Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20San%20Francisco%20Chronicle
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20San%20Francisco%20Chronicle
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “See stories from San Francisco Chronicle”
end tell
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