r/technews

About r/technews

In its own words:

Hard-Tech News

The community was created on May 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 518 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 19 communities on our technology list it is number 7 by size. It sits just behind r/LinkedInLunatics (#959) and ahead of r/wholesomegifs (#961) in our ranking.

What sets r/technews apart

Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 9.0× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/technews climbed from 1,100,951 to 1,105,514 subscribers (+4.6K, +0.41%). That is about 89 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/technews this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).

1. Vibrating mattress helps clear Alzheimer’s protein from the brain | New Scientistu/_Dark_Wing · Nov 4 · link
2. DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google's AI policyu/Familiar-Quiet4370 · Nov 5 · link
3. An Anthropic engineer warns about 'cognitive surrender' as AI agents take over his worku/Malor777 · Nov 6 · link
4. The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in Chinau/Rish_p_one7 · Nov 7 · link
5. Protesters break into Microsoft data center in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreadsu/paneuropeanism_ · Nov 6 · link
6. A human subject has been injected with an AI-designed virus aiming to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so let's see how that turns outu/Sharp-Helicopter-218 · Nov 1 · link
7. Six humanoid robots worked a 24-hour shift at a convenience store, but two weren't good enough to keep their jobsu/HimikoTogaFromUSSR · Nov 4 · link
8. LG faces legal action over alleged smart TV spying — and other manufacturers could be in the firing line over ignoring ACR opt-outsu/TurbulentTopic39 · Nov 7 · link
9. "DNA cassette tape" can store every song ever recorded with petabytes to spareu/AdSpecialist6598 · Nov 3 · link
10. Google will let schools turn off AI, but they may also lose Searchu/cnn · Nov 3 · link

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/technews, from 2020 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.

1. Anonymous takes down Kremlin, Russian-controlled media site in cyber attacksu/SandyCoder · Feb 25, 2022 · 70,526 points · 1,463 comments · link
2. Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test findsu/magenta_placenta · Aug 17, 2022 · 54,440 points · 3,485 comments · link
3. 'Jack Dorsey's First Tweet' NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280u/magenta_placenta · Apr 13, 2022 · 53,950 points · 5,987 comments · link
4. Ukraine government raises over $10 million in cryptocurrency donationsu/victoriawhite2 · Feb 28, 2022 · 47,250 points · 1,145 comments · link
5. Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homesu/Starfox-sf · Aug 10, 2022 · 46,170 points · 1,246 comments · link
6. Anonymous Hackers Claim Responsibility for Russian Government Website Outages, Hacked State TV Broadcastsu/Majestic_Walrus_5283 · Feb 27, 2022 · 41,216 points · 651 comments · link
7. Nationwide ban on TikTok inches closer to realityJan 29, 2023 · 40,127 points · 4,913 comments · link
8. Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies after fines from watchdogsu/tme_michael · Apr 24, 2022 · 37,999 points · 1,125 comments · link
9. US government to make all research it funds open access on publication - Policy will go into effect in 2026, apply to everything that gets federal money.u/Philo1927 · Aug 25, 2022 · 35,922 points · 797 comments · link
10. Robinhood plummets back down to a one-star rating on Google Playu/fudge_u · Feb 2, 2021 · link

What r/technews talks about

Looking at the titles of 71 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “google”, “researchers”, “company”, “store” and “anthropic”. Other frequent themes are cost, turn, human, ceo, energy and protein. Recurring phrases include “meal planning”. By format, 99% are links and 1% are videos.

• google 5
• researchers 3
• company 3
• store 3
• anthropic 3
• cost 3
• turn 3
• human 3
• ceo 3
• energy 3
• protein 2
• brain 2
• ai-generated 2
• cyberattack 2
• china 2
• global 2
• chip 2
• production 2

Popular post flairs: AI/ML (24), Hardware (11), Biotechnology (10), Software (5), Nanotech/Materials (4), Energy (4).

Activity and best time to post

r/technews gets about 9.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 160,421 posts and 1,736,085 comments in total, about 10.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (13 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (6). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.

Rules of r/technews

The moderators of r/technews list 8 rules. In short:

1. No Spam or Self-Promotional Posts
2. No Blogs
3. Do Not Editorialize/Sensationalize Titles
4. Disallowed Submissions
5. No Images/Videos/Memes
6. No Enabling or Linking to Piracy
7. Racism and Bigotry Is Not Allowed
8. No Attacks on Other Users

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/technews and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/technews.