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Marketplace Tech
California’s wildfire detection tech was no match for the Palisades fire

Marketplace Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 12:06


California relies on a variety of tools to stop and mitigate wildfires, some as low-tech as dumping giant buckets of seawater on the flames. But on the higher-tech side is a new, AI-powered monitoring system called ALERTCalifornia, which was developed at the University of California, San Diego. It’s designed to speedily detect and report wildfires using a network of over 1,000 cameras and sensors. The developers say the network detected over 1,200 blazes across the state during the 2023 fire season, sometimes with impressive quickness. But the system wasn’t quick enough to prevent the current disaster in Los Angeles. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams spoke with Cyrus Farivar, a senior writer at Forbes, who explored how the fury of the Palisades fire overwhelmed that human-made system.

Marketplace All-in-One
California’s wildfire detection tech was no match for the Palisades fire

Marketplace All-in-One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 12:06


California relies on a variety of tools to stop and mitigate wildfires, some as low-tech as dumping giant buckets of seawater on the flames. But on the higher-tech side is a new, AI-powered monitoring system called ALERTCalifornia, which was developed at the University of California, San Diego. It’s designed to speedily detect and report wildfires using a network of over 1,000 cameras and sensors. The developers say the network detected over 1,200 blazes across the state during the 2023 fire season, sometimes with impressive quickness. But the system wasn’t quick enough to prevent the current disaster in Los Angeles. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams spoke with Cyrus Farivar, a senior writer at Forbes, who explored how the fury of the Palisades fire overwhelmed that human-made system.

Clotheshorse
Episode 204: The SHEIN-sodes, part 1: IPO WTF, Empty Airplanes, & Duty Free

Clotheshorse

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 105:37


SHEIN has–and is– changing what it means to buy and sell clothing on planet Earth.  And it's not a change for the better. It's a change we should all care about, no matter where WE buy our clothing. Because SHEIN and what it means for the future of making and selling just about any category of stuff WILL impact every one of us: no matter what we wear, where we live, the kind of job we have, or how much money we have. The SHEIN-ification is such a big deal, so impactful for every one of us, that this episode is part 1 in a short series about SHEIN: where it's been, where it's going, and how it is changing everything.In this part of the series, we will be tackling:SHEIN's impending IPO. And WTF is an IPO?How SHEIN grew and grew and grew (blame 2020 and sweatpants).What in the heck is the de minimis loophole and how is this benefiting SHEIN?And, are there really empty airplanes flying back to China every day so they can be loaded back up with SHEIN and Temu parcels?Also, an update on the Fashion Act and how/why we are still in the early stages of the fight to end fast fashion!Thanks to this episode's sponsor, Made by MLE, @madebymle on Instagram.  Use code CLOTHESHORSE to receive 10% off your first order!Additional reading (lots of sources this week):Maxine's statement about the Fashion ActWhat is an IPO?"NEW REPORT FINDS SHEIN EMITS MORE POLLUTION THAN THE COUNTRY OF PARAGUAY," Janelle Sessoms, Fashionista."What's ‘Really Scary' About Shein's Breakneck Growth," Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal."NRF rejects Shein membership as retailer pursues U.S. IPO," Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC.  Financial Times."Fast fashion retailer Shein hikes prices ahead of IPO," Helen Reid, Reuters."Synthetics Anonymous 2.0: Fashion's persistent plastic problem," Changing Markets Foundation."You're Buying So Much From Temu And Shein The Air Cargo Industry Can't Keep Up," Cyrus Farivar, Forbes."The Time Has Come to Address the De Minimis Loophole," Timothy Lyons, Vermont Law Review."Labor unions, domestic manufacturing groups launch coalition to reform de minimis import loophole," Chelsea Cox, CNBC.And HEY! BUY YOUR TICKETS TO THE CLOTHESHORSE JAMBOREE ASAP!Want to take advantage of the payment plan?Each payment is $50, spread over 4 payments.The first one happens when you buy your ticket.  You will use promo code INSTALLMENT1 at checkout (when you enter your payment info).  You will be charged $50 and you will receive your actual ticket via email immediately. Amanda will send you a link to pay the remaining payments on 6/25, 7/25, and the week of the jamboree.If you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it's a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.worldDid you enjoy this episode? Consider "buying me a coffee" via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/clotheshorseFind this episode's transcript (and so much more) at clotheshorsepodcast.comClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:The Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into your space with The Pewter Thimble (@thepewterthimble). We source useful and beautiful things, and mend them where needed. We also find gorgeous illustrations, and make them print-worthy. Tarot cards, tea towels and handpicked treasures, available to you from the comfort of your own home. Responsibly sourced from across Rome, lovingly renewed by fairly paid artists and artisans, with something for every budget. Discover more at thepewterthimble.comSt. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month.  New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.Deco Denim is a startup based out of San Francisco, selling clothing and accessories that are sustainable, gender fluid, size inclusive and high quality--made to last for years to come. Deco Denim is trying to change the way you think about buying clothes. Founder Sarah Mattes wants to empower people to ask important questions like, “Where was this made? Was this garment made ethically? Is this fabric made of plastic? Can this garment be upcycled and if not, can it be recycled?” Signup at decodenim.com to receive $20 off your first purchase. They promise not to spam you and send out no more than 3 emails a month, with 2 of them surrounding education or a personal note from the Founder. Find them on Instagram as @deco.denim.Vagabond Vintage DTLV is a vintage clothing, accessories & decor reselling business based in Downtown Las Vegas. Not only do we sell in Las Vegas, but we are also located throughout resale markets in San Francisco as well as at a curated boutique called Lux and Ivy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jessica, the founder & owner of Vagabond Vintage DTLV, recently opened the first IRL location located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas on August 5th. The shop has a strong emphasis on 60s & 70s garments, single stitch tee shirts & dreamy loungewear....

