Techmeme
techmeme.com
Algorithmically-curated tech news aggregator that surfaces the top stories across hundreds of sources in a single scannable page.
Techmeme is a news site that tracks what the technology industry is talking about right now. The front page groups headlines into stories, shows the most important links and the commentary around them, and updates through the day, with a snapshot feature to see how the page looked at a past time.
Editors work alongside algorithms to pick and arrange stories, so it works as a quick daily briefing. It has sister sites for media (Mediagazer) and politics (memeorandum), a daily newsletter and a podcast section. Some posts are sponsored and are labelled as such.
Why it is useful
Techmeme cuts through the noise by clustering related coverage and surfacing what tech media is actually covering at any given moment. The headline density means you can get a complete tech news picture in two minutes — no algorithm tuned to maximize engagement.
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