SOPA Resistance Day begins at Ars
Today is SOPA Resistance Day at Ars. Sites across the 'Net, from reddit to the Internet Archive, from Wikipedia to Google, are protesting the excesses of the Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA remains a flawed...
Amazing readers mean Ars is hiring, again, after astounding 2011
2011 was the biggest, busiest year at Ars Technica, and 2012 is poised to be even bigger. We're in the middle of a massive hiring spree spurred by considerable investment from Condé Nast (see below and spread the word)....
Jobs ruled out $5 billion settlement: "I will spend my last dying breath" fighting Android
Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography of Steve Jobs is on a kind of crypto-PR tour, having magically landed in the hands of a gaggle of journalists well in advance of its publication. Said journalists are furiously typing with ...
Sony acquires rights to Steve Jobs Biopic, we ponder possible outcomes
According to reports, Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to the upcoming biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. The biography, due to be released in book form just under two weeks, was written with cooperation from...
Be the Ars IT Editor Bossman for 5 fleeting minutes… take our survey!
If you haven't already noticed, we've turned up the dial on IT coverage in recent weeks. Both Jon Brodkin and Sean Gallagher joined our ranks earlier this month. Now that they have had a little...
Announcing increased moderation of trolls in discussion threads
Ars Technica is a large and vibrant community. Our readers are the best editors, commenters, friends, and debate partners we could ask for. But there is no denying that our community is battling a serious...
The post-Jobs era: Tim Cook brings philanthropy back to Apple
For all his fame and fortune, Steve Jobs has what some consider to be a blight on his record: a lack of public philanthropic activity. Andrew Ross Sorkin laid it all out just last week, but the issue has...
Does the press have an ethical duty to out powerful gays in tech?
The following editorial deals with topics that we believe are relevant to technology journalism. While this subject matter is uncommon at Ars, it is not unprecedented.
Do journalists have a duty to report on the sexuality of so...
Ars Technica is looking for an IT Editor
Ars Technica is back on the market, looking for another IT guru to add to our team. We're specifically looking for an experienced IT Editor who loves innovative technology but hates Valley hype (and who knows the difference betwe......
Ars is hiring! We need technology writers, analysts, savants
Ars Technica is looking to grow its cadre of tech writers in the United States. If you've got both tech chops and writing experience, we'd like to talk. What you have to bring to the table is the ability...
Sendoff: Jon "Hannibal" Stokes marches his elephant army out of Ars
This is a weighty day for Ars: our own Jon Stokes is stepping away from his day-to-day role with Ars to pursue a host of new opportunities. And we're sending him off with gratitude for his great service to...
Poll Technica: tell us what you think about reviews
Reviews have been an integral part of Ars Technica from the beginning of the site 1.29 × 10-1 centuries ago. Getting our hands on new hardware, spending days (or weeks) getting intimate with it, and putting our experiences into...
