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TheReader.AI is a short news app that cuts the day's most important stories to 60 seconds — clean, private, and shaped entirely around you. No clickbait. No redirects. No algorithm quietly deciding you should be angry today.
CREDIBLE SOURCES ONLY. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We don't scrape the open web. Every publisher is admitted by hand against one standard: a real newsroom that employs reporters, publishes its corrections, and stays editorially independent of the stories it covers.
Reuters and the Associated Press for the wire. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Fox News and CNN. The Washington Post, NPR and USA Today. Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes and The Economist for markets. Politico and The Hill on Washington. WIRED, The Verge and TechCrunch on technology. Scientific American on science. ESPN on sport.
Read that list again. That is the point.
DIVERSE BY DESIGN — UNBIASED US NEWS
One masthead is one vantage point. TheReader.AI draws across the spectrum — left, right and center, legacy and independent — so your picture is wider than any single outlet can give you.
Where credible coverage disagrees, you see that it disagrees. We summarize what was reported, not what we'd like you to conclude.
THE SUMMARY ISN'T THE CEILING
Sixty seconds when you're skimming. The whole thing when you're not.
Tap any story and the full article opens inside TheReader.AI, stripped back to what the journalist actually wrote. No popups. No cookie banners. No autoplaying video. No redirect to a page that takes nine seconds on mobile data.
BREAKING NEWS, WITHOUT THE PANIC
Smart alerts for stories that matter to you. Not eighteen notifications an hour, and not the same headline pushed four times because nobody clicked it.
WASHINGTON, WALL STREET AND THE WORLD
Domestic politics and the international stories most US apps bury below the fold — in one feed, without switching apps.
MARKETS AND BUSINESS
For investors, traders and professionals:
- S&P, Nasdaq and Dow moves, Federal Reserve policy and rate decisions
- Bloomberg, Reuters and the leading business desks in one feed
- Summarized in 60 seconds, before the opening bell
GEOPOLITICS, CRYPTO, STARTUPS AND LAYOFFS
Flashpoints abroad, crypto swings, funding rounds and layoff waves — covered as they happen, not a week later.
SCIENCE AND CLIMATE, FROM THE SOURCE
Scientific American and Nature on research, and climate coverage that goes past the weather segment. Primary sources, not press releases rewritten by someone who wasn't there.
AUDIO NEWS — HEAR IT, DON'T JUST READ IT
Too busy to read? Press play.
Continuous audio news built for your routine. One tap and your feed plays story after story, hands-free.
- Auto-plays continuously — no tapping between stories
- 60-second audio briefs, crisp and never padded
YOUR FEED. YOUR RULES.
10 categories: Nation, World, Business, Market, Technology, Politics, Science, Sports, Environment, Entertainment.
Go deeper with Focus Interests — Future Tech, Market Movers and more.
ASK ANYTHING, IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Type "which startups raised this month?" and get an answer. 50,000+ global sources. Contextual search requires a free account.
AD-FREE, ALWAYS
No banner ads. No sponsored cards wearing a press badge. No "you may also like" farm at the bottom. An ad-free news app, permanently.
YOUR PRIVACY IS NOT NEGOTIABLE
- Start reading instantly — no account needed
- No email, no phone number, no tracking
- We don't sell your data. Ever.
BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT
- True Black Dark Mode, built for OLED screens
- Custom font size
- Local news — your region, always updated
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One simple payment. No auto-debit. You stay because TheReader.AI earns it, not because you forgot to cancel.
NATIONAL AND GLOBAL, IN ONE FEED
Join thousands of readers who refuse to let clickbait shape their worldview.
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US & world news in 60-second summaries. Zero clutter, private, no login needed.