TheReader.AI: Short News

Washington, Wall Street and the world in 60 seconds — then the full article, clutter-free, in-app. No ads. No cookie walls. No redirects. Read it or press play.

Real news. No noise. No ads. Ever.

The stories that actually matter, cut to 60 seconds, drawn from newsrooms that still employ editors. 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.

No content farms. No AI-generated filler. No SEO spam dressed as reporting. No "sponsored" placements wearing a press badge.

THE SUMMARY ISN'T THE CEILING

Sixty seconds when you're skimming. The whole thing when you're not.

Tap any story and the original article opens inside TheReader.AI, stripped back to what the journalist actually wrote. No popups. No cookie banners. No autoplaying video. No newsletter modal sliding over the third paragraph. No "1 free article remaining". No redirect to a page that takes nine seconds to load on mobile data.

Just the reporting, in the same clean typography as everything else. You never leave the app, and you never lose the thread.

DIVERSE BY DESIGN

One masthead is one vantage point. TheReader.AI draws across the spectrum — national and international, business and independent, left, right and centre — so the picture you build is wider than any single outlet can give you.

Where credible coverage genuinely disagrees, you see that it disagrees. We summarise what was reported, not what we'd like you to conclude.

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.

SUMMARIES THAT RESPECT YOU

Every story cut to 60 words of clear English. No jargon, no padding, no manufactured outrage in the opening line. Context first: the why behind the what, not just the headline.

YOUR FEED. YOUR RULES.

10 categories. Infinite focus. Nation, World, Business, Markets, Technology, Politics, Science, Sports, Environment, Entertainment.

Go deeper with Focus Interests — Future Tech, Market Movers and more.

AUDIO NEWS — HEAR IT, DON'T JUST READ IT

Too busy to read? Press play.

One tap and your feed plays story after story, hands-free.

• Auto-plays continuously — no tapping between stories
• 60-second briefs, crisp and never padded
• A lifelike neural voice, not robotic text-to-speech

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 clean feed
• Summarised in 60 seconds, before the opening bell

ASK ANYTHING, IN PLAIN ENGLISH

"What's happening with US energy policy?" "Give me good news today" "Latest on the Fed and rate expectations" "Best-funded tech startups this month"

50,000+ global sources. Instant results. Contextual search requires a free account.

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.
• No redirects to slow, data-hungry websites

BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT

• True Black Dark Mode, built for OLED screens
• Custom font size
• Local city news — your region, always updated

HONEST PRICING. NO SURPRISES.

One simple payment. No auto-debit. No recurring charges.

Read what matters. Think clearly. Stay human.