After three seasons, Mr. Robot is getting ready to finish up. The show's fourth season will be its last, according to a scoop from The Hollywood Reporter. The fourth season will air next year, and it has been expanded to 12 episodes from the initially planned eight-episode run. Centering on an Anonymous-style hacktivist collective, Mr. Robot has expanded in recent seasons to explore an intricate Chinese crime syndicate and an alternate present in which much of the conventional banking infrastructure has collapsed.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, series creator Sam Esmail framed the move as a creative decision arising from the writing pr …

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Yesterday, Firefox users noticed a strange new plug-in popping up in their browsers. A new plug-in called Looking Glass found its way into each instance of the new Firefox Quantum browser. It was disabled by default, but users were still alarmed to see a plugin they hadn't installed. When they checked to see what Looking Glass did, they found a vague and ominous description - "MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS" - which did little to quiet suspicions.

"I did not remember installing this add-on, [and] I would not knowingly install it," one user wrote in the support forum. "Any explanations welcome because I can't find any reference onli …

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It breaks my heart to say it, but we've reached the last episode of Mr. Robot season 3. That also means it's the finale of our Digital After Show, hosted by Nilay Patel, Russell Brandom, and me, Megan Farokhmanesh. But before we say our goodbyes, tune in tonight at 11PM ET to watch us talk with some very special guests: BD Wong and Michael Cristofer, who play Whiterose and Phillip Price, respectively.

Watch us here on The Verge, or on the Mr. Robot Facebook page. This is also your last chance to hit us or our guests with questions. Head over to our Mr. Robot Reddit thread, or tweet at us using #RobotAfterShow hashtag on Twitter. If you miss …

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Mr. Robot is back, and the C Y B E R is back, too. The show takes a special interest in showing off the details that usually get glossed over, often drawing on real hacks and real cybersecurity problems. So after every episode, I'll be breaking down who got hacked, how, and with what. It turns out, there's a lot more to each one than you can see on-screen.

It's all coming together! Like a lot of penultimate episodes, this week was mostly about putting pieces on the board for next week's finale. Darlene is in FBI custody after trying to hack into the evidence system, Dom is finally catching onto the Dark Army's FBI mole, and Elliot seems to …

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In honor of next week's finale, we are thrilled to announce a fan art contest!

Next week, we're going to have Price and Whiterose here in the studio - or at least the actors who play them, Michael Cristofer and BD Wong. That got us thinking - what if we had them judge a contest?

We'd love to see your original illustrated artwork of the two characters - it could be individually or together. Submissions will be judged by Nilay, Russell, and myself with input from our guests. We'll each pick our favorite, and the 5 winners will be shown on our finale. The winners will also get some Mr. Robot swag which includes an Ecorp tote bag, a keyring/bo …

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You can watch here on The Verge, or on the Mr. Robot Facebook page. Got questions? Drop 'em over in our Mr. Robot Reddit thread, or join the conversation in real time using the #RobotAfterShow hashtag on Twitter. We didn't have an episode last week, but if you missed the one before that, with Martin Wallström, be sure to get caught up on Y …

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Mr. Robot is back, and the C Y B E R is back, too. The show takes a special interest in showing off the details that usually get glossed over, often drawing on real hacks and real cybersecurity problems. So after every episode, I'll be breaking down who got hacked, how, and with what. It turns out, there's a lot more to each one than you can see on-screen.

Well that was extremely upsetting! There's no show this week because of Thanksgiving, which is probably just as well because I am FURIOUS. Trenton and Mobley were arguably the coolest characters on the show (more Trenton than Mobley, if we're being real), and now they're both gone, sacrif …

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Mr. Robot is back, and the C Y B E R is back, too. The show takes a special interest in showing off the details that usually get glossed over, often drawing on real hacks and real cybersecurity problems. So after every episode, I'll be breaking down who got hacked, how, and with what. It turns out, there's a lot more to each one than you can see on-screen.

So that happened! After weeks and weeks of thinking Stage Two was just about blowing up a single building, the Dark Army pulled a fast one and blew up 71 other buildings in completely different parts of the country. Seeing everyone's phone light up with alerts at the same time was actuall …

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Check us out here on The Verge, or watch us on the Mr. Robot Facebook page. Drop your questions into our official Mr. Robot Reddit thread, or join the conversation in real time using the #RobotAfterShow hashtag on Twitter. If you missed last week's very special episode with creator Sam Esmail, watch it on YouTube.

And now, t …

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