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• AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

  OpenAI Retires GPT-5.4-Cyber

  San Francisco, California, United StatesOpenAI

  

  Starts 10/01/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1 day agoOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-09-11, gives the shutdown date as 1 October 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

  OpenAI switches off GPT-5.4-Cyber on 1 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-5.4-cyber.

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• AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

  OpenAI Retires 6 GPT-5 and o3 Models

  San Francisco, California, United StatesOpenAI

  

  Starts 12/11/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 70 daysOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-06-11, gives the shutdown date as 11 December 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

  OpenAI switches off 6 models and endpoints on 11 December 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-5-2025-08-07, gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07, gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07, gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06, o3-2025-04-16, o3-pro-2025-06-10.

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• AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

  OpenAI Retires 17 Legacy GPT Model Snapshots

  San Francisco, California, United StatesOpenAI

  

  Starts 10/23/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 21 daysOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-04-22, gives the shutdown date as 23 October 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

  OpenAI switches off 17 models and endpoints on 23 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, gpt-4-0613, gpt-4-1106-preview, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4.1-nano, gpt-4o-2024-05-13, gpt-image-1, o1-2024-12-17, o1-pro-2025-03-19, o3-mini-2025-01-31, ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16, o4-mini-2025-04-16 and 5 more.

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• AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

  OpenAI Retires 4 Legacy GPT Model Snapshots

  San Francisco, California, United StatesOpenAI

  

  Starts 09/28/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better4 days agoOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2025-09-26, gives the shutdown date as 28 September 2026 (re-checked 2026-09-23, unchanged). A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

  OpenAI switches off 4 models and endpoints on 28 September 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002, gpt-3.5-turbo-1106.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Bell Delivers Its First Bell 429 Helicopter From Mirabel

  12800 Rue de l'Avenir, Mirabel, Quebec J7J 1R4, CanadaBell Textron

  

  Starts 07/07/2009CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better17.2 years agoWikipedia's^[2] Bell 429 GlobalRanger article states the first aircraft (s/n 57006) 'was delivered to Air Methods (owner) and MercyOne (operator)' on July 7, 2009.

  Bell delivered the first production Bell 429, serial number 57006, to Air Methods and MercyOne from its helicopter factory in Mirabel, Quebec.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Scarborough Subway Extension Opens on Line 2

  Scarborough Centre, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2033DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins3 years late40% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 40%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 49% confidence or belowin 7.2 yearsThe article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.^[1]

  The 7.8-kilometre extension carries Line 2 Bloor-Danforth east from Kennedy station to three new stops - Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre and a terminal at McCowan and Sheppard - replacing the Line 3 RT shut in 2023, and is projected to carry about 105,000 trips a day. Infrastructure Ontario values the stations, rail and systems contract alone at $5.7 billion.

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• AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

  OpenAI Retires 3 GPT Image Models

  San Francisco, California, United StatesOpenAI

  

  Starts 12/01/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 60 daysOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-06-02, gives the shutdown date as 1 December 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

  OpenAI switches off 3 models and endpoints on 1 December 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5, chatgpt-image-latest.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  FCC Lets Verizon Drop Its 60-Day Phone Unlocking Rule

  Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 01/12/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better263 days agoOrder DA 26-43 reads "Adopted: January 12, 2026 Released: January 12, 2026" and "this Order IS EFFECTIVE upon release"; it runs "until such time as the Commission decides on an appropriate industry-wide approach", so it has no end date.^[1]

  The FCC waived the rule forcing Verizon alone among national carriers to unlock phones 60 days after activation, citing handset theft and trafficking; Verizon now follows the CTIA industry code until the FCC sets an industry-wide policy.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Smart Launches Direct-to-Device Satellite Service

  Ramon Cojuangco Building, Makati Avenue, San Lorenzo, District I, Makati, Southern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1226, PhilippinesPLDT

  

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins71% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 71%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 1.2 yearsPhilstar^[1] reports Smart will mount the service 'by 2027' and quotes Smart's Lloyd Manaloto gearing up 'for commercial launch next year' (said in January 2026); no month is given, so the year's last day is used.

  Smart plans to switch on commercial satellite-to-phone service with Lynk Global in 2027, the first in the Philippines, starting with texts and light data for remote islands and disaster zones.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth

  Renforth Drive at Eglinton Avenue West, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2031DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins8 years late40% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 40%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 49% confidence or belowin 5.2 yearsThe article says only that "The extension is expected to open in 2031", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits on the last day of that year.^[1]

  The 9.2-kilometre westward extension of Line 5 Eglinton adds seven stations - four underground, two elevated and one in an open trench - ending at a trenched terminal at Renforth beside the eastern end of the Mississauga Transitway. Construction was estimated in 2026 at CA$3.97 billion, up from CA$2.47 billion a decade earlier.

  C$4B

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) finally opens

  Eglinton Station, Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaToronto Transit Commission

  

  Starts 02/08/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better236 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the TTC "began an introductory service period on Line 5 starting Sunday, Feb. 8," marking the line's opening as Line 5 Eglinton.

  Toronto's long-delayed 19km Eglinton Crosstown light rail line entered service as TTC Line 5, six years behind its original 2020 target.

  C$13B

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Nationwide Verizon Outage Strands Customers in SOS Mode for 10 Hours

  1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 01/14/2026 5:00PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better261 days agoVerizon's^[1] update page reads 'As of 10:15 PM ET, the outage has been resolved' (14 January); ABC News^[2] quotes Downdetector that customers 'began noticing interrupted service around noon Eastern time on Wednesday'.

  A software issue took down Verizon Wireless across the US for about ten hours, from around noon until 10:15 PM ET, with Downdetector counting more than 178,000 affected at the peak; Verizon gave affected customers a $20 credit.

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