Tech News Summary: New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children Proposed by U.S. Regulators

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Daily Telescope: A simple shot of the Milky Way high above France and Spain

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.

The Milky Way Galaxy above the Pyrenees, right on the French and Spanish border.

Good morning. It's December 21, and today's image showcases our very own Milky Way Galaxy above the Pyrenees mountain range, which separates Spain from the rest of Europe.

It was sent in by a reader who captured it while hiking through the mountains and in their words bivvying—a new word for "minimalist camping" that I learned about five minutes ago. I'm jealous. Hiking through the Pyrenees and gazing at the stars at night sounds like a wonderful dream. The photographer told me they are no great astrophotographer, but that the skies were so dark and brilliant that even this single exposure photo taken with a Fuji X100 APS camera looks stunning.

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U.S. Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children

The F.T.C. called for sweeping changes that could curb how social media, game and learning apps use and monetize youngsters' data.

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Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality

It's over for Windows Mixed Reality. Microsoft added Windows Mixed Reality, along with the accompanying Mixed Reality Portal app and Windows Mixed Reality for Steam VR, to a list of deprecated Windows features.

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A look at the first annual VTuber Awards, a five-hour, live awards show for virtual YouTubers

Anime cat girls are at the forefront of tech innovation. On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena.

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