# Tech News – Fast Tech News

> Tech News: Your one-stop app for all things tech!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.pinenuts.technews](https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.pinenuts.technews)

## Overview

- **ID:** `it.pinenuts.technews`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pinenuts Android Developers
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 690,823
- **Rating:** 4.12 / 5 (7,628 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.3p
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-22
- **First published:** 2012-04-20
- **Publisher country:** IT
- **Size:** 21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.pinenuts.technews)
- **Website:** [https://technews.pinenutsdev.com/](https://technews.pinenutsdev.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/33452815](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/33452815)

## Description

Tech News – Fast Tech News is a fast, distraction-free tech news reader. It delivers technology stories the moment they’re published and keeps you focused on the content with no graphics, noise, or delays. 

Customize your sources, stay up to date on hardware, smartphones, apps, games and digital trends with no account required. The app aggregates content from publicly available RSS feeds and remains independent of the listed sites, with sources that may vary by country.

## Rankings

- #84,105 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `it.pinenuts.technews.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

The app is praised as a fast, broad tech-news aggregator with customizable feeds and timely coverage. Users appreciate the diverse sources and the ability to reorder favorites. However, they complain about intrusive ads, a cumbersome feed management experience, occasional glitches, and a change-heavy UX (Most Recent) that harms usability. Battery drain from background activity and readability/UI concerns also surface. Overall it remains valuable for tech news, but ad-heavy UX and feed management issues reduce its appeal for many users.

### Pros

- Fast and comprehensive tech-news aggregation from many sources.
- Customizable feeds with the ability to reorder and favorite sources.
- Timely coverage and informative content (e.g., DevBytes).
- Broad coverage across tech topics in one app.
- Generally reliable and useful for daily tech updates.

### Cons

- Intrusive and excessive ads throughout the app, including long ads and hard-to-close banners (fake close icon in some cases).
- Cumbersome feed management: too many feeds, difficult to select/remove sources after updates, and some sources require extra steps or login.
- Background activity drains battery as the app runs even when forced closed.
- Old-fashioned UI with readability and font clarity issues.
- Forced Most Recent/front ordering reduces usability and surprises users.

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