T-Mobile Agrees to Pay $40 Million in Fines Over False Ringtone Charges
Jessica Gang
Staff Writer
Cellular company T-Mobile agreed to pay $40 million in fines to the U.S. Treasury after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proved that...
Spotify Listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Mia Pollini
Staff Writer
As of April 3, Swedish music streaming service Spotify is finally trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol...
Plans to Map Mars with ‘Marsbees’ Unveiled by NASA
Jessica Gang
Staff Writer
NASA unveiled tentative plans to replace its traditional land-based Mars rovers with cutting edge flapping wing aerospace architectures on March 30th. These...
Explaining the Cambridge Analytica Scandal to a Student
Jack Alegre
Features Editor
While scrolling through your Facebook timeline, you might have noticed something called Cambridge Analytica pop up more than once. If that less-than-thrilling...
Turkey Creates State-Backed Cryptocurrency “Turkcoin”
Jacob Wong
Student investors at UCSB looking for the next hot Bitcoin or Ethereum, look no further: cryptocurrency is coming to Turkey.
Dubbed “Turkcoin,” the...
Google Tightens Hold on Digital Ad Industry With New Policy of Automatically Blocking Ads
Jessica Gang
Staff Writer
On Feb. 15, Google implemented a new ad-blocking policy that aims to automatically block ads that fail to comply with the new...
Samsung Impresses Users with Unveiling of Galaxy S9
Ziqiang Zhao
Staff Writer
Samsung’s Galaxy S9 has attracted much attention from people all over the world since the beginning of 2018, and details of the...
SpaceX Impresses with the Falcon 9 Rocket
Dylan Goldman
Staff Writer
After minor difficulties and two delays, SpaceX finally launched a single core of their anticipated Falcon 9 rocket along with two subsidiary...
NASA Gets a Budget Boost to Revitalize the Moon Program
Alexandra Munos
On Feb. 12, President Trump’s administration released its 2019 federal budget, which includes a request for an additional $500 million towards the government’s...
Waymo and Uber Settle Up on Theft Lawsuit
Annette Ding
Staff Writer
Following nearly a year of mudslinging between two of the largest companies in the autonomous vehicle industry, Google and Uber reached a...
