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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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Everything to Know About Sapiosexuals, One of the Internet’s Most Misunderstood Sexualities

For most people, intelligence is a bonus. For sapiosexuals , it’s the whole point. Sapiosexuality refers to sexual or romantic attraction primarily driven by intelligence. The term has been around since at least the early 2000s, born online and later picked up by dating apps, relationship researchers, and a growing number of people who found it described something they’d always felt but never had language for. A 2025 paper in the Bulletin of Counseling and Psychotherapy noted that self-identification as sapiosexual has grown alongside social media, giving people a space to articulate attractions that don’t fit neatly into traditional orientation labels. For sapiosexuals, the spark usually comes from conversation—curiosity, depth, the ability to hold a challenging idea without flinching. Psychologist Dr. Candice O’Neil, founder of Ontic Psychology, told Metro that sapiosexual people “often seek shared curiosity, philosophical debate and deep value...
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5 Things Women Actually Find Attractive in Men, According to Dating Experts

Men have spent an insane amount of time optimizing for the wrong things (looking at you, looks-maxxers). The hours logged at the gym, the salary flexes, the practiced swagger—and yet the discrepancy between what men assume women are looking for and what women actually find attractive remains, somehow, enormous. The 2025 Ipsos poll numbers are almost funny. Half of young men surveyed believed physical attractiveness was women’s top priority in a partner; 39% said financial status. Women in the same poll ranked humor (60%) and kindness (53%) at the top. Those two lists have probably cost a lot of men a second date. Coaches and researchers who study this for a living keep arriving at the same conclusions. 1. Be Kind — No, Actually Kindness might sound like a participation-trophy answer, but the research says it’s a big deal. A study published in Evolutionary Psychology analyzed dynamics among 148 heterosexual couples and found that kindness played a significant role i...
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