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Bad news. We previously told you that season four of Person of Interest would be coming to Netflix on Sept. 22. Now we’re hearing it’s been delayed, and there’s no firm date when the latest season will show up. Contact the author at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @Charliejane

10 Tiny Creatures You Didn’t Realize Were Controlling Your World

The world’s greatest power players include some much smaller titans than you’d expect. Armies of tiny creatures labor every day to shape the world, without most of us ever noticing. Here are ten creatures you can barely see—but you can’t live without. 10. Vitamin-Making Bacteria Do you enjoy your skin not being unbearably sensitive? Do…

Live From Moscow, Edward Snowden Helped Launch a Proposed Treaty In His Name

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the organizers behind the Snowden Treaty yesterday spoke to a gathering of tech journalists and activists in New York about the next step in the global fight for the right to data privacy. The Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers—or the “Snowden…

Meet the Deadly Couple Who Made Bonnie and Clyde Look Like Rebellious Teenagers

A century before Bonnie and Clyde held up banks—and half a century before the Bloody Benders took out settlers on the prairie—there was another criminal power couple targeting travelers in the south. Their names were John and Lavinia Fisher, and they were in love. Few records exist about Lavinia before adulthood, but we know she…

Reminder: You Don’t Have to Tell Police Your Phone Passcode 

By all means, try to avoid getting arrested. But if you do end up in trouble with the law, remember that you don’t have to give police your phone passcode ever. Forcing people to self-incriminate is unconstitutional, which is why a Pennsylvania court just ruled that forcing people to reveal phone passwords violates the Fifth…

Hotel Transylvania 2 Uses Great Art in the Service of Weak Storytelling

There’s really only one main reason to be interested in Hotel Transylvania 2: Like the first movie, it’s directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the animator best known for Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars. And there are some utterly beautiful images in this film, in support of a dreadful story. https://gizmodo.com/theres-no-debate-necessary-heres-the-person-who-sho-453682115 I think Hotel Transylvania…

Doctor Who‘s Missy Now Has Two Action Figures, One Far More Petrifying Than The Other

The Master has always been one of Doctor Who’s most manic, dastardly villains—and her current incarnation as Missy, played by the fabulous Michelle Gomez, is no exception. Now she’s getting some pretty nifty action figures, that mania is getting transferred to plastic… and honestly, it looks kind of petrifying. The figures were unveiled late yesterday…

Enormous Time Capsule Opened, Sucks

Yesterday we told you about the John F. Kennedy Peace Capsule that was being dug up and opened in Michigan after 50 years of sitting in the ground. And just as we feared, everything inside was a wet mess. MLive has raw video of the time capsule opening from yesterday afternoon. And it’s not a…

Heroes Reborn Will Probably Not Make You Pray for the Sweet Release of Death

Here’s the good news: In the pantheon of Heroes television, Heroes Reborn is actually all right. It wasn’t nearly as gripping as the original show’s zeitgeist-grabbing first season, but it also wasn’t as terrible and/or boring as the show’s godawful second, third, and fourth seasons. The bad news is that this means Heroes Reborn is…

This Supercut of People Destroying Their Phones Is Oddly Satisfying

I smashed my phone last night. We’ve all done it. You miss a pocket or get a case of butterfingers and the next thing you know you texting on a piece of abstract art. The new iPhone comes out today, though. I’ve heard it has a better screen. I’m not going to get a new…

Painting a rooftop with calligraphy graffiti looks like so much fun

If you watch calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas up close, it looks like he’s just randomly sweeping his broom whichever way he likes it as he dances around the rooftop. But when the drone flies up and takes the overhead aerial view, we get to see the whole design of his rooftop calligraphy and it’s pretty…

Steven Universe Just Turned One of Its Villains Into Its Most Lovable Character

Steven Universe is a show jampacked with so many good characters that your favorite one probably changes from week to week. But while last night’s episode did a lot of fantastic stuff, its greatest success was taking Peridot, the closest the show currently has to a recurring villain, and making her the star. Spoilers ahead,…

The Early PDA That Major Technology Companies Passed On In the 1970s

It’s always interesting to discover the missed opportunities that could have changed the course of tech history and here’s a doozy: In the late 1970s, it seems that major companies like HP and Apple passed on an early PDA long before they created their own. This bit of lore comes courtesy of the technology historian…

SETI: Snowden Should Stick to Human Affairs and Let Us Figure out How to Find Aliens

Edward Snowden may know a thing or two about encryption, but his remarks on encrypted alien signals aren’t sitting quite right with SETI. According to those in the business of searching for extraterrestrials, Snowden should probably keep his security advice limited to human affairs. As we reported earlier this week, Snowden sat down recently to…

There’s a Ton of New Black Mirror Episodes Coming to Netflix

The news of new Black Mirror episodes coming to Netflix was ultra exciting for fans of the show, but now Netflix officially announced they’re doing 12 new episodes total. At the moment, only seven episodes of Charlie Brooker’s cynical yet realistic vision of technology and the future exist. The new episodes will “premiere internationally in…

Amazon Prime Is Just $67 Right Now

Are you an Amazon Prime member? You probably should be, and thanks to the company’s Emmy victory lap, today is a great day to get a good deal on membership. Until midnight tonight, it’s just $67 to join. That’s a handy discount from the regular price of $99 a year. However, if you’re already a…

This Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows the Extent to Which Diseases Spread Among Species

Around 60% of all human diseases and some 75% of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, meaning they spread from species to species. This remarkable visualization shows how these problematic pathogens proliferate among the animals. A research team from the UK collected data from 1950 to 2012 to create a database of host-pathogen and related…

Been meaning to catch up on Mr. Robot, the totally awesome and great TV show all about cybersecurity on USA? Well, I hope you have an Amazon Prime account because Sam Esmail’s hacking sensation will be streaming there, exclusively. And if you haven’t seen it yet. Seriously, it’s really good.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Review: Super Light and Super “Meh”

When it comes to tablets, the current thinking seems to be “go big or go home,” or at the very least, “come with a keyboard.” The Galaxy Tab S2, on the other hand, seems like a careful perfection of the way tablets used to be — not a computer replacement, but a straightforward 8-inch or…

Inside the Engineering of the World’s First 1,000mph Car

Yesterday, a team of British engineers unveiled Bloodhound SSC: the world’s most powerful car, intended to reach speeds of over 1,000mph. Standing beside what looks like a rocket-on-wheels, it’s obvious what a marvel of engineering it is. We spoke to the team’s Lead Mechanical Engineer to find out how the vehicle was built. Measuring 13.5…