Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after flyby

Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after flyby
Asteroid Torifune imaged with the onboard Optical Navigation Camera –Telescopic (ONC-T). Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock resembled a snowman, scientists said Monday.

Google research reveals pattern-level AI video spam detection

Google has published new research on catching AI spam. Instead of judging videos one at a time, the system it describes targets coordinated clusters of accounts that mass-produce synthetic content at scale.

Double Fine and Compulsion Confirm Status Following Xbox Cuts, Get to Keep Franchises Such as Psychonauts and South of Midnight

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: Jul 6, 2026 3:08pm UTC

Double Fine and Compulsion Games have issued public statements to confirm their status following word of today's enormous cuts by Xbox, discussing their respective futures as independent studios.

Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional

Asha Sharma in Microsoft's Unlocking the AI Revolution showcase: "Join us for this insightful interview with Asha Sharma where she will outline the forward direction for AI products, focusing on how they can assist administrators and IT professionals in managing costs and enhancing their operations. Asha will also highlight exciting use cases and real-world applications of AI that have emerged over the past year and a half."
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The time has finally come for Xbox's massive reset—in a statement on the official Xbox site today, recently-minted CEO Asha Sharma revealed the fate of several studios. I won't be focusing on them in this article (although you can read the words of my fellow PCG writer Andy Chalk first, if you'd like).