Whenever I go to a tech news site, it’s mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don’t get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don’t know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
www.theregister.com
They cover mainstream topics, but they have a lot of in-depth enterprise tech news and they have their own voice and humour.
www.linuxgizmos.com www.cnx-software.com
Both these sites covers SBCs (not only Raspberry Pi), microcontrollers and random DIY stuff
www.osnews.com
Some mainstream coverage, but also a lot of random news about open source, niche and historical operating systems and computers
www.hackaday.com
DIY hardware news and projects
www.restofworld.org
Lots of tech news on non-western countries, mainstream topics are covered as well, but often with a different perspective
Self-promotion: I am a mod at !hardware@lemmy.world, while coverage includes a lot of mainstream tech hardware topics, there is content on more nitty gritty semiconductor topics, battery tech and unique hardware devices (some retro coverage too). The sidebar includes more specialized tech communities on Lemmy that might be of interest to you.
Thanks for linking that community, there’s some pretty interesting stuff in there