Forbes Talks
Cruise Robotaxis Forced To Cease Operations Nationwide—Here's How This Will Impact The Industry

Forbes Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 12:41


Cyrus Farivar, a senior writer for Forbes, joins ‘Forbes Talks' to discuss Cruise robotaxis halting operations nationwide. The stunning announcement comes just two days after California regulators revoked the company's permit statewide, finding that Cruise's vehicles are “not safe for the public's operation” and that the cars pose “an unreasonable risk to the public.”After ceasing operations in California on Tuesday, Cruise continued in Phoenix, Arizona, and in Austin and Houston, two of Texas' largest cities. However, the entire robotaxi fleet nationwide has now been grounded.In its brief thread, Cruise said that the company needed to “take steps to rebuild public trust…even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult.”Earlier this month, at its peak, Cruise had a fleet of 400 robotaxis nationwide.Stay ConnectedForbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.comForbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbesForbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbesForbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbesMore From Forbes: http://forbes.comForbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Smart Driving Cars Podcast
Smart Driving Cars-The road ahead for robotaxis (episode 343)

Smart Driving Cars Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 57:19


So much Cruise news and not much of it good. Where do robotaxi's go from here? Forbes senior staff writer Cyrus Farivar joins Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin. Plus Waymo, Britain's Automated Vehicles Bill, Geely's Zeekr and more. Tune in and subscribe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smartdrivingcars/support

Chasing Leviathan
Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech with Cyrus Farivar

Chasing Leviathan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 56:09


In this episode of Chasing Leviathan, PJ and Cyrus Farivar discuss the increasingly sophisticated surveillance technologies that threaten to undermine our right to privacy. Technologies such as drones, license plate readers, and infrared cameras introduce new ways for local police to circumvent Fourth Amendment protections, while online businesses gain intimate data on users with nearly every click of the mouse. Through the discussion, Farivar discusses relevant legal cases, strategies for respecting privacy amidst the rise of surveillance tech, and shares the story of his own experiment to bring public awareness to this critical conversation.For a deep dive into Cyrus Farivar's work, check out his book: Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech

Slate Daily Feed
Slate Money: Bedazzle Your Elliptical

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 54:01


This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Kevin Roose of The New York Times to talk about the crypto money launder scheme Heather Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein are accused of taking part in; the possible usefulness of crypto; and what's going on with Forbes. In the Plus segment: The Sotheby's auction of CryptoPunks.  Mentioned In the show:  “How The Crypto Couple Went From Wannabe Tech Luminaries To Targets In The Biggest Financial Seizure In Justice Department History” by David Jeans and Cyrus Farivar  “Maybe There's a Use for Crypto After All” by Kevin Roose “Joe Rogan Wrapped: A Year of COVID-19 Misinformation, Right-Wing Myths, and Anti-Trans Rhetoric” by Alex Paterson  “Podcasts Are No Longer Private Conversations” by Kaitlyn Tiffany  “Binance's Unusual Forbes Deal Comes Amid SPAC Drama” by Sara Fischer   Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Money
Bedazzle Your Elliptical

Slate Money

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 54:01


This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Kevin Roose of The New York Times to talk about the crypto money launder scheme Heather Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein are accused of taking part in; the possible usefulness of crypto; and what's going on with Forbes. In the Plus segment: The Sotheby's auction of CryptoPunks.  Mentioned In the show:  “How The Crypto Couple Went From Wannabe Tech Luminaries To Targets In The Biggest Financial Seizure In Justice Department History” by David Jeans and Cyrus Farivar  “Maybe There's a Use for Crypto After All” by Kevin Roose “Joe Rogan Wrapped: A Year of COVID-19 Misinformation, Right-Wing Myths, and Anti-Trans Rhetoric” by Alex Paterson  “Podcasts Are No Longer Private Conversations” by Kaitlyn Tiffany  “Binance's Unusual Forbes Deal Comes Amid SPAC Drama” by Sara Fischer   Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Daily Feed
Political: Is Facebook Evil?

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 66:03


Emily, John and David talk about the Facebook Papers; Building Back (somewhat) Better; and are joined by author Pamela Paul to talk about the trivial and serious sides of her new book: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet. Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Casey Newton for Platformer on Substack: “How The American Internet Is Turning European” Farhad Manjoo for The New York Times: “Facebook Is Bad. Fixing It Rashly Could Make It Much Worse.” Adrienne LaFrance for The Atlantic: “‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly'” Nitish Pahwa for Slate: “The Facebook Crisis in India Might Be the Worst Facebook Crisis of All” Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley for The New York Times: “Hunting for Money, Democrats Rush to Rewrite Tax Code” 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet, by Pamela Paul  Here's this week's chatter: Emily: Alix Wall for Berkeleyside: “This Couple Loves Berkeley Bowl So Much, They Took Their Engagement Photos There” (hat tip: Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar) David: Andrea Salcedo for The Washington Post: “A Hiker Got Lost In Colorado, Then Ignored Rescuers' Calls Because They Came From An Unknown Number” John: Bailey Vogt for Washington City Paper: “Iconic D.C. Barber Diego D'Ambrosio Died At 87”; The Lost Daughter Listener chatter from Kerry Donovan @KerryDonovanCO: Bill Chappell for NPR: “A Mysterious 'A Team' Just Rescued Dogs From a Volcano's Lava Zone in La Palma” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily, and David discuss the best things the internet has given them. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Gabfest
Is Facebook Evil?

