Tech News Sites

News Aggregators

• DistroWatch — Linux distro release news and a weekly newsletter. Also has a decent list of Linux/open source focused podcasts.
• Slashdot — As old as the internet, has changed hands too many times to count and is run by idiots. However the community that visits/comments on the articles are top notch.
• SoylentNews — A fork of Slashdot from early 2014 (the infamous "Slashdot Beta" era). Good, but much smaller community.

Written Articles

• ArsTechnica — Decent writers on staff. Covers all things tech. Sometimes may be biased when talking about Linux, that's why it's called ArseTechnica sometimes.
• Phoronix — Free and open-source software news, benchmarks, and more!
• The Register — Important stories reported with a loose feel of attempted hipness. The security section is particularly fun. Verity Stob, a pseudonymous columnist, is amusing.
• TorrentFreak — Focus on torrent and copyright issues. If your tracker is down, these guys will know why.
• Wired — More consumerist than ArsTechnica and falling towards clickbait headlines and political correctness with declining tech content as of 2021. Good security section.
• Armed and Dangerous — "Sex, software, politics, and firearms. Life's simple pleasures..." ESR's blog
• N-O-D-E — Technical projects

Electronics

Various trade press:

• Electronics Weekly — Long running British news site
• EE Times — US news site

Ham Radio

• RTL-SDR — RTL-SDR (RTL2832U) and software defined radio news and projects. Also featuring Airspy, HackRF, FCD, SDRplay and more.
• QRPer — News with a focus on QRP (low power, often small and portable) ham radio
• QRZ Now — General ham radio news

Hardware

• Hackaday — News on hardware projects, including ham radio. Also a This week in security-column. Also related to the DIY project site Hackaday.io.
• LinuxGizmos — News with a focus on embedded single board computers (SBC), many run Linux. Formerly known as LinuxDevices. Has a extensive overview of SBCs.

Linux Focus News

• LWN — Started as Linux Weekly News but is now wider in scope. It provides in-depth articles and the editor, Jonathan Corbet, is a kernel hacker. It is semi subscription based with a free edition the subsequent Thursday.
• The Linux Journal — News about GNU/Linux Software
• OMG! Ubuntu! — News about GNU/Linux Software with a focus on Ubuntu. Claims to be the most popular Ubuntu-based news-site on the web.

Society and Culture

• EFF — Legal issues and open internet news.
• TechDirt — Focuses more on legal and copyright issues than general technology.
• Neon Dystopia — Focus on society, games and trends, with a Cyberpunk angle.

Podcasts

• Going Linux — Biweekly beginner linux podcast which takes it's time and lives on listener feedback.
• Jupiter Broadcasting — A podcasting network with several excellent tech related shows.
• Risky Business — Weekly infosec podcast featuring security news, feature interviews and a sponsored interview.
• Brian Lunduke — The Lunduke Hour. He is head editor for The Linux Journal too

Blogs

• Krebs on Security — Brian Krebs' Security blog. Plenty of OC.
• Schneier on Security — Bruce Schneier's security blog.