The Best Black Friday Deals of 2019
Christine Ho and Bradley Kahn
Layout Editor and Contributing Writer
It’s almost Black Fri-YAY, fellow Gauchos! Whether you’re looking for some in-store retail therapy to decompress...
Take Caution Before You Tinder
Kyle Dent
A.S. Beat Reporter
Dating in I.V. is difficult (at least for the facially impaired — don’t rub it in), and wading through hordes of...
UCSB Engineering Students Design ‘Rally Rig’ to Break Physical Limitations in Filmmaking
Xander Apicella
Science and Tech Editor
The Rally Rig is a mechanical engineering (ME) capstone project designed to help those with impaired motor function be filmmakers...
UCSB Data Science Presents An APPsolutely Amazing Showcase
Xander Apicella
Science and Tech Editor
Nearly all in attendance were from the data science club, those who were not presenting waited to see how far...
An Electric Cure to Depression
Noe Padilla and Xander Apicella
Staff Writers
A new method of therapy uses the physics of electromagnetism to alter brain activity. Known as transcranial magnetic stimulation...
CS Department Advocates Undergraduate Peer Tutoring
Xander Apicella
Staff Writer
UCSB Computer Science Undergraduate Tutor Program (UT) has been around since 2017, and Diba Mirza, an assistant teaching professor of CS at...
Develop Software Skills with Collaborate Workshops
Annie Huang
Staff Writer
Collaborate of the College of Letters & Science have started hosting quarterly software workshops for the spring quarter. The workshops are held...
Tech Companies Are Consolidating Like Crazy
Sandra Lee
In the United States, tech giants like Amazon and Facebook are acquiring small businesses at a rapid pace — in other words, they...
Sonos: How a Santa Barbara-based Speaker Company Competes with Tech Giants
Raymond Matthews
When thinking about pioneering technologies, one usually looks to the innovative landscape of Silicon Valley. However, Santa Barbara has its own claim to...
Smartphone Review: Apple, Samsung, and Huawei
Steven Jin
With a new iPhone and dozens of new Samsung Galaxy models being released every year, choosing a device out of the myriad of...