Perhaps https://lobste.rs/ might be an addition to your reading habits?
Is michaelochurch still getting upvoted there? I used to enjoy lobste.rs, but seeing yet another heavily upvoted rant about "open-plan agile mouthbreathing drones" or similar would ruin my whole morning.
Judge for yourself: https://lobste.rs/threads/michaelochurch
I used to really enjoy ArsTechnica but the quality of the journalism seems to have dropped slightly.