Political Gabfest

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 66:03


Emily, John and David talk about the Facebook Papers; Building Back (somewhat) Better; and are joined by author Pamela Paul to talk about the trivial and serious sides of her new book: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet. Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Casey Newton for Platformer on Substack: “How The American Internet Is Turning European” Farhad Manjoo for The New York Times: “Facebook Is Bad. Fixing It Rashly Could Make It Much Worse.” Adrienne LaFrance for The Atlantic: “‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly'” Nitish Pahwa for Slate: “The Facebook Crisis in India Might Be the Worst Facebook Crisis of All” Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley for The New York Times: “Hunting for Money, Democrats Rush to Rewrite Tax Code” 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet, by Pamela Paul  Here's this week's chatter: Emily: Alix Wall for Berkeleyside: “This Couple Loves Berkeley Bowl So Much, They Took Their Engagement Photos There” (hat tip: Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar) David: Andrea Salcedo for The Washington Post: “A Hiker Got Lost In Colorado, Then Ignored Rescuers' Calls Because They Came From An Unknown Number” John: Bailey Vogt for Washington City Paper: “Iconic D.C. Barber Diego D'Ambrosio Died At 87”; The Lost Daughter Listener chatter from Kerry Donovan @KerryDonovanCO: Bill Chappell for NPR: “A Mysterious 'A Team' Just Rescued Dogs From a Volcano's Lava Zone in La Palma” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily, and David discuss the best things the internet has given them. Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reopening America
Could the Citizen App Be Doing More Harm Than Good? A Look Into How the App Is Pushing Surveillance Boundaries

Reopening America

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 12:56


A look into the public safety app that is pushing boundaries and unfortunately making some mistakes along the way. The Citizen app recently put out a reward for the capture of a man who they believed started a brush fire in Los Angeles. The man that was singled out, didn't actually have anything to do with the fire. The app was also considering branching out into somewhat of a private security force for a monthly fee. Former employees and some experts say that this new aggressive direction could do more harm than good. Cyrus Farivar, investigative tech reporter at NBC News, joins us for a look into the Citizen app. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The Daily Dive
Division in the Democratic Party and No Aliens in Upcoming UFO Report

The Daily Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 25:16


There is division in the Democratic party as Sen. Joe Manchin has said that he will not vote for the Democrats' voting rights bill or vote to change the filibuster rule. He said that doing this in a partisan manner will only continue to divide Congress. President Trump also made a return in a speech to North Carolina Republicans and threw out many familiar lines about the election being stolen. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for this and the broad strokes of what to expect in the upcoming UFO report...sorry, no aliens. Next, a look into the public safety app that is pushing boundaries and unfortunately making some mistakes along the way. The Citizen app recently put out a reward for the capture of a man who they believed started a brush fire in Los Angeles. The man that was singled out, didn't actually have anything to do with the fire. The app was also considering branching out into somewhat of a private security force for a monthly fee. Former employees and some experts say that this new aggressive direction could do more harm than good. Cyrus Farivar, investigative tech reporter at NBC News, joins us for a look into the Citizen app. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Slate Daily Feed
Political: Reaping the Whirlwind

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 69:04


Emily, John and David discuss the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and Democrats’ historic win in Georgia. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:  Yuval Levin for the National Review: “Failures of Leadership in a Populist Age” Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “History Will Judge the Complicit” Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “The Pandemic Election” Emily Bazelon for Slate in 2013: “Voting Rights 2.0” Steven Lance for Atavist: “The Secret Formula: Could Shrunken Heads From the Amazon Hold the Key to Curing Cancer? One Man Thought So—and Spent a Lifetime Trying to Prove It.”  A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812,by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich  Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  John: Agence France-Presse, “Exceptionally Well-Preserved Snack Bar Unearthed in Pompeii” David: David Segal for the New York Times: “It’s Mother vs. Son in Britain’s Priciest Divorce War”  Emily: Tweet by Kyle Machulis @qDo of the most important competitive dog dancing video Listener chatter from Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar: Jason Kottke for Kottke.org: “The Last Documented Widow of a Civil War Veteran Has Died at the Age of 101” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John consider in what time period they would first go to see a doctor, given what we know now about the history of medicine. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Gabfest
Reaping the Whirlwind

Political Gabfest

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 69:04


Emily, John and David discuss the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and Democrats’ historic win in Georgia. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:  Yuval Levin for the National Review: “Failures of Leadership in a Populist Age” Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “History Will Judge the Complicit” Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine: “The Pandemic Election” Emily Bazelon for Slate in 2013: “Voting Rights 2.0” Steven Lance for Atavist: “The Secret Formula: Could Shrunken Heads From the Amazon Hold the Key to Curing Cancer? One Man Thought So—and Spent a Lifetime Trying to Prove It.”  A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812,by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich  Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  John: Agence France-Presse, “Exceptionally Well-Preserved Snack Bar Unearthed in Pompeii” David: David Segal for the New York Times: “It’s Mother vs. Son in Britain’s Priciest Divorce War”  Emily: Tweet by Kyle Machulis @qDo of the most important competitive dog dancing video Listener chatter from Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar: Jason Kottke for Kottke.org: “The Last Documented Widow of a Civil War Veteran Has Died at the Age of 101” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John consider in what time period they would first go to see a doctor, given what we know now about the history of medicine. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To The Point - Cybersecurity
Habeas Data: Privacy Vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech, With Cyrus Faviar

To The Point - Cybersecurity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 31:48


NBC News investigative tech reporter CYRUS FARIVAR and of Author "Habeas Data: Privacy Vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech. The book explores the tools of surveillance that exist today, how they work, and what the implications are for the future of privacy. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e105 Have a guest you think would be great for the podcast? Please email Carolyn cford@forcepointgov.com.

