When I click the Windows 8 button at work the news app shows a headline blurb. If it's interesting (and preferably world news) I click it, and see what else is there too.

Otherwise I let the more interesting news bubble up via social media discussions or chatting with people.

I used to be more on top of it, but it really didn't do me a whole lot of good, other than provide me with an extra bullet point or two to bring up with amateur pundits for them to dismiss and bring up a new subject about some little thing they were told to be outraged about today.

I can't say I feel like I'm missing out on too much.

Now I just don't bother and keep up with the important news: board games (via Reddit), tech news (via HN), and video games (via Kotaku).