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Meta drops major climate pledge after a decade of membership, says it is still committed to renewable energy Science
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TIL the CIA hid a movie camera in a Xerox machine — and trained a repairman to steal film right under KGB noses Cameras
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Xbox Game Pass failed to hit subscriber targets because most people don’t play lots of games, says analyst, and going indie won’t save it: “I don’t see a solution” Gaming
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Facing a 17% review score on Steam, survival game dev says sorry about the bugs and promises to add a way to, uh, save the game Gaming
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