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Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%) If you’ve been following the billionaire exodus from California with some confusion, here’s what’s actually driving the nervousness: it’s not the 5% rate. As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit
Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about While it’s easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space.
Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior’s actions. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/trump-administrations-legal-setbacks-are-good-news-for-offshore-wind-and-the-grid/
Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/oshen-built-the-first-ocean-robot-to-collect-data-in-a-category-5-hurricane/
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune Musk’s legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns “many orders of magnitude greater” than his initial investment. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune/