How can you make sure, in your daily routine, that you have your finger on the pulse of the tech industry?
With the help of great newsletters.
Here are my Top Five Ten for all the tech news
enthusiasts out there.
It is
in NO particular order. I love them all.
This post (from October 2018) was updated with additional newsletters (August 2021).
- The recommendations from October 2018:
Axios – Login
Ina
Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent for Axios, provides a good summary of the
day's top news with excellent commentary,
including the "Why it matters" part, which I find enlightening.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Morning Brew
A
different recap of the day's major business stories, with the perfect
proportion of data, analyses, and humor. I love the "Bottom line/ Zoom out"
parts. You are busy and wish to get the smartest takeaway (from a story)? It's
there.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Business Insider – 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know
Well,
the headline is self-explanatory. Business Insider collects the top 10 tech headlines of the day, adds a sentence or
two about its details and meaning, and invites you to go deeper. There are a
lot of tech stories that I first heard about from this newsletter. Very useful.
- You can subscribe HERE.
CB Insights
CBI's research and reports constantly provide comprehensive updates about the tech industry, great stats and infographics, in-depth analyses for entrepreneurs, tech executives, and VCs. Extremely informative.
- You can subscribe HERE.
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
University
This newsletter is filled with
brilliant commentary from the Center's faculty/community, and it's a good source for cutting-edge tech news stories, interesting events, and jobs/other
opportunities. It illustrates a
perfect intersection of the tech industry
and thought-provoking academic research.
A must-read.
- You can subscribe HERE.
- August 2021:
The Download - MIT Technology Review
I appreciate the daily "must-reads" next to the more reassuring "We can still have nice things" segment. It beautifully combines the day's most important and fascinating (or fun) stories about technology.
- You can subscribe HERE.
On Tech With Shira Ovide
Its description can't be more accurate: "A guide to how technology is changing the world, in wonderful and not-so-wonderful ways." A great place for nuanced commentary and interviews. FYI, it became a New York Times subscriber-only newsletter.
- You can subscribe HERE.
A platformer with Casey Newton
Unlike the other morning newsletters, Casey's newsletter arrives each afternoon (5 pm Pacific) for paid subscribers. He took his newsletter format at The Verge and went independently on Substack. His success led the way for others. He provides insightful remarks and scoops. I'm a fan.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Protocol - Source Code
A useful combination of "The best of Protocol" and "The best of everything else." It highlights the big story and the other issues "people are talking" about. It summarizes in a very clear way the main things you should know about the top tech stories.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Bloomberg Technology - Fully Charged
A place for excellent reporting and International perspectives. I like the way they organize the biggest stories into "if you read one thing" and "what else you need to know."
- You can subscribe HERE.
- Bonus: Additional recommendations for ~ once a week thing:
Galaxy Brain by Charlie Warzel
I followed Charlie Warzel's great writing and investigative reporting on BuzzFeed News and the New York Times, and I sure do recommend his new initiative on Substack. His analysis and commentary are always interesting.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Big Technology
Alex Kantrowitz is a great tech reporter and author (Always Day One). He provides another example of how independent, reader-supported journalism can actually work. Always original journalism. Always balanced and fair: "We live in a world where the most extreme voices rule the day. Big Technology will differentiate by not being that." I can assert that it is indeed the case.
- You can subscribe HERE.
Kara Swisher's new newsletter
Kara Swisher needs no introduction. She will soon launch her new subscriber-only newsletter (New York Times subscribers). I've been following her work since the nineties (yes, I'm kinda old), so I'm sure it will be intriguing.
- You can subscribe HERE.
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