Ask HN: Keeping up with news with minimal effort

QUESTION: how do you (if) stay up to date with important world events, but without spending too much time reading news?

Could you share the news digesting services availible in the web?

Reason of asking:

Over last year I completely stopped reading general news.

Some of pros of not reading news I observed: more time, peaceful mindset, quicker personal growth.

Though, there is a significant issue I am facing, I am sometimes completely unaware of a must-know historical events, like the current Ukraine-Russia conflict, etc.

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dutchrapley 12y ago ↗

Check out the Yahoo! New Digest mobile app. It's a small curated list of national and global news with updates at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM, daily. It's a quick and easy way to stay informed.

alandarev 12y ago ↗

Not availible on Android :(

Found an interesting tech-independent alternative though: http://www.theskimm.com/

valarauca1 12y ago ↗

Quartz Daily Briefing is a news email, that gets sent out at about 6:30am eastern. I find it's a good way to grab most of my daily headlines as I start my day.

alandarev 12y ago ↗

Looks great, will try out, thank you.

alandarev 12y ago ↗

Any clue on how do I choose the 'edition' in subscribing? Living in Europe, I would prefer American edition, but cannot find such an option.

stoev 12y ago ↗

The Brief by Time is also a very useful news email. You'll have to create an account on their website to get it.

avenger123 12y ago ↗

If it's important enough to be a world event, you'll know about it if you follow even a small number of sources.