The Daily Populous

Thursday April 13rd, 2017 night edition

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GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said.

It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking information.

The issue of GCHQ’s role in the FBI’s ongoing investigation into possible cooperation between the Trump campaign and Moscow is highly sensitive.

In March Trump tweeted that Barack Obama had illegally “wiretapped” him in Trump Tower.

The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, claimed the “British spying agency” GCHQ had carried out the bugging.

“The only possible explanation is that Trump started tweeting without understanding how the NSA-GCHQ relationship actually works,” Dearlove told Prospect magazine.

“This is between people in the Trump campaign and agents of [Russian] influence relating to the use of hacked material. »

Charlie Brooker: If anything from Black Mirror season four comes true the world is really screwed

Authored by radiotimes.com

Through his Netflix series Black Mirror, he's eerily predicted all sorts of technological advances – as well as an incident with a certain pig.

However, speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Brooker said he believes that the technology, plots and storylines for season four of the dystopian drama are “quite far out”.

Watch the full video interview below to hear how Black Mirror season four is progressing – but be warned, it contains some swearing. »

Ranking All 50 States by Average Credit Score of its Citizens

Authored by statisticalfuture.org
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For the average person, credit scores are mainly going to be used for three things: buying a house, buying a car, and using credit cards.

Someone has to bring up the rear and for this metric, that someone is the state of Georgia, with an average credit score of 642.

Unemployment rates play a large role in what a state’s average credit score will look like. »