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Daily Telescope: Zooming in on one of the most iconic night sky sights
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light; a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we're going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.
Good morning. It is November 9, and today's photograph brings the Pleiades into focus.
This bright, open cluster of stars is known by several names. Sometimes it is the Seven Sisters, sometimes Pleiades, and in Japan, it is known as the Subaru cluster—the automaker actually took its name from the astronomical object, reflecting the joining of five companies. The company's logo mimics the star cluster.
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The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.
Read moreSpotify's redesigned TV app works more like your phone
Spotify is rolling out a redesigned TV app that should make it a little easier to find what you want to listen to. The app comes with a new homepage that's similar to Spotify on mobile and desktop, featuring your most-listened-to content at the top, followed by your Made For You playlists and your recently played albums or podcasts.
There's also a new playback queue that you can open up from the right side of the screen, allowing you to see the audio that's currently playing as well as what's coming up next. Spotify added a new dark mode option as well, along with a way to switch between accounts by selecting your profile in the top-right corner of the screen.
Read moreOmegle Plans to Shut Down
Omegle, a popular online chat service founded in 2009, plans to shut down due to rising misuse, including in committing "heinous crimes".
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