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30 Mar 2014, 2:00 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Here's some of the places that Ars tracked Cyrus Farivar to in February 2014. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 7:44 am by Casey Johnston
This reporter was given a tidy sum of $12.18 in her inbox, while Senior Business Editor Cyrus Farivar received $22.42 and Deputy Editor Nate Anderson picked up 73 cents. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 9:40 am by Jonathan Bailey
However, Gawker’s editor has said that they plan on fighting the lawsuit. 2: Prince Drops His $22 Million Lawsuit Against Online Bootleggers Next up today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that the musician Prince has dropped a $22 million lawsuit against some 22 people he accused of copyright infringement for linking to unauthorized copies of his music. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 6:00 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar MODESTO, CA—Speaking in his downtown office, Mayor Garrad Marsh told Ars that he has lots of questions for Redflex, one of the largest red light camera (RLC) operators in the United States. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 6:00 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar MODESTO, CA—Speaking in his downtown office, Mayor Garrad Marsh told Ars that he has lots of questions for Redflex, one of the largest red light camera (RLC) operators in the United States. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 7:43 am by Jon Brodkin
Cyrus Farivar Seven weeks ago, we wrote about how Verizon Wireless wasn't letting buyers of the Google Nexus 7 tablet connect the device to its LTE network. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 3:30 pm by Cyrus Farivar
(Ars editor Cyrus Farivar has created an account under "cfarivar" for journalistic purposes, but owns no bitcoins and has no intention of making any purchases.) [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 9:36 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Shadowy VPN Firm Says They’ve Got Industry’s First Transparency Report First off today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that VPN service Proxy.sh has launched what it says is the industry’s first “transparency report”, where it highlights DMCA and other legal notices that it receives. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 8:43 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: isoHunt Shuts Down a Day Early to Avoid Becoming Part of Online Archive First off today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that the BitTorrent search site isoHunt has closed a day earlier than required to avoid being a part of an attempt to archive it. [read post]
5 Oct 2013, 11:15 am by Ars Staff
Nate Anderson and Cyrus Farivar brought the whole story together in the article How the feds took down the Dread Pirate Roberts. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 6:30 am by Sean Gallagher
As Ars' Cyrus Farivar reported, the NSA tried to set the context of its activities with a Carl Sagan-like metaphor: According to figures published by a major tech provider, the Internet carries 1,826 Petabytes of information per day. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 8:00 am by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar OAKLAND, CA—At a regularly scheduled city council meeting last night, the Oakland City Council unanimously accepted a $2 million federal grant that would create a round-the-clock "Domain Awareness Center" (DAC) in the West Coast port city. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 11:33 pm by Jeff Richardson
  According to Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica, Russia is addressing this problem by buying typewriters as a way to avoid digital leaks at the Kremlin. [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 9:20 am by Cyrus Farivar
Cyrus Farivar According to a new letter from the Metropolitan Police, London is spending an average of £10,982 ($16,384) per day to stake out the Ecuadorian Embassy where Julian Assange has been holed up for the last 386 days. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 10:59 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Prenda Seeded its Own Porn Files Via BitTorrent, New Affidavit Argues First off today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that a motion filed against Prenda Law in Florida makes the claim that Prenda Law itself, or someone working with them, may have been the ones to post the BitTorrent files they have been suing over. [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 1:49 pm by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Party Wins 3 Seats in Icelandic Parliament for its Best Result Worldwide First off today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that the Iceland chapter of The Pirate Party has scored a potentially significant win in that country’s Parliament elections, earning 5.1 percent of the vote and 3 seats in the 63-member body. [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 10:03 am by Jonathan Bailey
At this time, ivi is offline. 3: New Research: Music Piracy Should Not Be a “Concern for Copyright Holders” Finally today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that two researchers working for the European Commission have finished a study that concludes piracy does not significantly harm digital music revenues and it should not be a major focus for copyright holders. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 7:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At the very least, they don’t have a lot of faith in what Johnny Law is likely to do with their location data – and it’s something the rest of us outside the Republic of T. may all eventually benefit from.According to a report by Ars Technica’s Cyrus Farivar, legislators in Austin have proposed two mobile privacy bills that are stricter than any yet seen by any other US governmental entity – even tougher than the one California Governor Jerry… [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:44 am by Jonathan Bailey
The Computer and Communications Industry Association, which represents tech companies, previously weighed in on the side of Meltwater. 3: Here’s What an Actual “Six Strikes” Copyright Alert Looks Like Finally today, Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica reports that Comcast has given them a look at what many of the alerts in the “six strikes” system will be, providing some cause for concern. [read post]