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.

Scripting Actions

Apps, News

Show Topic

Shows stories about the topic you choose

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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