Josh on Narro
Lawmakers mount new attacks on Section 230 and encryption

Josh on Narro

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 11:22


The Interface - To close out the week, let’s talk about some of the recent efforts in the United States to settle longstanding questions about moderation and enc https://www.getrevue.co/profile/caseynewton/archive/259112 Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency ActPresident Donald TrumpJoe Bidenwrote this week at The Vergestalkingwrites Makena Kelly at The Vergeboth sides of the ongoing debate over platform regulationdecisions to the governmentCyrus Farivar and Kevin Collier at NBC NewsbillsubmittedRiana Pfefferkorn,a rapturous reception by Attorney General Bill Barrposes the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of lawhad taken a strong interest in the developing antitrust case

This Might Be A Podcast
This Might Be A Podcast - Episode 87 - Flying V

This Might Be A Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 73:08


On our first episode about a Here Come the ABCs song, Cyrus Farivar comes by to talk about how kids demand to listen to the same songs over and over and how this tune makes the cut. We also get into the history of the guitar the Flying V.

The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Touring Podcast
The Pedalshift Project 197: Xtracycle Touring with Kids

The Pedalshift Project: Bicycle Touring Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 37:46


Ever wonder what's it's like to strap your kid to an Xtracycle and bring them along for one of the more scenic tours in the San Francisco Bay Area? On this episiode, veteran podcaster and tech reporter Cyrus Farivar shares his experience bringing his daughter on a tour from the East Bay to Half Moon Bay on his trusty ride. Xtracycle touring—it's a thing! Housekeeping Hey, event-cancelling-virus-willing, I'm presenting at the National Bike Summit's Active Transportation Leadership Retreat March 14th. National Bike Summit is the biggest collection of bike advocates and it happens in DC. This will be the first time I'm lawyering it up in the bike advocacy space, so it's going to be fun. Fellow Star Wars nerds! I have the Disney audio but need some time to distill it. Look for that in March. The Missing Link bike tour Hey, tour-cancelling-virus-willing, I'll be flying to southern California with my Brompton to ride the one piece of the California coast I missed in my 2014 tour! Possible meetup opportunity in San Diego - it would be a Friday night 3/27 probably in the Gaslamp area. If you're interested check out the details at pedalshift.net/sandiego and give me a heads up so I can be in touch. Not a late night because this guy has a stupid early train! The Interview: Cyrus Farivar on Xtracycle Touring with Kids Cyrus [“suh-ROOS”] is an investigative tech reporter at NBC News in San Francisco. In addition to being a radio producer and author, Cyrus was most recently a senior tech policy reporter at Ars Technica. He was also previously the sci-tech editor and host of “Spectrum” at Deutsche Welle English, Germany’s international broadcaster, from 2010-2012. Cyrus is the author of multiple books, including Habeas Data (2018) and The Internet of Elsewhere (2011). Praised by The New Yorker, among others, Habeas Data takes a look at legal cases that have had an outsized impact on surveillance law in America. His first book focuses on the history and effects of the Internet on different countries around the world. In 2019, Cyrus and Olivia Solon won the Technology Reporting award from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter for their coverage of Silicon Valley, including reporting on privacy, facial recognition, and more. Two years earlier, Cyrus and Joe Mullin also won the Technology Reporting award from SPJ NorCal for their August 2016 story: “Stealing bitcoins with badges: How Silk Road’s dirty cops got caught.” Cyrus has also reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times, Slate, and many others. He received his B.A. in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in Oakland, California. Twitter: @cfarivar Pedalshift Society As always we like to close out the show with a special shoutout to the Pedalshift Society! Because of support from listeners like you, Pedalshift is a weekly bicycle touring podcast with a global community, expanding into live shows and covering new tours like The Kessel Run and The Missing Link bike tours! If you like what you hear, you can support the show for 5 bucks, 2 bucks or even a buck a month. And there’s one-shot and annual options if you’re not into the small monthly thing. Check it all out at pedalshift.net/society. Kimberly Wilson Caleb Jenkinson Cameron Lien Andrew MacGregor Michael Hart Keith Nagel Brock Dittus Thomas Skadow Marco Lo Terrance Manson Harry Telgadas Chris Barron Mark Van Raam Brad Hipwell Stuart Buchan Mr. T Nathan Poulton Stephen Dickerson Vince LoGreco Cody Floerchinger Tom Benenati Greg Braithwaite Sandy Pizzio Jeff Muster Seth Pollack Joseph Quinn Drue Porter Byron Paterson Joachim Raber Ray Jackson Jeff Frey Kenny Mikey Lisa Hart John Denkler Steve Hankel Miguel Quinones Alejandro Avilés-Reyes Keith Spangler Greg Towner Dan Gebhart Jody Dzuranin Lucas Barwick Michael Baker Brian Bechtol Reinhart Bigl Greg Middlemis Connie Moore William Gothmann Brian Benton Joan Churchill Mike Bender Rick Weinberg Billy Crafton Gary Matushak Greg L’Etoile-Lopes James Sloan Jonathan Dillard John Funk Tom Bilcze Ronald Piroli Dave Roll Brian Hafner Misha LeBlanc Ari Messinger David Gratke Todd Groesbeck Wally Estrella Sue Reinert John Leko Stephen Granata Phillip Mueller Kevan Olhausen Robert Lackey Dominic Carol Jacqi McCulloch John Hickman Folks, it's Jason Kent You've been hearing about Jason Kent and his music for many fine episodes. Sunfields' latest album may be their best yet. Go get it. Stream it too. https://soundcloud.com/sunfields

Our Opinions Are Correct
Episode 36: The Laws of the Future!

