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Cyrus Farivar’s Journalist Portfolio

Instagram moves from the smartphone to the desktop

Instagram moves from the smartphone to the desktop

Instagram, the newly-Facebook-acquired social mobile photo tool that all the cool kids use, is now coming to …

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LOLWUT? "I Can Has Cheezburger" can has its own TV show

LOLWUT? "I Can Has Cheezburger" can has its own TV show

This Wednesday evening, once electoral politics have settled down, those who adore lovable kittehz on the Int…

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Wanted: German security developers for new, homegrown spyware

Wanted: German security developers for new, homegrown spyware

Despite causing a minor political scandal in Germany last year, the government-created "state trojan" program…

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Twitter to withhold, not delete, infringing tweets under DMCA

Twitter to withhold, not delete, infringing tweets under DMCA

Twitter announced a change in the way that it processes tweets that are alleged to infringe copyright under t…

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Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe

Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe

I live in one of the most wired parts of the United States-the San Francisco Bay Area-but for the presidentia…

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Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative

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By Cyrus Farivar Verified
| Tech News Tube
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Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative

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By Cyrus Farivar Verified
| Ars Technica Verified
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship. Two artists from a Bay Area studio unveiled What Iceberg?, a table-sized installation placed at the public entrance to an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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How a nearly-forgotten cycling icon comes to life in Oakland artist’s new graphic novel Original

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By Cyrus Farivar Verified
| The Mercury News Verified
Earlier this month, Oakland-based comic artist Frederick Noland published his latest work, “Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man (Drawn & Quarterly, 2026). Across 372 pages, this vibrant and dramatic tome tells the epic life story of a little-known American cycling legend. Taylor, who was Black, was born and raised in Indianapolis at a time when Jim Crow laws were prevalent and enshrined severe racism throughout the United States.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working for Macworld magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent.