Google News under fire – the latest backlash

A Hacker News discussion opened with a blunt question: has Google abandoned Google News? The thread quickly gathered 228 points and 161 comments, indicating strong community concern. The post links to an article on el…

The debate centers on the fact that Google News, once a default source for breaking headlines on Android and Chrome, now shows fewer regional sections and slower refresh cycles. Users report missing the curated "Top S…

For engineers who built alert pipelines on Google News RSS endpoints, the change feels like a silent deprecation. The lack of an official statement forces developers to add fallback logic or abandon the integration al…