Where do you get your source of tech news that aren't the same BS about Apple, Facebook, Nintendo, Google, phones?
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
They cover mainstream topics, but they have a lot of in-depth enterprise tech news and they have their own voice and humour.
www.linuxgizmos.com
www.cnx-software.comBoth these sites covers SBCs (not only Raspberry Pi), microcontrollers and random DIY stuff
Some mainstream coverage, but also a lot of random news about open source, niche and historical operating systems and computers
DIY hardware news and projects
Lots of tech news on non-western countries, mainstream topics are covered as well, but often with a different perspective
Self-promotion: I am a mod at [email protected], while coverage includes a lot of mainstream tech hardware topics, there is content on more nitty gritty semiconductor topics, battery tech and unique hardware devices (some retro coverage too). The sidebar includes more specialized tech communities on Lemmy that might be of interest to you.
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Mastodon, Lemmy, RSS.
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
hackaday.com mostly.
Everything else is "big tech adds [anti-feature], shoves AI more places no one asked for".
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They cover mainstream topics, but they have a lot of in-depth enterprise tech news and they have their own voice and humour.
www.linuxgizmos.com
www.cnx-software.comBoth these sites covers SBCs (not only Raspberry Pi), microcontrollers and random DIY stuff
Some mainstream coverage, but also a lot of random news about open source, niche and historical operating systems and computers
DIY hardware news and projects
Lots of tech news on non-western countries, mainstream topics are covered as well, but often with a different perspective
Self-promotion: I am a mod at [email protected], while coverage includes a lot of mainstream tech hardware topics, there is content on more nitty gritty semiconductor topics, battery tech and unique hardware devices (some retro coverage too). The sidebar includes more specialized tech communities on Lemmy that might be of interest to you.
Thanks for linking that community, there's some pretty interesting stuff in there
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Sounds like you're after hackaday and similar specialist blogs
General tech sites will mostly cater to the tech the general public care about, enthusiasts don't bring in the ad money comparatively
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
The community [email protected] could also use some love
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
hackernews its like reddit but the user submitted links are tech and research of hardware heavy. A good portion of my RSS feed is from blogs that posts were submitted to there.
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
sometimes I want to read about, I don’t know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations
I don't think there is a one place for all of those at once. But I think some part of your interests might be covered by https://spectrum.ieee.org/ it also provides RSS feed
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Mostly RSS feeds of either the upstream projects directly (e.g. Rust Blog about Rust news, OpenSSL releases about OpenSSL,...), blogs by people I have noticed write interesting things (e.g. Cory Doctorow) or collections of news like This Week in Rust.
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Mastodon, lobsters, Lemmy, talking with coworkers and friends, occasional research papers from the field I studied, and I have a few sites I rotate for national or international news but those aren't really tech specific
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Phoronix seems pretty solid, although they're primarily Linux-centric.
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hackernews its like reddit but the user submitted links are tech and research of hardware heavy. A good portion of my RSS feed is from blogs that posts were submitted to there.
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hackaday.com mostly.
Everything else is "big tech adds [anti-feature], shoves AI more places no one asked for".
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They cover mainstream topics, but they have a lot of in-depth enterprise tech news and they have their own voice and humour.
www.linuxgizmos.com
www.cnx-software.comBoth these sites covers SBCs (not only Raspberry Pi), microcontrollers and random DIY stuff
Some mainstream coverage, but also a lot of random news about open source, niche and historical operating systems and computers
DIY hardware news and projects
Lots of tech news on non-western countries, mainstream topics are covered as well, but often with a different perspective
Self-promotion: I am a mod at [email protected], while coverage includes a lot of mainstream tech hardware topics, there is content on more nitty gritty semiconductor topics, battery tech and unique hardware devices (some retro coverage too). The sidebar includes more specialized tech communities on Lemmy that might be of interest to you.
I consider The Register to be the gold standard in tech journalism. When asked how I keep up with evolving tech, I told the interview panel that any tech news they see on mainstream media was likely broken by The Register 3 days previous, with original sources and quotes from top corporate officers.
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Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/
Never seems to let me down when I am sick of the Technology adjacent news
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Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/
Never seems to let me down when I am sick of the Technology adjacent news
https://lobste.rs/ as well
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