Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Pixar's Cars 3 opened in US theaters on 16 June 2017, with veteran racer Lightning McQueen facing a new generation of high-tech competitors. Brian Fee directed his first feature.

Volkswagen unveiled the sixth-generation Polo in Berlin on 16 June 2017: 4,053 mm long on the MQB A0 platform, a 351-litre boot up 25 percent and a German base price of EUR 12,975; UK orders opened from GBP 13,855.

ThyssenKrupp demonstrates a working prototype of MULTI, a cable-free elevator that moves sideways as well as up and down, inside its purpose-built German test tower.

Yoon Jong-shin (윤종신) achieved the #3 music ranking of 2017 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart (year-end). Yoon Jong-shin's breakup ballad Like It (Joh-ni), released in June 2017, climbed slowly to number one and finished third on the 2017 Gaon Digital Chart year-end list.

The new Microsoft Modern Keyboard with Fingerprint ID is built with an aluminum frame to make it slim, yet strong. Microsoft calls it a "virtually indestructible" workhorse of a keyboard.

Graphics RAM chips availability scheduled for Q4 2017 and Q2 2017 respectively.

Waugh Thistleton's 10-storey Dalston Works in east London is completed, becoming the largest cross-laminated timber structure built anywhere to date.

MAPPA's Kakegurui premieres, a psychological drama set at an elite academy where students settle their social hierarchy through high-stakes gambling after hours.

TFBOYS achieved the #3 music ranking of 2017 on China's Billboard Radio China Mandarin Top 10 of 2017. Billboard Radio China's 2017 year-end Mandarin Top 10 lists TFBOYS's Our Time third, after three weeks at the top of its weekly chart (tied with Lay Zhang's SHEEP, which is listed second).

Einride, a startup based in Scandinavia, has just released a full-scale prototype of its fully electric truck T-Pod. With a range of 124 miles and a 20kWh capacity, it is designed to replace small heavy duty fossil fuel reliant trucks on short trips. Without the need for the driver’s cab, the prototype looks pretty weird but if all goes to plan there will be 200 vehicles transporting goods between Gothenburg and Helsingborg in Sweden by 2020.

For many years, physicists have been aware of the existence of this doubly charmed particle because of current physical theories. However, nobody has been successful in observing the particle and it is only now that the baryon with two heavy quarks has been distinctively detected. Known as Ξcc++(Xicc++), this new particle is almost four times heavier than a proton.

Kinema Citrus's Made in Abyss begins broadcast, following orphan girl Riko as she descends into the Abyss, a vast and deadly chasm of ancient relics, in search of her mother and a robot boy she discovers along the way.

Intel launched its Xeon Scalable family on July 11, 2017: more than 50 processors in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers, up to 28 cores per socket, a six-channel memory controller and AVX-512, aimed at AMD's upcoming EPYC.

Audi gave the fourth-generation A8 (D5) its world premiere at the Audi Summit in Barcelona on 11 July 2017, with a new design language, touchscreen controls and mild-hybrid drive; the 55 TFSI quattro makes 340 PS and 0-100 km/h in 5.6 s from EUR 93,500.

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire.

4K resolution display is nearly 10x brighter than standard projector technologies can offer. Thanks to its brightness qualities Samsung sees its HDR cinema LED display used beyond the traditional cinema role - for presentations in either dark or ambient lighting conditions, for example. The display could also be put to great use at corporate events, concerts, sports event viewing and gaming competitions.

Niska achieved the #3 music ranking of 2017 on France's SNEP Top Singles (year-end). Niska's Réseaux placed third on the 2017 SNEP year-end singles chart, the highest-ranked French-language song that year.

Offers more than 100 GFLOPS of inference performance within a 1W power envelope.

Compete in ink-based action battles in Nintendo’s Splatoon series.

The bonus OVA KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2: God's Blessings on These Wonderful Works of Art! releases, an unaired episode bundled with the light novel's twelfth volume and following Kazuma and party on a golem-hunting quest.

Square Enix released Dragon Quest XI on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS in Japan on 29 July 2017, selling over two million physical copies in two days. Worldwide releases for PS4 and Windows followed in September 2018.

Lian Li first showcased its new Dual-System DK-05 motorised adjustable desk chassis back at CES 2017. At the time Lian Li heralded the DK-05 as "the new pinnacle of PC desks," as it took lessons learnt from the DK-04 and its predecessors to create a new design that accommodated up-to twin EATX motherboards within an all-aluminium construction and under its tempered glass top.

Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug achieved the #1 music ranking of 2018 on Canada's Billboard Canadian Hot 100. Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 Year-End 2018 chart ranks Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug's "Havana" at number one, ahead of Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" and Drake's "God's Plan" at number three.

Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug achieved the #2 music ranking of 2018 on South Africa's Deezer South Africa Most Streamed Songs Overall 2018. Deezer's 2018 South African list, published in December 2018, puts Camila Cabello's Havana second overall, behind Drake's God's Plan.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced during the Q2 2017 earnings call that himself and his CTO are using solar tiles on their own houses to provide renewable...

The US Go Congress is the largest go activity in the United States. It happens once a year and spans one week. Events include the US Open, the largest annual go tournament in the US, professional lectures and game analysis, continuous self-paired games, and all kinds of go-related activities from morning to midnight.

DAOKO × Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) achieved the #3 music ranking of 2017 on Japan's Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End. The DAOKO and Kenshi Yonezu collaboration Uchiagehanabi ranks third on Billboard Japan's 2017 Hot 100 year-end list.

Avicii ft. Sandro Cavazza achieved the #1 music ranking of 2018 on Sweden's Sverigetopplistan Årslista Singlar. Avicii and Sandro Cavazza's 'Without You' (released August 2017) topped Sverigetopplistan's 2018 year-end singles list after seven total weeks at number one on the weekly chart.

Owarimonogatari Second Season premieres, Shaft's continuation of NisiOisin's light novels that closes out the main Monogatari story as Koyomi Araragi is pulled into a mysterious layer of the afterlife by Mayoi Hachikuji.