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The Verge 's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the US House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok, the streaming news of the week, a Dyson robot, and more.

Further reading:

• Lawmakers introduce bill that would punish app stores for hosting TikTok
• TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform 
• House passes bill that could ban TikTok
• TikTok’s fate now lies with the Senate after House advances path to a ban
• There might be a “TikTok Photos” app in the works to take on Instagram.
• TikTok CEO tells users to “make their voices heard” against a bill that could ban the app in the US.
• Nancy Pelosi is playing TikTok-toe.
• Donald Trump has even more to say about the TikTok ban.
• President Biden says he’ll sign a TikTok ban, if passed.
• TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban
• The TikTokers are revolting.
• Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is apparently eyeing TikTok.
• YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive 
• Spotify now has music videos 
• Neil Young’s music is back on “low res Spotify” two years after Rogan protest
• Neil Young says the MacBook Pro has ‘Fisher-Price’ audio quality
• Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon’s show on X after a ‘tense’ interview
• Linda Yaccarino on X: "X is becoming a video first platform”
• Roku hackers breach 15,000 accounts and are selling them online
• British monarchy rocked by bad Photoshop job
• The Kate Middleton photo scandal is a rare — and consequential — flub

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