The Daily Populous

Thursday May 3rd, 2018 morning edition

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On Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica employees learned that its parent company, the SCL Group, was shuttering the business, with American-based workers directed to return their keycards immediately, according to documentation reviewed by Gizmodo.

Both Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections (the SCL Group subsidiary connected to Cambridge Analytica) will now close their doors.

During the call, Wheatland said that the board determined that rebranding the company’s offerings in the current environment is “futile.”.

Cambridge Analytica and the SCL Group have offices in London, New York City, Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

We have reached out to Cambridge Analytica for more information and will update this story if we hear back.

Update 2:10pm: Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, SCL Group founder Nigel Oakes confirmed that both Cambridge Analytica and the SCL Group are shutting down.

If you are a current or former Cambridge Analytica employee with information about the layoffs or the company’s internal affairs, you can email me at [email protected]. You can also contact us anonymously using SecureDrop. »

Arrested Plano Student Was Inspired by Islamic State to Carry Out Attack at Stonebriar Mall: Police

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A 17-year-old North Texas student is accused of criminal solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat in an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting at suburban Dallas mall, officials said.

Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, faces life in prison if convicted of an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting at Stonebriar Centre mall in Frisco.

A 17-year-old Plano student was arrested in relation to an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting at Stonebriar Centre mall in Frisco, officials said. »

MoviePass Goes Back to Offering Movie-A-Day Monthly Plan

Authored by variety.com

Since April 13, MoviePass has only been offering a promotional $29.95 three-month plan.

“Any time we’ve done a promotional package, we’ve taken the monthly plan off our site.”.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Lowe said he didn’t know if MoviePass would go back to offering a movie a day. »

Why the trial by ordeal was actually an effective test of guilt

Authored by aeon.co

The only ones who know for sure whether a defendant is guilty or innocent are the defendant himself and God above.

In difficult criminal cases, when ‘ordinary’ evidence was lacking, their legal systems asked God to inform them about defendants’ criminal status.

Judicial ordeals took several forms, from dunking the defendant in a pool of holy water to walking him barefoot across burning plowshares. »

California net neutrality bill that AT&T hates is coming to New York, too

Authored by arstechnica.com

A California bill that would impose the nation's strictest state net neutrality law is being replicated in the New York state legislature.

Further Reading AT&T’s least favorite net neutrality bill takes another step forward.

Washington and Oregon have already passed state net neutrality laws, but the California bill goes further than either of those laws. »