Show Puzzles in Apple News
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
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Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show News+ Audio Stories”
end tell
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