Show me tech news
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.
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Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
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Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20me%20tech%20news
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20me%20tech%20news
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show me tech news”
end tell
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