Netflix screwed up. The streaming video service just released 10 episodes of season three of its hit series House of Cards to all subscribers in the United States. The new season is slated for a Feb. 27 release. Today is not Feb. 27.
Last night, Jon Stewart announced that later this year, he will relinquish his throne as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after 17 phenomenal years. While the news has certainly made millions crestfallen, the internet is also alight with speculation about who will replace him. We think, like many others, that his replacement should be a woman. Here are 13 possibilities:
The Hubble Space Telescope is responsible for some of the most beautiful images of the universe ever taken. It has captured countless stars and swirling galaxies and unthinkably huge nebulae. This week, it found a giant smiley face, peeking out at us through the blackness of space.
Rejoice, nerds, for Spider-Man will finally appear alongside Iron Man, Captain America, and your other favorite heroes in film. Sony and Marvel will collaborate on a new vision for the character (otherwise known as a reboot), and he’ll appear in a Marvel Studios film (probably Captain America: Civil War in 2016) before Sony releases another of its own Spider-Man movies in 2017.
Netflix just launched in the unlikeliest of locales: Cuba, where less than 5% of the population has internet access and the streaming media company’s subscription cost—$8 a month—is almost half of the average salary.
Sling TV, the Dish Network service that allows you to bypass cable companies and watch certain content like ESPN over the internet, is adding a very prestigious partner. AMC, the home of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Walking Dead (which returned from hiatus last night), and now Better Call Saul, will be available on Sling TV starting today.
So Apple is reportedly talking to programmers about starting its own internet TV service. Haven’t we heard that before?
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Ever dream of piloting the most famous spacecraft in science fiction? You can, but it will require some engineering savvy.
The American talk show host Jimmy Fallon finally played yesterday alongside one of his heroes and favorite targets for impersonation (video), Neil Young. It was an indisputably tender moment on The Tonight Show, and one that demonstrated what many of his fans have known for a long time—Jimmy Fallon is not just a gifted mimic, but also an excellent musician.
American Airlines, the world’s largest airline now that it’s merged with US Airways, is bringing out special amenity packs on its flights to honor the legacies of the several smaller airlines that helped the massive company become what it is today.
Denizens of the internet collectively gasped in elation today as it was revealed that 88-year-old author Harper Lee will publish a sequel to everyone’s favorite seventh grade reading experience, the beloved To Kill a Mockingbird. HarperCollins will print 2 million copies of the novel, titled “Go Set a Watchman,” after Lee’s lawyer discovered a copy of the manuscript, which was written by Lee in the 1950s and thought to have been lost.
In a move wonderfully reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hasbro France announced that it will place actual euros into Monopoly sets to honor the iconic board game’s 80th anniversary.
Super Bowl trailers are an interesting phenomenon. Studios aren’t given enough time to actually show off a full theatrical-style trailer. Instead, they either inundate Super Bowl viewers with uninspired ads for big-box productions that have already been marketed heavily to the public, or they do a quick, mysterious tease for relatively unknown projects designed to generate buzz.
Lego has unveiled its latest pop culture re-creation—the Helicarrier from Marvel’s The Avengers. It’s 31 inches long, comprised of 2,996 pieces, and will go on sale for $349.99 in March, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal (paywall).
Fog is among the most mysterious and eerie of Mother Nature’s children. Combine it with one of the greatest geological marvels in the world—the Grand Canyon—and you have a true wonder to behold.
The British design studio Pearlfisher has created a ball pit as an art installation in London. Yes, that’s right: A ball pit. For adults.
Your cast for the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot is Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Three of the four are either current or former Saturday Night Live players, while the fourth—McCarthy—has hosted SNL three times and garnered three Emmy nominations for it. Director Paul Feig confirmed the news on Twitter yesterday.
Yesterday, the mountain-sized asteroid 2004 BL86 zipped right by Earth—the closest that one of that size will come to us until 2027. Today, NASA released radar images it took of the flying space rock, which revealed that another (smaller) flying space rock is orbiting it: Its very own moon.
Today, an asteroid about a third of a mile in diameter will zip by Earth, closer than any celestial object its size until 2027.
Might Sonos’ new logo foretell the future of logo design? If you scroll up and down through the logo, it vibrates like a set of speakers when someone at your party turns the volume up a bit too high.
On Wednesday, the American thriller author James Patterson’s new book Private Vegas was made available as an e-book to 1,000 lucky participants. The book’s website released a series of codes which could then be used to download an app on the iPad to read it. The catch, of course, was that you had 24 hours to finish it before the book would self-destruct.
The world’s foremost space agency and one of the world’s largest companies are joining forces to finally put a man on Mars. Or at least to make him feel like he is.
Good news, college students: A new study has found that stalking your friends and friends of your friends on Facebook will not, generally, hurt your grades. In fact, certain things such as sharing links and checking in with friends may actually improve your GPA. That being said, this much is clear: You still shouldn’t use Facebook while you’re studying.
