Actress Jodie Foster stars in the Warner Bros. movie "Contact," new to Netflix in February
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Looking for science- and technology-themed entertainment on Netflix? Live Science will walk you through what’s new to the site this month.
New on Feb. 1
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, and Cyber Attacks (Channel 4, 2016) A documentary produced by Channel 4, a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom, sifts through the scandal that rocked an internet dating website. Ashley Madison, an online "hookup" site infamously marketed to adulterers, fell victim in 2015 to one of the largest data hacks to date, compromising the names and credit card numbers of an estimated 24 million people.
Contact (Warner Bros, 1997) Scientist Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) monitors signals from space with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program and discovers the first evidence of extraterrestrial life attempting to communicate with people on Earth. https://www.livescience.com/57858-science-tech-shows-on-netflix-february.html
