailer at roughly $26.5 billion. That is close to a quarter of the $100 billion valuation Shein commanded in a 2022 private funding round.

Chef Joe Pruner's first solo restaurant: fresh pasta, sandwiches and pizza in the former V. Miller Meats space.

Uber cut about 10% of its staff, roughly 3,300 jobs, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi removed management layers, merged teams and pulled remote workers back into offices.

HPE posted record fiscal third-quarter revenue of $12.2 billion, up 34%, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.11, then raised its fiscal 2026 and 2027 outlook as AI and networking orders ran ahead of memory-constrained supply.

Alo reunited with Joe Burrow for a fall 2026 campaign led by its new Speed sunglasses and men's staples, timed to the start of the NFL season.

Hershey promoted Dave Hulays, its SVP Finance, at Hershey since 2012 after 15 years at P&G, to CFO with immediate effect. Steve Voskuil, CFO for seven years, moved to strategic projects ahead of retiring in early 2027.

H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, was signed on 2 September 2026, four weeks before the fiscal year ran out. Its appropriations run from 1 October to 11 December 2026, pushing the next shutdown fight past the midterm elections.

The Grammy Museum's 'Olivia Rodrigo: the cure unraveled' exhibit opens 2 September 2026 and runs to 22 February 2027, launched with a Cameron Crowe conversation and an acoustic set on 1 September.

Berlin's abandoned, billion-mark ICC convention centre, nicknamed the 'spaceship', went out to tender for a 99-year ground lease, and the Land Berlin has now tied itself to one bidder: the Projektpartnerschaft Quartier ICC, which has until 30 June 2027 to negotiate the lease and a reuse plan built around events and the creative industries.

Geneva Watch Days ran from 2 to 6 September 2026 across Geneva, with a record 71 brands showing new watches in boutiques, hotels and the central pavilion at the Rotonde du Mont-Blanc. The decentralised fair began in 2020 with eight founding brands.

Flagship wireless earbuds with Bluetooth 6.0 and user-replaceable batteries.

Victoria's Secret & Co. reported second-quarter 2026 net sales up 10% to $1.611 billion and operating income more than six times higher than a year earlier, as CEO Hillary Super's turnaround continued and the company teased a bigger annual fashion show for the rest of the year.

Volkswagen's supervisory board approved a group-wide cut of about 50,000 more positions, including management roles, on top of earlier programmes that bring planned job reductions to around 100,000 by 2030.

On 3 September 2026 Kalle Lappinen found about 4.5 kilograms of silver coins and objects buried in two birch-bark containers in a forest near Sysmä, far larger than the previous Finnish record from 1895.

Orion's new 60 g Poca Chip Hwangchiz (yellow cheese) is the first Poca Chip with a double cheese coating, launched in South Korea on 3 September 2026.