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Another Xbox Game Studio Goes Independent

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A new report claims that another Xbox Game Studio has gone independent. According to insiders, Alpha Dog Games has become independently owned again after Microsoft closed it down in 2024. The former Bethesda-owned studio was the team behind Mighty Doom . Bethesda Studio Goes Independent After Being Shut Down in 2024 Screenshot: Bethesda, Alpha Dog Games In 2024, Microsoft announced that it had closed down Alpha Dog Games alongside Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. The studio was originally acquired by Bethesda in 2019 and later developed the mobile title Mighty Doom . However, it now appears that the former Xbox studio has been resurrected from the dead. According to an update to the LinkedIn profile of the studio’s founder, Shawn Woods, Alpha Dog Games has become independently owned again . The change was discovered by eagle-eyed fans, who claim that the developer recently updated his profile to reflect the studio’s new status. Screenshot: LinkedIn Shawn Woods ...
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Daily Horoscope: July 20, 2026

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Some days the sky is doing one thing. Today it’s doing five. Three major aspects hit exact simultaneously — Saturn and Mars in full cooperative flow, Jupiter facing off with Pluto at peak force, Jupiter and Neptune in their most harmonious alignment — while two brand new aspects activate all at once. That’s a lot of signal for a Monday, stargazer, and it doesn’t resolve into one clean feeling. Some of it will push, some will open, some will ask you to hold your ground. The through-line, if there is one: today is not a day for hedging. Whatever’s in front of you is asking for an actual answer. Give it one. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 Saturn and Mars are in an exact sextile today — the two energies Aries usually experiences as opponents are cooperating at full strength. The discipline, the pacing, the part that says slow down and do it right — t...
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Xbox Game Pass Could Drop Day One First-Party Games, Insider Predicts

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Xbox Game Pass could eventually stop offering day one first-party games, according to a prediction from Bloomberg insider Jason Schreier. The veteran games journalist believes major Xbox-owned titles like Fable and Clockwork Revolution could eventually move away from day one Game Pass releases as Microsoft rethinks its Xbox exclusivity strategy.  Xbox Game Pass Could Move Away From Day One First-Party Games Screenshot: Xbox This latest report comes from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who was a recent guest on the Maximum Fun podcast. During the episode , Schreier opened up about his thoughts on Xbox Game Pass and speculated that the subscription service could eventually move away from day one first-party releases from Xbox. “I think they keep Game Pass going, but I think [Microsoft] removes day one sales. Because that makes no sense anymore.” The veteran journalist then explained that first-party Xbox Studios games are still expected to make good sales despite being hea...
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Weekly Horoscope: July 19-July 25

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There’s a fantastic feeling that comes when something that’s been stalled for weeks finally starts to move — not a flood, just a door cracking open. This week builds toward that moment, stargazer, but it earns it first. Pluto and Jupiter face off Tuesday in a confrontation that asks what you’ve actually been building, and the First Quarter Moon adds its own pressure right alongside it. Something that’s been contained is asking for more space. Don’t rush past what that surfaces. The discomfort has a point. Wednesday is when the week turns. The Sun moves into Leo and the whole mood lifts — the energy becomes more recognizable, less effortful, closer to what you know how to work with. Mercury going direct Thursday finishes what Wednesday started. Whatever has felt tangled or stalled in your thinking, your planning, or your conversations has a path forward again. The door’s open. Walk through it. How will your sign fare this week? Aries: ...
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Scientists Just Discovered a New Monkey Species Hiding in the Congo Rainforest

Scientists have just confirmed the existence of an entirely new monkey species in the Congo rainforest. The monkey, for its part, looks like it would have preferred to stay undiscovered . Meet Colobus congoensis , now officially the newest primate species on record, confirmed this week in the journal PLOS One by a team of researchers from institutions across the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States. The Bangala people who share its territory in east-central DRC have long called it “Likweli.” The Mituku had another name—”kasaba nkoni,” meaning branch-shaker—which is frankly a better name than most species get. It’s only the fifth new monkey species identified in Africa in the last 75 years. The monkey is so unique-looking that the oversight feels almost embarrassing in hindsight. Likweli has sleek black fur, a long drooping tail, and a shock of spiky hair radiating outward from its face like it got some bad news and hasn’t recovered. ...
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People With Aphantasia Can’t Visualize Anything. So How Do They Dream?

Close your eyes and picture a beach. For most people, you can “see” it in your mind—water, sand, sunshine. For around 3 to 4% of the population, however, no image appears. The mental screen stays blank, and many of them spent years assuming everyone else was speaking metaphorically when they said, “picture this.” That condition is called aphantasia, and what’s really weird: a lot of people who have it still dream in full color. A new study published in Scientific Reports set out to explain that contradiction and came back with something more complicated than a single answer. Researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of Bonn surveyed 205 participants, 84 of them classified as visual aphantasics, asking them to rate how vividly their waking imagination worked across six senses, then report how often those same senses appeared in their dreams. To add texture, participants also mentally revisited familiar scenarios—a dinner party, a sick day at home,...
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What Is ‘Messi-ng’? The World Cup Dating Trend Behind a Spike in Matches.

There’s been an uptick in dating app usage this summer—and experts think the World Cup has something to do with it.  According to a recent article on Mashable , “Compared to the same time last year, the dating app has seen increases in Swipes, Likes, and matches across World Cup host cities. The U.S. is seeing over a 15 percent increase in users, around a 25 percent increase in Swipe activity, and nearly a 60 percent increase in matches compared to June 2025.” People are actually calling this dating phenomenon “ Messi-ng ”—you know, after soccer star Lionel Messi. It seems he’s inspiring singles to “shoot their shot” both on and off the field. What Even Is ‘Messi-ng’? Messi-ng describes the increase in dating app usage amid the World Cup. But why, exactly, are more people interested in apps like Tinder this summer? It might just be the influx of fans, warm sense of community, and undeniable excitement fueling hope and positivity—two must-haves when logging onto Tinder....
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