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I believe they killed the feature that let you block entire sections you aren't interested in. If I'm right, you must take sports news from Google News, it is n

I believe they killed the feature that let you block entire sections you aren't interested in. If I'm right, you must take sports news from Google News, it is not optional. Customizing sources is pretty limited too. The Science section is full of pop-sci headlines, often exaggerated from studies, rather than just direct links to new journal articles. RSS might be the better option here...

Simon_says 8y ago
I assure you it's optional.
- anigbrowl 8y ago
  No it isn't.
- throw_away2 8y ago
  Maybe I'm dense, but I'm not seeing how to do this. The settings available are pretty sparse. I'm logged in for sure. I've hidden espn, but I can't exactly hide every source that has a sports story.
  - Simon_says 8y ago
    Step 1: Don't patronize Alphabet directly. Step 2: Install an ad blocker. Step 3: Blacklist javascript from Alphabet-owned domains.
Memosyne 8y ago
>science section is full of pop-sci headlines This is painfully accurate. The technology section is also bad, since no matter how hard I try to get Google News to show me technical/interesting content, it keeps recommending me banal stories of "the blockchain revolution", smart-phones, and video games. Any suggestions for a decent RSS reader?
- rolph 8y ago
  i know its not an RSS feed but i really like TED talks. https://www.ted.com/talks https://www.ted.com/talks try this too advances.sciencemag.org/content/rss-feeds
- rodgerd 8y ago
  While the tt-rss community is a tire fire, the software is very good if you're happy to self-host.
- guybedo 8y ago
  I've tried many RSS readers since the terrible day Google shut down GoogleReader, and i used to have at least 2 or 3 websites for my news: a RSS reader, GoogleNews for the top stories, etc... In the end i was tired to have to switch between apps and websites to get my news, and was frustrated by Google News, not enough categories, not enough content sources... So i decided to build a Google News/RSS Reader crossover that i could use to manage my RSS feeds, and check the Top Stories of the day, all of that in a single app. I added some processing on top of that to automatically cateogrize content, extract names of people, places, companies, etc... It still is an early version, there's a lot of room for improvements and new features but i feel it's definitely going in the right direction. You can check it out here: https://aktu.io/about https://aktu.io/about Would love some feedback!
  - blakesterz 8y ago
    This looks really cool! No public demo?
    - guybedo 8y ago
      no demo, it is live: https://aktu.io https://aktu.io
CamperBob2 8y ago
The Science section is full of pop-sci headlines I wish. My Google News page is full of bullshit clickbait along the lines of "NASA WARNS 2 METEORS HEADING FOR EARTH, 1 WILL HIT YOUR HOUSE." Seriously, Google, this is an embarrassment to your entire company. Either put some competent people on News, or shut it down.

Simon_says 8y ago

I assure you it's optional.

anigbrowl 8y ago
No it isn't.
throw_away2 8y ago
Maybe I'm dense, but I'm not seeing how to do this. The settings available are pretty sparse. I'm logged in for sure. I've hidden espn, but I can't exactly hide every source that has a sports story.
- Simon_says 8y ago
  Step 1: Don't patronize Alphabet directly. Step 2: Install an ad blocker. Step 3: Blacklist javascript from Alphabet-owned domains.

Memosyne 8y ago

>science section is full of pop-sci headlines This is painfully accurate. The technology section is also bad, since no matter how hard I try to get Google News to show me technical/interesting content, it keeps recommending me banal stories of "the blockchain revolution", smart-phones, and video games. Any suggestions for a decent RSS reader?

rolph 8y ago
i know its not an RSS feed but i really like TED talks. https://www.ted.com/talks https://www.ted.com/talks try this too advances.sciencemag.org/content/rss-feeds
rodgerd 8y ago
While the tt-rss community is a tire fire, the software is very good if you're happy to self-host.
guybedo 8y ago
I've tried many RSS readers since the terrible day Google shut down GoogleReader, and i used to have at least 2 or 3 websites for my news: a RSS reader, GoogleNews for the top stories, etc... In the end i was tired to have to switch between apps and websites to get my news, and was frustrated by Google News, not enough categories, not enough content sources... So i decided to build a Google News/RSS Reader crossover that i could use to manage my RSS feeds, and check the Top Stories of the day, all of that in a single app. I added some processing on top of that to automatically cateogrize content, extract names of people, places, companies, etc... It still is an early version, there's a lot of room for improvements and new features but i feel it's definitely going in the right direction. You can check it out here: https://aktu.io/about https://aktu.io/about Would love some feedback!
- blakesterz 8y ago
  This looks really cool! No public demo?
  - guybedo 8y ago
    no demo, it is live: https://aktu.io https://aktu.io

CamperBob2 8y ago

The Science section is full of pop-sci headlines I wish. My Google News page is full of bullshit clickbait along the lines of "NASA WARNS 2 METEORS HEADING FOR EARTH, 1 WILL HIT YOUR HOUSE." Seriously, Google, this is an embarrassment to your entire company. Either put some competent people on News, or shut it down.