Our Opinions Are Correct

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 40:47


Real-world law is becoming science fictional. We talk about the future of surveillance and digital policing with guest Cyrus Farivar, a journalist who covers law and technology for NBC News. He's also the author of Habeas Data, a book about landmark privacy cases. We discuss where our current laws are going, and what science fiction has to say about it -- especially Star Trek, a show lawyers love for a reason. Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

Security Sandbox
Secret Surveillance and Public Privacy with Cyrus Farivar

Security Sandbox

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 53:48


Whether you’re reading about court rulings on fingerprint authentication or about the newest privacy scandal on Ars Technica, chances are, it was written by Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar), their Senior Tech Policy Reporter. As of tomorrow February 19th, he’ll be joining NBC’s Tech News Investigation team! On this episode, we revisit some of his favorite stories he’s written and talk about his second book, Habeas Data. It’s a culmination of his efforts and dedication to bringing public awareness to data privacy issues and internet surveillance. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandbox/message

Cato Daily Podcast
Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech

Cato Daily Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2018 33:32


In his new book, Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech, Cyrus Farivar details how courts have failed to update privacy protections for the digital age. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Supreme Court Rules for Privacy, Lab-Grown Diamonds, Sustainable Urban Design

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 100:23


Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica, discusses The Supreme Court ruling on privacy and tech surveillance. Jeff Wesler of IBM talks IBM's “5 in 5” emerging technologies for big problems. Luis Ceze, Univ. of Washington, explains how to store photos in DNA. Sam Payne of The Apple Seed shares bluegrass music. Gemologist Brenda Harwick on synthetic diamonds. Douglas Farr of Farr Associates breaks down sustainable urban design.

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman
'BradCast' 6/22/2018 (Angie Coiro with Ziva Branstetter, Cyrus Farivar, Ken Auletta, John Carreyrou)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 59:03


The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman
'BradCast' 6/22/2018 (Angie Coiro with Ziva Branstetter, Cyrus Farivar, Ken Auletta, John Carreyrou)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 59:03


CDT Tech Talks
Habeas Data, the Future of Work –– Talking Tech w/ Cyrus Farivar & Aaron Pinto

CDT Tech Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 41:07


Host Brian Wesolowski sits down with author and journalist Cyrus Farivar about his new book, "Habeas Data." It takes a close look at the legal cases and policies that are shaping American surveillance practices, and shows, how not surprisingly, they have not kept up with new technologies. Then Brian welcomes Aaron Joshua Pinto, a delegate to the G7 Youth Summit who shares his insights on the future of work and highlights how young leaders from the G7 countries see technology impacting their future. Habeas Data book: http://habeasdatabook.com More on Cyrus: https://cyrusfarivar.com/ More on Aaron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronjoshuapinto/ More on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian Attribution: sounds used from Psykophobia, Taira Komori, BenKoning, Zabuhailo, bloomypetal, guitarguy1985, bmusic92, and offthesky of freesound.org.

Monday Morning Dumpster Dive
Facebook Gave Select Companies Access to User Data--Even After It Was Supposed To Have Been Cut Off

Monday Morning Dumpster Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 5:25


Interview with Cyrus Farivar, Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, arstechnica.com/author/cyrus-farivar/, twitter.com/cfarivar Editing by Daniel Spencer, twitter.com/dantendo64 Image by Angelo Baumgartner Intro music by The Hellfreaks: www.thehellfreaks.com Resources: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/facebook-let-select-companies-have-special-access-to-user-data-per-report/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-gave-some-companies-access-to-additional-data-about-users-friends-1528490406 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4500002-CIV533328-3.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4499998-CIV533328-1.html

Michael Covel's Trend Following
Ep. 665: Cyrus Farivar Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Michael Covel's Trend Following

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 67:00


My guest today is Cyrus Farivar, a Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, radio producer and author of “Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech.” Cyrus sees the privacy battle as an ever winding, never-ending road. Privacy is hard, national security is hard, law enforcement is hard but Cyrus is optimistic we can strike a good balance between all three. The topic is his book Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Privacy by design Facial recognition Capturing phone meta data Unreasonable search and seizure Apple's security technology Radical transparency vs. total privacy NSA Edward Snowden Google Maps Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Trend Following with Michael Covel
Ep. 665: Cyrus Farivar Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Trend Following with Michael Covel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 67:00


Cyrus Farivar is a Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, radio producer and author of “Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech.” Cyrus sees the privacy battle as an ever winding, never-ending road. Privacy is hard, national security is hard, law enforcement is hard but Cyrus is optimistic we can strike a good balance between all three. Do we really know the extent to which we are being watched? Probably not. Surveillance technology affects us all – for better or worse. For example, nearly half of Americans are in facial recognition data bases. In addition, most Americans have a drivers license, identification card, or passport – putting just about every adult into a government system. Does this mean privacy is dead? Not necessarily. Some things will continue to be private. Cyrus lays out some companies that build their whole business model around keeping the information of their clients secure from any outsiders – whether it be a private citizen or the government. Having heightened security and better technology has it’s advantages and disadvantages. Obvious disadvantage? Loss of privacy. What is one advantage? Law enforcement can not only use surveillance to catch bad guys, but it can also be used to keep themselves in check. Just about every person has a phone with great video technology. Everything is recorded and everything can be seen. Michael and Cyrus end the conversation discussing the controversy around aerial surveillance and private use of drones.

