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Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn wants the right on Twitch, but will he get the same reception as Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? https://wapo.st/3cGHidw

An interview with producer Ryozo Tsujimoto on Monster Hunter’s return to Japan. https://wapo.st/2QK0bU8

Serial Number 11, or SN11, launched successfully and was reorienting itself for landing when it blew up. https://wapo.st/3m3s5Gp

Apple says it needs tight control over the App Store to ensure it is safe and highly curated. Recent scams show there are holes in Apple’s safety net. https://wapo.st/39uiy6d

A return to splendor. https://wapo.st/2QPPcZx

The seven-week balloting period in the Bessemer, Ala., union fight ends Monday. But hand-counting, vote challenges and legal maneuvering could prolong the final tally into the following week or longer. https://wapo.st/3u2PV7N

To bring “League of Legends” to mobile, Riot performed a balancing act between appealing to veteran players and attracting new ones. https://wapo.st/3fl0LCb

The board held that an administrative law judge was correct in finding Tesla engaged in unfair labor practices. https://wapo.st/3rpmQSr

Mix bots with waifus, and Discord ensues. https://wapo.st/3lYUzRx

The model and cookbook author has long spoken out about the harassment she receives on the platform. https://wapo.st/3lSuTWz

Realistic videos of people doing things that never really happened have become shockingly easy to create. Now is the time to put in some safety guardrails. https://wapo.st/3ciRxo6

For decades, governments on the federal and state levels have carved out exceptions to labor laws for certain industries. https://wapo.st/2QwAG8F

State attorney generals want social networks to take stronger measures to ensure misinformation doesn't slow down efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. https://wapo.st/3d8hO7A

Children are already online, and tech companies like Facebook are trying to build more spaces specifically for them. https://wapo.st/3sm97gC

John Matze, the founder and one-time CEO of Parler, alleges he was forced out of the company and his stake was stolen. https://wapo.st/3f8jyQR

“Something as small as getting to play with the way an avatar looks felt really reaffirming.” https://wapo.st/3r9LQNq

Robots can perform chores inside the lab, but bringing them into your home is much more complicated. https://wapo.st/2PoraEk

Dobrik, a 24-year-old with more than 18.7 million YouTube subscribers, responded in a video. https://wapo.st/31eq6Fn

It's not a bad game, just a bad live service. https://wapo.st/317TOvU

How video game friendships have helped people get through a year of isolation and loneliness. https://wapo.st/3rdL2qZ

If confirmed as NASA administrator, former Sen. Bill Nelson will oversee one of the most ambitious human exploration efforts since the Apollo era — NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. https://wapo.st/3s5ooSC

The biggest additions are the political alignment quests. https://wapo.st/2NwGzBI

The social media company is working on a device that reacts to brain impulses. https://wapo.st/3lucP4S

An offhand article idea sparked fan fiction, a t-shirt deal and helped financially support an SB Nation writer during the pandemic. https://wapo.st/3s0s6wJ

Technology companies are leveraging virtual reality software meant to address issues with diversity and inclusion. https://wapo.st/3tvYzLS

Data shows that terms such as “China,” “Wuhan” and “flu” have surged on far-right forums on Telegram, 8kun and TheDonald.win since the election. https://wapo.st/3bVZH5y

The hearing before the Senate budget committee started with Sen. Bernie Sanders lambasting income inequality during the pandemic. https://wapo.st/3twoMtE

Solving a murder on an alien planet has never been so fun. https://wapo.st/38NCHDG

The 22-year-old known to millions as “Hevesh5” is arguably the brightest star in the domino universe. https://wapo.st/313yO9L

Players experiencing the bug continue to be stuck in purgatory. https://wapo.st/3tsibAE

The loans came as Uber and gig economy companies added billions to their stock values after defeating an effort to make drivers employees. https://wapo.st/3rSTzAE

Leonard will remain an investor in FaZe, the organization confirmed. https://wapo.st/3eIgIlx

Audio content can connect people to strangers and make them feel less alone, but it’s possible to listen too much. https://wapo.st/3bQi7op

Captioning on social media can be hit or miss, making the experience sometimes alienating for deaf users. https://wapo.st/3vjuYqG

Facebook is conducting a vast behind-the-scenes study of U.S. users who express doubtfulness about vaccines, a major project that attempts to probe and teach software to understand the medical attitudes of millions of Americans, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/3eCE3F3

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Alameda County had initially denied issuing the data citing requirements under healthy privacy law. https://wapo.st/3qJeqVN

Three months later, I submit this second piece — a patch, if you will — as a companion to my initial impressions. https://wapo.st/3bDUHT1

The latest branch of the military hired a contractor to develop simulations of satellite missions. https://wapo.st/38yfENd

The agreement comes after Uber in 2019 disclosed 6,000 reports of sexual assault on its app in the two years prior. https://wapo.st/3qDCBEX

Top congressional Democrats unveiled a new $94 billion bill to make broadband Internet access more available and affordable nationwide, aiming to remedy some of the digital inequalities that have kept millions of Americans offline during the coronavirus pandemic. https://wapo.st/3bACx4n

The esports organization Sentinels and publisher Riot Games announced that Won would be suspended pending an investigation. https://wapo.st/2OEMwNk

Facebook has asked a federal-district court to dismiss antitrust lawsuits filed in December by states and the federal government. https://wapo.st/3taf9Rw

"Maquette" has an ingenious setup, but the puzzles lose their luster the more you play. https://wapo.st/3chwK2U

The company had previously said it was "retiring” the device while it looked into the FDA’s concerns. https://wapo.st/2OhWmon

The union drive in Bessemer, Ala., has led to more than 1,000 unionization inquiries from Amazon workers across the country and explains the e-commerce giant's long-standing push to quell labor activism within its walls. https://wapo.st/3l0g7gb

University of Washington scientists say the speakers can detect individual heartbeats. https://wapo.st/38n8pHT

Troubling as the interview's revelations may be, Twitter’s mug filled to the rim with jokes — mostly about tea. https://wapo.st/3cefag5

The FDA on Thursday sent a warning letter to Certify, saying it had not been authorized to sell the device for multi-person scanning. https://wapo.st/2OptxpU

Thriving, falling behind, bored and burned out, a year of nonstop screen time hasn’t been what families expected. https://wapo.st/38bZEjC