The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

News \News\ (n[=u]z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is
   plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
   1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something
      that has lately taken place, or of something before
      unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
      [1913 Webster]

            Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
                                                  --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Something strange or newly happened.
      [1913 Webster]

            It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to
            the strong and rich.                  --L'Estrange.
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   3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
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            There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

news
    n 1: information about recent and important events; "they
         awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence,
         tidings, word]
    2: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
       news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
    3: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews
       and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
       [syn: news program, news show, news]
    4: informal information of any kind that is not previously known
       to someone; "it was news to me"
    5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported
       in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of
       the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn:
       newsworthiness, news]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

netnews
news

   /net'n[y]ooz/ 1. The software that makes Usenet run.

   2. The content of Usenet.  "I read netnews right after my
   mail most mornings."

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-12-14)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

NeWS

   /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ Network extensible Window
   System.

   Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above
   as a way of distinguishing NeWS from news (the netnews
   software).

   [Jargon File]


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

NeWS
 /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo´is/, /n[y]ooz/, n.

    [acronym; the “Network Window System”] The road not taken in window
    systems, an elegant PostScript-based environment that would almost
    certainly have won the standards war with X if it hadn't been 
    proprietary to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too many
    software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the
    two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from
    Usenet news (the netnews software).