Nice Games Club
"A mean secret that stays in this room." Media Relations; Star Trek Games

Nice Games Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2018


Stephen is still in missing in Chicagoland, so we once again retained the services of guest co-host Holly Harrison for an episode featuring two topics that could not be more completely unrelated to each other.First, Holly teaches us some media relations skills that gamedevs need to know (even if they don't want to), and then, because Stephen isn't around to stop us, Mark and Martha (but mostly Mark) talk about the history of Star Trek games! Media Relations 0:01:25 Holly HarrisonMarketingProductionHey you, indiedev, use presskit()!Write a better press release using the Inverted Pyramid - Todd Versteeg, Signature StyleHolly recommended “trying out” Buzzsumo and Buzzstream.Artist Statement Guidelines - Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSimilarweb - WikipediaAsk Holly your PR questions on twitter: @hollharris. Star Trek Games 0:31:20 Mark LaCroixGaming“How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end” - Cyrus Farivar, Ars TechnicaThe unreleased sequel to the Star Trek VCR board game was called “Borg Q-Uest.”… The "Q the Referee" CCG card that features a still taken from that game's unused footage. The fictional VCR board game from Community we mentioned was called “Pile of Bu…Mark talked about the end of the 90s-era Star Trek action figure line. That sto…“Looking At The Star Trek: TNG Interactive Technical Manual From 1994” - Will Stape, Treknews“The inside story of Apple's forgotten project: Quicktime VR” - Kif Leswing, Business InsiderYou can actually play “Star Trek: Klingon” on YouTube!“Language App Duolingo Finally Added Klingon” - David Murphy, Lifehacker“The best Star Trek games” - Richard Cobbett, PC Gamer“Jeff Bezos announces Amazon is picking up 'The Expanse'” - Richard Lawler, Engadget“Retrohistories: Secret of Vulcan Fury: Trek's Lost Adventure” - Chris Chapman, YouTube“The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual's Star Trek Online” - Justin Olivetti, EngadgetUbisoft teased on Twitter that DS9's USS Defiant will appear in Bridge Crew. Mark praised Star Trek: Ascendancy on a previous episode of the program. Nicest of 2016“Hogwarts Mystery Players Upset With Use of Microtransactions” - Shabana Arif, IGN

Nice Games Club
"A mean secret that stays in this room." Media Relations; Star Trek games

Nice Games Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2018


Stephen is still in missing in Chicagoland, so we once again retained the services of guest co-host Holly Harrison for an episode featuring two topics that could not be more completely unrelated to each other. First, Holly teaches us some media relations skills that gamedevs need to know (even if they don't want to), and then, because Stephen isn't around to stop us, Mark and Martha (but mostly Mark) talk about the history of Star Trek games! Media Relations 0:01:25 Holly Harrison Category Marketing Production Hey you, indiedev, use presskit()! “Write a better press release using the Inverted Pyramid” - Todd Versteeg Holly recommended “trying out” Buzzsumo and Buzzstream. “Artist Statement Guidelines” - Getting Your Sh*t Together Similarweb according to Wikipedia. Ask Holly your PR questions on twitter: @hollharris. Star Trek games 0:31:20 Mark LaCroix Category Gaming “How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end” - Cyrus Farivar , Ars Technica The unreleased sequel to the Star Trek VCR board game was called “Borg Q-Uest.”… The "Q the Referee" CCG card that features a still taken from that game's unused footage. The fictional VCR board game from Community we mentioned was called “Pile of Bu… Mark talked about the end of the 90s-era Star Trek action figure line. That sto… “Looking At The Star Trek: TNG Interactive Technical Manual From 1994” - Will Stape , Treknews “The inside story of Apple's forgotten project: Quicktime VR” - Kif Leswing , Business Insider You can actually play “Star Trek: Klingon” on YouTube! “Language App Duolingo Finally Added Klingon” - David Murphy , Lifehacker “The best Star Trek games” - Richard Cobbett , PC Gamer “Jeff Bezos announces Amazon is picking up 'The Expanse'” - Richard Lawler , Engadget “Retrohistories: Secret of Vulcan Fury: Trek's Lost Adventure” - Chris Chapman , YouTube “The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual's Star Trek Online” - Justin Olivetti , Engadget Ubisoft teased on Twitter that DS9’s USS Defiant will appear in Bridge Crew. Mark praised Star Trek: Ascendancy on a previous episode of the program. Nicest of 2016 “Hogwarts Mystery Players Upset With Use of Microtransactions” - Shabana Arif , IGN

This Week in Crypto
This Week in Crypto - Episode 17 - Week of May 13th, 2018

This Week in Crypto

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2018 46:07


Join us in episode 13 as we talk to Cyrus Farivar about his new book 'Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech'. Cyrus is a Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, and is also an author and radio producer. His second book, Habeas Data, about the legal cases over the last 50 years that have had an outsized impact on surveillance and privacy law in America. Cyrus takes us through his book, and how through technology, governments are quietly collecting your most intimate and personal information. Don't miss this episode of This Week in Crypto. Pick up the book: https://www.amazon.com/Habeas-Data-Privacy-Rise-Surveillance/dp/1612196462/ Tour Dates: https://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2018-book-tour/ Follow Cyrus on twitter: https://twitter.com/cfarivar All content on Crypto Coin Guru and its networks (cryptocoinguru.net etc) is provided solely for informational purposes. The opinions expressed in this site/podcast do not constitute investment advice. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/this-week-in-crypto/support

Seattle's Morning News with Dave Ross

Feliks Banel on the USS Constitution, built in 1797, still floating, and visited Seattle in 1933, and left with a bear for some reason // Cyrus Farivar on the data the government collects on you as you go about your day // Steven Portnoy live at the White House on the Nkorea hostages // Heather Bosch's dose of kindness -- Blue Jays fans cheering and rooting for James Paxton by the end of his no-hitter // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on a glorious night for the Mariners // Richard Aboulafia live on the death of Boeing's deal with Iran // Richard Nephew, who helped negotiate the Iran deal, on the ramifications of breaking it

Techdirt
How The Courts Created The Surveillance State

Techdirt

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 60:50


The US has been something of a surveillance state since long before the Snowden revelations that showed the full extent of some of the NSA's activities. A lot of this is made possible — often unintentionally — by decades-old court decisions regarding technology. It's a problem. This week, reporter Cyrus Farivar — whose new book Habeas Data digs into this judicial history — joins us to discuss how courts created the surveillance state. Habeas Data - https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/habeas-data/

