It seems remarkable that after all the concern that Chris Bishop was going to try to roll Chris Luxon... the real roll attempt came from *Chris*-frickin' Penk. What the actual hell. I'm pretty convinced (and I say this as a Dave, a name that's equally over exposed in some contexts) we need a non-Chris at the helm.
US-based robot vacuum maker Matic rolls out a firmware update that lets users control its $1,245 vacuum with voice commands in more than 70 languages (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/u…
recent-ish reading/rereading, aka long hot mass market/sci-fi paperback summer. #books
Senator Chris Murphy said the Pentagon blocked him from a major US base in Qatar,
yet saw enough damage on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia to conclude that an Iranian strike would have been deadly had it happened during the day.
The Connecticut Democrat, who sits on the Senate foreign relations and appropriations committees,
described the destruction he witnessed in Riyadh as “extraordinary”
and much more damaging than the public has been led to believe.
“Had tha…
Silicon Data, which offers real-time compute pricing data to financial institutions and exchanges, raised a $30.5M Series A led by the Valor Atreides AI Fund (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/08/1…
I'm tired of people acting like it's normal for the same billionaires funding Trump's White House ballroom to throw money into local races in San Francisco. If Theo Ellington doesn't serve the MAGA agenda, he should reject Chris Larsen's money. If he keeps the money, every democratic club that endorsed him should rescind that endorsement.
Did you know that Jeff Goldblum was on Law & Order: Criminal Intent after Chris Noth left?
Chris Graue uses a Game Boy Camera (and the Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory) to photograph Jupiter #WorldSpaceWeek
US energy secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday morning that the US may not be able to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran that would prevent the country from having nuclear weapons.
Asked on ABC on Sunday morning about any sign of such a deal, as negotiations appear stalled and the US-Israel war on Iran continues, Wright said:
“There may not be a nuclear agreement.”
He talked about options for ending the “existential threat” of a nuclear armed Iran coming about by further …
autumnal afternoon jams next weekend at the industry city bandshell with wet tuna, chris forsyth's what is now, & us sl0ppy h3ads! https://industrycity.com/event/sloppy-heads-chris-forsyths-what-is-now-wet-tuna/
Never heard of him: "the French authorities said, a routine Channel training exercise by officers who had no idea that the shadow home affairs spokesperson was present, or who he was in the first place."
Tory MP accuses French navy of firing ‘warning’ shots near him in Channel | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
An interview with Granola CEO Chris Pedregal on making the AI note taker invisible and work across apps, and why he rejects executives seeking employees' notes (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/granola-chris-pedregal-interview/
I think the commercialization of catching criminals instead of educating on their methods is bad. I will watch the newest A24 biopic on Chris Hansen, but have to admit that I find it okay to portray him and his actions as controversial.
See the documentary on child predator EDP: There's an interesting scene where a YouTuber is confronted by Chris Hansen and accused of simply catching predators for the virality and views. The YouTuber simply replies asking if this wasn't Hansen's whole …
New Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday for primaries that will set up a closely watched Senate contest
– a vulnerable open seat Democrats must defend if they are to have any shot at reclaiming the upper chamber.
The race opened when Jeanne Shaheen, 79,
the state’s three‑term incumbent Democratic senator,
announced her retirement.
Congressman Chris Pappas,
who represents New Hampshire’s first district,
is seeking the nomination and enters the…
The Shwarma stinger at the end of "The #Avengers" was filmed at "Shalom Grill" in #LosAngeles on Pico Blvd.
✅ Complete scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiZeszLosE
(Chris Evans hid his jaw as he'd grown a beard at this point for another role.)
✅ Shalom Grill location:
https://shalomgrill.com/avengers-movie-location.php
"The letter is signed by Warren, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Adam Schiff, Chris Van Hollen, Peter Welch and Ron Wyden. The House of Representatives signatories are Katherine Clark, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayanna Pressley, Jake Auchincloss, Stephen Lynch and Lori Trahan."
So not #ChuckSchumer (
"The letter is signed by Warren, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Adam Schiff, Chris Van Hollen, Peter Welch and Ron Wyden. The House of Representatives signatories are Katherine Clark, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayanna Pressley, Jake Auchincloss, Stephen Lynch and Lori Trahan."
So not #ChuckSchumer (
Observation of $\Pi$-symmetry ultralong-range Rydberg molecules
Matthew T. Eiles, Aleksandr Zaitsev, Dominik Dorer, Shinsuke Haze, Markus Dei{\ss}, S. Efe G\"urleyen, Chris H. Greene, Johannes Hecker Denschlag
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.07447
The Forgotten ‘Planet of the Apes’ Script That Somehow Included Topless Gorilla Strippers
Before Tim Burton got involved, ‘Home Alone’ director Chris Columbus was set to direct a bizarre remake starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
https://www.vice.co…
Euno, whose platform reconstructs data flow, meaning, health, and more across data environments to give agents context, raised a $23M Series A led by N47 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/09/09/conte…
Something wild- apparently the X-Files movie I Want to Believe had a TON of stuff they cut out of it, stuff that would have made it a much darker almost horror flick. And now they're gonna air the full uncut R-rated Chris Carter director's cut version on Hulu starting August 14. It's called 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn'.
Oxide Computer, which helps companies build their own clouds, raised a $445M Series D led by Eclipse at a $6B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$835M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/10/09/compute-cloud…
This story buries the lede that the three biggest donors to the SF Democratic Party are, literally, Republican donors.
1. Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, whose top backer is William Oberndorf, a "Republican mega-donor" according to April 2024 Mission Local coverage;
2. Chris Larsen, who co-founded Ripple, which donated to Trump's White House ballroom per CNN;
3. SF Believes, funded by "MAGA WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum"
The SF Democratic Par…
NEW: The Supreme Court will choose soon whether Trump can illegally take over elections.
Election law expert Rick Hasen said it’s an “easy” question and Trump should lose.
And yet.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.socia…
Amazon's Ring unveils the $249 Ring Smart Lock, which uses a physical dial to recharge the battery when turned, set for a Q1 2027 launch, and five new cameras (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025 (Colin Demarest/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/06/hadrian-series-d-defense-production
Namespace, which provides cloud services and infrastructure for developers, raised a $42M Series B led by Scale and says it has 1,000 customers (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/10/05/develo…
Faye, which offers travel insurance services and uses AI to help resolve claims, raised a $50M Series C led by Madrona, taking its total funding to $100M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/08/05/faye-…
HTC rolls out its $499 Vive Eagle, which let users choose between Gemini or ChatGPT as their assistant, in North America, Europe, the UK, and Australia (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Conveo, which uses AI to conduct customer interviews in 15 languages and analyzes transcripts for market insights, raised a $50M Series A led by DST Global (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/09/02/conveo-…