With Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance of pregnancy
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Companies that collect data from the digital clues people leave online often know their…
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Managers fired from Twitter amid Musk buyout turmoil
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter fired two of its top managers Thursday, the latest sign of internal turmoil amid Tesla billionaire…
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Big-hearted locals help support Ukrainian family
The News Channel 3-12 team has a follow-up on the Korniichuks, a Ukrainian family settling in with relatives in Santa Barbara County, for nearly a…
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Google gets more multilingual, but will it get the nuance?
About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the lingua franca of the Inca Empire was…
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Community forums assessing internet access, affordability taking place across Santa Barbara County
The forums are connected to an effort being led by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) to develop a countywide Broadband…
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Paso Robles and Atascadero formalizing agreement on a North SLO County Broadband Strategic Plan
Paso Robles and Atascadero are formalizing an agreement to partner together on a North San Luis Obispo County Broadband Strategic Plan in order to…
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Santa Barbara County welcomes its first family from war-torn Ukraine
GOLETA, Calif. – News Channel 3-12 shares a glimpse of the indestructible bond between two families, separated by war and 6,000 miles, in this…
Continue ReadingApple will now sell you parts to fix your own iPhone
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple has officially opened its self service repair store, which provides manuals and parts for users seeking…
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Musk ordered to abide by SEC settlement over 2018 tweets
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk’s request to scrap a settlement with securities regulators over 2018 tweets claiming he…
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Pollinating grasses and trees hit allergy sufferers hard this season
If your allergies are in full bloom, you’re not alone. No, it’s not COVID-19 in most cases. But, it is a particularly rough allergy season thanks to…
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Hawaiian teams with Elon Musk company for in-flight internet
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is moving into the business of providing internet service to airline…
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Busy bees keep Southcoast beekeeper on the move
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Spring is in the air and so are swarms of bees. News Channel 3-12 caught up with Nicholas Wigle, owner and operator of Super…
Continue Reading Judge rejects gag order in suit over 2018 Elon Musk tweets
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in California has rejected a request from shareholders in a lawsuit to force Elon Musk…
Continue Reading Shareholders await Musk’s next move in Twitter takeover bid
By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Twitter has dropped a major roadblock in front of Elon Musk’s effort to…
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Santa Maria Public Library to temporarily close for computer system upgrade
The Santa Maria Public Library will be closed on Saturday, April…
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Crafters’ crocheted sunflowers help Direct Relief’s efforts in Ukraine
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Sunflowers are sprouting up on people’s lapels in one area of Santa Barbara thanks to a group of crafters in the Samarkand…
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Elon Musk accused of breaking law while buying Twitter stock
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a…
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Direct Relief ships out Project Joint Guardian firefighting gear for Ukraine
A coalition of firefighters from abroad and around the U.S., including some from Santa Barbara County, will deploy to Ukraine over the next…
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Local Op-ed appears in Polish news magazine
Wszystko Co Najwazniejsze, a news magazine in Poland, just published an op-ed written by Mark Juergensmeyer, Interim Director of the Orfalea Center…
Continue Reading Twitter says it’s testing edit button, day after Musk poll
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Well, that was fast. Twitter has announced, via Twitter, that it is indeed working on an edit feature for tweets.…
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