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 16: The Silicon Valley equality crisis

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 43:10


Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to Catherine Bracy, founder of the TechEquity Collaborative, about Silicon Valley's equality issues and how to make the tech industry work for everyone. Recorded live August 16, 2017 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 15: Military drones and whistleblowers

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 40:32


Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to Lisa Ling, former military drone tech and whistleblower about the dilemmas of drone warfare and surveillance, and also her experience as a whistleblower. Recorded live July 19, 2017 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 13: Blowing stuff up online

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017 37:31


What's it like to poke, prod, and blow up stuff for a living? Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talked with Norman Chan, the editor of Tested, Adam Savage's website and YouTube channel covering the intersections of technology, science, art, and pop culture. Recorded live May 17, 2017 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 12: tech, the feds, and criminal defense

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 43:52


Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and David Kravetz talk with criminal defense attorney Mark Jaffe about his cases with Aurenheimer, Lostutter, and Matthew Keys in front of a live audience in Oakland, CA. Recorded at Eli's Mile High Cafe in Oakland, CA on April 19, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

East Bay Yesterday
Before the A’s: The East Bay’s earliest baseball teams

East Bay Yesterday

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 21:47


Long before the Athletics moved to Oakland, teams like the Colonels, the Larks and the Aztec Stars played baseball in the East Bay. Special guest contributor Cyrus Farivar digs into the roots of our national pastime—and even visits “vintage” game. Did you know that Oakland’s first black mayor was a pitcher in the West Coast Negro League? This is just one of the many stories explored in today’s episode. Play ball!

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews
The Internet of Things

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2017 59:50


Show #162 | Guests: Sheera Frenkel, cybersecurity correspondent for Buzzfeed, and Cyrus Farivar, Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica, bring their years of research and reporting to the discussion. | Show Summary: Kellyanne Conway was widely mocked when she cited "microwaves that can turn into cameras". And it's true, those don't exist - that we know of! But the same week the makers of We Vibe, a BlueTooth-enabled vibrator, paid millions to settle a lawsuit for collecting personal data. And then of course, there's Alexa, the always-on Amazon servant that may or may not have overheard a murder in Texas. The "Internet of Things" - IoT for short - is a non-stop trade-off. What do we sacrifice for convenience? Who sees the pings you send to turn on your thermostat? What agencies might be interested in the Amazon book searches you request aloud?

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 10: tech, security and immigration

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 44:11


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and Annalee Newitz spoke with UC Hastings law professor Ahmed Ghappour, an expert in national security and cybersecurity, about what exactly are your rights at the border, and should you really hand over your social media passwords to a customs agent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 9: Sex Toys

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017 40:34


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and Annalee Newitz spoke with Ti Chang, Co-Founder and VP of Design for Crave, a designer sex toy company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 7: The future of human space travel

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016 46:46


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar welcomed guest Ariel Waldman, author and founder of spacehack.org, and Director of Science Hack Day to talk about the possibilities of human space travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 6: Taking on patent trolls

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2016 47:03


Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar met in front of a live audience at Longitude bar in Oakland, CA and spoke with Lee Cheng, Chief Legal Officer of Newegg, Inc. about how to fight patent trolls and the strange and ridiculous world of excessive patent litigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 5: Diversity in Tech

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 25:43


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar spoke with Leslie Miley, a Silicon Valley engineer, about diversity (or the lack thereof) in the tech industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 3: Online Harassment

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016 26:23


What if we treated online harassment the same way we treat spam?  Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to journalist Sarah Jeong about spam, online harassment, examples and proposed solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 2: Surveillance

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 25:03


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar had a tremendously interesting conversation with UC Davis law professor Elizabeth Joh, who researches surveillance technology and policing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ars Technicast
Ars Live Episode 1: The history of meat and butchery

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 19:42


Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar hosted a live chat with Dr. Krish Seetah, a Zooarchaeologist / Stanford professor, about the history of meat production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller
Ep 52: How to Protect Your Business Against Legal Problems with Rachel Rodgers

