A 'go to' for the latest tech news

I always wonder which is the best place to see what is buzzing in technology. Traditional sources like nytimes.com, wsj.com, forbes.com all cover tech in detail but most news makes it to these papers only after they have been news for a while. Where can we hear about it when it is just a concept or an idea that is popular among techies? I stumbled across Hacker News following something mentioned in an article on Forbes.com. So far, it has proved to be a reliable source.