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Welcome to the December issue of The Highlight

In Bogotá, Colombia, care work — often overlooked and unpaid — eats up more than 35 billion hours of labor per year. It’s a burden which falls disproportionately on women, and can leave little time for other parts of life. But Bogotá is also the center of a “care revolution,” where innovative neighborhood hubs are […]

Mario Kart World's new patch signals a turning point for Nintendo

Nintendo tackled the biggest fan complaint: boring straightaways that made the Switch 2 launch game less fun. The new patch redesigns entire areas

Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again

Billionaire Elon Musk — who’s long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories — has spent the past day spreading and praising claims that “White people are on the verge of extinction,” Somali immigrants have “no right to be in America,” and nonprofits who support them are […]

Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is "rife with inappropriate content" and distributing extremist materials and "LGBT propaganda" (Reuters)

Reuters:
Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is “rife with inappropriate content” and distributing extremist materials and “LGBT propaganda”  —  Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), accusing …

Linux usage on Steam hits a record high for the second month in a row

After finally passing the 3 percent mark in October, Linux usage on Steam has peaked again in the November Steam Hardware & Software Survey. As of last month, Linux users accounted for 3.2 percent of all Steam users. That pales in comparison to Windows usage (94.79 percent), but it’s still a boost from October and […]