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 35:25


Rachel Rodgers (@RachelRodgersEsq) is a business lawyer turned business coach, intellectual property strategist, and the creator of Small Business Bodyguard. In 2013, she created the Small Business Bodyguard: Cover Your Bases, Cover Your Assets, Cover Your Ass. This game-changing legal resource has been called “fun and engaging” by New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan and a “graduate-level course on how to build a strong foundation for your business” by CEO of OurDeal, Kyle Durand. Rachel is known in the legal industry and beyond for being an innovator and master of productizing services and creating high-quality, high profit products. SBB and the other legal kits she has created have been transformative, generating half a million dollars in revenue in just two years and serving 1,700 small businesses around the country. And she achieved those results with almost no active marketing because she simply didn't have the time (she literally launched SBB with a newborn in her arms). When she's not taking care of clients, she enjoys baking in the kitchen (barefoot, with rosé in hand), lifting weights, juicing (the green kind, not the steroid kind), reading to her toddlers, being a “dance mom” to her girls and going on new adventures with her family (her favorite destination being the South of France, of course!). In this episode, we discussed: Critical first steps every business owner should take to prevent legal headaches. How to stop working "in your business" and start working "on it" to catapult your success. How to establish strategic partnerships and alliances with other entrepreneurs. Resources The Rodgers Collective Small Business Bodyguard Slack Helpscout Mastermind Dinners by Jason Gaignard The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks NEWS Julia Love at Reuters reports that neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton are pulling in Silicon Valley funding anywhere near what Mitt Romney and Barack Obama did in 2012. Trump has pulled in less than 6% of what Romney did and while Clinton has significantly outraised Trump in the Valley, she's raised less than half of what Obama did there. The full story is at Reuters.com. ---- Curt Woodward at the Boston Globe reports that, as financial firms and retail outlets have significantly tightened their fraud prevention tactics, criminals have now turned to hacking health care records. The health care records of 4.5 million people have been compromised this year, and while this is down from last year, the long term consequences are much more severe than those of financial data breaches. ---- Security software maker Check Point has uncovered a huge security flaw in Android phones known as Quadrooter. The breach affects as many as a billion phones, including high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy 7 and HTC 10. Ina Fried at Recode has more. ---- Three House Democrats are calling for GOP leaders to investigate Donald Trump for encouraging Russia to hack into the 30,000 emails still missing from the private email server Hillary Clinton used when she served as Secretary of State. Congressmen Patrick Murphy from Florida, Andre Carson from Indiana and Eric Swalwell from California are all asking a House panel to investigate. Check out Haroun Demirjian's (DE-MEER-JOHN'S_ full coverage in the Washington Post. —— Privacy advocates are getting worried about customers exchanging their privacy for lower-priced internet services. David Lazarus at the LA Times points to Comcast and AT&T who offer customers lower prices in exchange for tracking their online behavior. Advocates are worried the model is creating a society of privacy haves and have-nots in which privacy will only be available to people willing to pay for it. ---- The federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled last week that entities that mimic government agencies must observe the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement for searches and seizures. The case involved a defendant who sent child pronography via his AOL account, which AOL then flagged and sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which it was required to do. A Department of Homeland Security special agent then obtained a tip through NCMEC's system and then a search warrant to search the suspect's home. The court found that NCMEC should never have opened the email without a warrant in the first place, since it was acting on the government's behalf. Cyrus Farivar has more full coverage at Ars Technica. --- A federal judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a largely sealed ruling last week criticizing the FBI's new gag order rules. Gag orders demand secrecy from companies regarding data requests the FBI makes to investigate national security cases. The new gag order rules require the FBI to review either on the “close of an investigation” or on the “three year anniversary of an investigation”, whether a gag order is still necessary. So this means the FBI could, theoretically at least, at the close of every single investigation, deem the gag orders to still be necessary, and keep them in place indefinitely. But these are just criticisms. The judge did not order a revamping of the rules. Ellen Nakashima at the Washington Post has the story. ---- Finally, Greenberg Traurig—the international law firm— will be lobbying on behalf of the Pokemon Company International, which has come under scrutiny after the release of its widely popular Pokémon Go game. The game has caused concern among lawmakers regarding distracted driving and the potential for pedophiles to exploit the game to harm children. For example, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo banned sex offenders on parole from using Pokemon Go for fear they would put down lures to entice children to come to a particular location. Greenberg Traurig will work to counter that negative perception among federal lawmakers. Megan Wilson at the Hill has more.  

Macworld
Episode 500: SE Stands for Super Exciting

Macworld

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2016 78:36


The Macworld podcast celebrates its 500th episode! Yes, 500 years ago—we mean 11 years ago, this podcast started humbly as an experiment by a Macworld intern turned staffer recorded partly in a conference room with a nerdy guest named…Glenn Fleishman calling in remotely. In this episode, after a welcome from one-time staffer Cyrus Farivar, Susie and Glenn talk with columnist and former editor Jason Snell about Apple's introduction of the iPhone SE and Jason's hands-on time with it. We also discuss the latest in the FBI/Apple case, the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, and the iMessage security flaw patched this week. Glenn takes a literal field trip this episode, too, to check in with a long-time contributor about his ruminations on the paucity of thoughtfulness among pundit: We chew the cud with the Macalope.

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews
Security and Privacy, Cyrus Farivar

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2015 55:00


Show #88 Hour 1 June 06, 2015 | Guest: Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica’s senior business editor | Show Summary: Ars Technica’s senior business editor returns to In Deep for an update on the tension between surveillance, security, and privacy. How private is your home with commercial and private drones overhead? What privacy toll is exacted when every vehicle in town has its license plate photographed and tracked – with the information available for sale? What’s at stake in the current debate over the Patriot Act? Cyrus Farivar is the Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica, and is also an author and radio producer. His book, The Internet of Elsewhere – about the history and effects of the Internet on different countries around the world, including Senegal, Iran, Estonia and South Korea – was published by Rutgers University Press in April 2011. He previously was the Sci-Tech Editor, and host of “Spectrum” at Deutsche Welle English, Germany’s international broadcaster. He has also reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times and many others.

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews
Surveillance Update! with Cyrus Farivar and Parker Higgins

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2013 60:00


Show #77 Hour 1 | Guests: Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica, Parker Higgins / EFF | Show Summary: The government may have shutdown, but that doesn't mean they've stopped spying on you. Cyrus Farivar (Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica) and Parker Higgins (Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation) get you caught up with the latest revelations about domestic spying.

Val 202's posts
Cyrus Farivar o Aaronu Swartzu

Val 202's posts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 5:26


Komentar novinarja in blogerja Cyrusa Farivarja o pomenu aktivizma umrlega Aarona Swartza. (V angleščini) Journalist and blogger Cyrus Farivar about role and influence of Aaron Swartz's work, reactions in the internet neighborhood in the USA, future of internet freedom activism. www.cyrusfarivar.com

CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer
Using Game Theory to Recruit Jihadis

CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2011 57:40


Alix Levine of Cronos Global on extremist websites. Then, Cyrus Farivar on his new book “The Internet of Elsewhere.” Also: Juan, of DreamActivist.org, looks at how social networking can be used to stop deportations.

Outriders
The Internet of Elsewhere

Outriders

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2011 46:18


Jamillah chats with Cyrus Farivar, author of The Internet of Elsewhere. Can culture change the way people approach the web?