timef 01/18/2026
- Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT techcrunch.com2026-01-18 23:30:00
Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.
- Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%) techcrunch.com2026-01-18 09:17:11
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 founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own. Take Larry Page, who about 3% […]
- Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about techcrunch.com2026-01-18 06:45:09
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. It's “not nice up there,” said Rubenstein. “It is not nice at all."
- Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid techcrunch.com2026-01-18 01:30:00
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.
- Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane techcrunch.com2026-01-18 00:00:00
Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.
