The Daily Populous

Friday January 30th, 2026 day edition

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"Like children under the supervision" of irresponsible management is how Ubisoft employees describe their experiences with the French game publisher ahead of the upcoming strike.

It's enough to say that Assassin’s Creed: Shadows was supposed to be the only chance to show that Ubisoft is still a serious player in the market.

The title didn't perform badly, but time has shown it clearly wasn't the success the French needed.

Ubisoft's recent moves show it all: big layoffs, plans for more job cuts, canceling six projects, and major shake-ups in the company's structure.

Basically, the idea behind the restructuring at Ubisoft is to help them make games and manage projects more efficiently.

However, as we've already written, employees are unsure if these changes are genuinely aimed at improving the company's situation in the long term.

Nevertheless, the actual "international" nature of the strike remains an open question, given the different situations of unions outside France. »

Trump says ‘very dangerous’ for UK to do business with China, after Starmer hails progress in Beijing

Authored by theguardian.com
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Donald Trump has warned the UK against doing business with China, just hours after Keir Starmer lauded the economic relationship during a landmark visit to Beijing.

Asked about Trump’s remarks, Starmer told Sky News: “I don’t think it’s wise for the United Kingdom to stick its head in the sand.

After commenting on the UK’s engagement with Beijing, Trump said it was “even more dangerous, I think, for Canada. »

Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning

Authored by futurism.com
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Hell, online smut played a major role in the rise of the web itself in the 1990s.

The study involved 890 adult participants in Hungary, including 600 individuals assigned female at birth and 290 assigned male at birth.

“We were interested in whether these different motivations are linked to different patterns of sexual and emotional functioning,” he added. »

Elderly lottery winner uses jackpot to build £288m drug empire making pills from his cottage

Authored by lbc.co.uk

John Eric Spiby cashed in his winning ticket in 2010 to construct a drugs lab in the "stables" opposite his cottage near Wigan, Greater Manchester.

An elderly National Lottery winner used his £2.4 million jackpot to build a lucrative drug empire by producing fake prescription pills from his rural cottage.

The then 65-year-old used the facilities to build a "sophisticated" lab to produce counterfeit medication, estimated to have a street value of up to £288 million. »