Ask HN: Hacker approach to NON-tech news?

3 points by atte 13y ago ↗ HN

I'd like to be more informed about world news that actually matters in 2013. I'd like to waste as little time as possible sorting through the sensationalist stories, though I do want to stay aware of the headlines people are talking about. Any suggestions?

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martincmartin 13y ago ↗

Only the obvious ones: reddit, maybe Digg. Yahoo/Google News.

A weekly news magazine fits the bill, their web sites are updated daily of course. Personally, I use The Economist web site for that.

devb0x 13y ago ↗

a quick look over cnnmoney or bbc.co.uk will give you enough

arn 13y ago ↗

I like browsing news.google.com - seems to do a pretty good job at aggregating

freshfey 13y ago ↗

Check out qz.com

'We’re also a nerdy bunch, embracing the opportunity to create a newsroom that is wholly focused on digital storytelling. We view the creation of Quartz as just the beginning of an ongoing process in discovering the best ways to report and deliver information online. Developers and journalists, sometimes one-and-the-same, sit next to each other in the Quartz newsroom as we continually iterate and experiment. We know that the future of news will be written in code.'