The Daily Populous

Friday May 11st, 2018 evening edition

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One opposition party said the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno, the country’s first woman chief justice, removed a shield against abuse of power in government and left behind a “puppet Supreme Court”.

By a vote of 8-6, the court granted the government’s petition to cancel Sereno’s appointment on the grounds of alleged violations in the appointment process.

“Maria Lourdes Sereno is found disqualified from, and hereby adjudged guilty of unlawfully holding and exercising, the office of the chief justice,” said court spokesman Theodore Te, who read out the decision.

Sereno is the first chief justice to be removed by her peers and the second top judge to lose the position after her predecessor was impeached for non-disclosure of wealth.

The court declared Sereno’s position vacant with immediate effect and ordered the judicial and bar council to begin a new selection process, Te said.

Ousted Philippine Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno speaks to supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court building on Taft Avenue, metro Manila, Philippines May 11, 2018.

“After having a lapdog Congress and a seriously wounded Senate, we now have a puppet Supreme Court,” the party said in a statement. »

Robocaller hit with record $120 million fine

Authored by cbsnews.com

Abramovich, who claimed in Senate testimony that he was "not the kingpin of robocalling as alleged," must now pay the FCC's $120 million fine or bring the dispute to federal court.

Notably, the FCC's second-largest fine in history, which asks for $95 million, related to a robocalling operation that was charged last August for allegedly making about one-fifth as many phone calls.

The FCC fine is part of a multifaceted effort to crack down on robocalls, which have spurred more than 4.5 million complaints to federal regulators in recent years. »

Elon Musk Says Boring Company Will Offer Free Rides to the Public This Year

Authored by inverse.com

Pending final regulatory approvals, we will be offering free rides to the public in a few months,” Musk writes in a caption that went with the video he posted on Instagram.

Later, he gave his company its name: “It shall be called ‘The Boring Company.’ Boring, it’s what we do.”

Progress on test tunnel continued through 2017, raising money with Boring Company hats and Boring Company-branded flamethrowers. »

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ May Find New Home; Hulu, Others Eye Fox Comedy Amid Massive Outpouring After Cancellation

Authored by deadline.com
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Joining the show’s legion of fans in lamenting the cancellation were celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Seth Meyers and Mark Hamill.

Hulu, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s SVOD home, is considered the most likely choice, and I hear there had been conversations about the show moving there.

A Hulu deal would mirror the streaming platform’s pickup of another single-camera comedy, The Mindy Project, after its cancellation by Fox. »

This man invented the digital camera in 1975 — and his bosses at Kodak never let it see the light of day

Authored by businessinsider.com

This led him, through a series of steps, not only to invent the first digital camera but also to invent a device to display it on.

Kodak did make money off of the digital camera patent — billions in fact — until it ran out in 2007.

For more on the history of the digital camera and Kodak, you can check out the full profile of Steven Sasson over at The New York Times. »