“There isn’t really a way to get through this time period other than generally accepting that we are mortal,” TikTok therapy guru Dr. Courtney Tracy says, “and that we exist on a planet that is uncertain and unprecedented things happen.”
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Recall gives Netflix’s Reed Hastings a chance to mend fences with Newsom
The $3.1 million in contributions that Hastings has given Newsom marks a political reconciliation after supporting opponent Antonio Villaraigosa in 2018.
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Why do Tesla cars keep crashing into emergency response vehicles? Feds are investigating
The top federal traffic safety regulator says Tesla’s partially automated driving system, Autopilot, failed to spot parked police cars and fire trucks. It wants to know why.
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Newsom asks Biden to ensure Pentagon OKs use of satellite data for wildfire program
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants President Joe Biden to urge the Pentagon to continue providing sensitive satellite information to firefighters so they can spot and track wildfires — and Biden pledged to take up the issue.
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The pandemic made telemedicine an instant hit — but now patients and providers feel the growing pains
Patients seem to like remote visits, and health care providers now depend on them. But outages, freezing and other glitches cost time and money, and can compromise quality of care. “On an iPhone, I can click one button to see my grandkids,” one professor says. “Can we not make telemedicine systems as easy as that?”
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Pandemic, competition trim Netflix market share below 50% — a first
Netflix’s global digital audience market share for original series dropped below 50% for the first time, according to Parrot Analytics. The Los Gatos-based streamer is expanding into podcasts and gaming as it faces competition from Disney+ and others.
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Four years in, Startup Sandbox remains ‘economic engine’ for Santa Cruz tech biz
The Westside bioscience incubator has helped a number of companies since it was founded in 2017, with many so-called “graduates” choosing to anchor their operations in the area, hire UC Santa Cruz alums or both — and without letting last year’s fires or the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way.
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21 for ‘21: For Juan Morales-Rocha, bridging the digital divide was personal
Morales-Rocha’s advocacy is credited with helping to kick-start a countywide partnership working to bridge the stubborn “last mile” of Santa Cruz County’s digital divide and extend reliable internet to thousands of families.
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21 for ’21: Toby Corey rallying small businesses to ‘adapt-or-die’ in a post-pandemic world
The former Silicon Valley entrepreneur/executive is adamant that consumer behavior has changed and will never go back to what it once was pre-COVID-19. His mission is to help them adapt.
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‘Why We’re Polarized’ author Ezra Klein headlines UCSC virtual lecture
Former Vox editor and writer Klein, now with the New York Times, joins British journalist Will Davies in an online talk called ‘Living in Frayed Democracy’