Meta to Pay $17 Billion — and Limit ‘Likes’ for Teens — in Social Media Settlement with States Science & Tech By Colin Lecher, CalMatters California will get over $2 billion from Meta as part of a proposed settlement in a 47-state social media addiction case. The trial kicked off just last week in a federal court in Oakland.
Google Buys 83,000-Square-Foot Campus in Goleta for $32.5M Science & Tech By Izadora Hamm The purchase expands the tech giant’s existing footprint in the city, where it operates a Quantum AI lab.
UC Santa Barbara Team Saves Historic Aerial Photos Critical to Coastal Research Science & Tech By Keith Hamm, UCSB's 'The Current' Library staff faces a race against time to preserve archive of irreplaceable photographs dating back 100 years.
Two UC Santa Barbara–Led Projects Selected for DOE’s Genesis Mission Science & Tech By Andrew Masuda, UCSB's 'The Current'
UC Santa Barbara Comm Scholar Dan Lane Named UC Fellow for Research on AI and Civic Engagement Science & Tech By Debra Herrick, UCSB's 'The Current'
Quantum Computing Startup in Santa Barbara Gets $54 Million from UC Investments Science & Tech By Callie Fausey
Eric Schmidt, Santa Barbara Resident and Former Google CEO, Signs ‘We Must Act Now’ AI Statement Science & Tech By Izadora Hamm
Research Funding for UC Santa Barbara and Other Universities Doesn’t Make the Cut Science & Tech By Callie Fausey
Vast Botanical Data Help Solve Darwin’s Puzzle of Why Some Exotic Plants Become Pests Science & Tech By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB's 'The Current'
UC Santa Barbara’s David Gross Wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Science & Tech By Shelly Leachman, UCSB’s ‘The Current’
Researchers Uncover ‘Treasure Trove’ of Bioactive Molecules in Coral Reefs Science & Tech By Sonia Fernandez, UCSB’s ‘The Current’
Sonic Booms from Artemis II’s Return to Earth May Reach Santa Barbara County Science & Tech By Jackson Friedman