How it works
Why SigB exists, how one story becomes a claim on the record, and what it does for anyone who comes in.
The readers changed, so we keep a record.
Every day the world writes thousands of stories. A person can read a few of them.
So people skimmed. They trusted some papers more than others and discounted a wild headline. Each reader sorted what was worth believing.
Machines now read far more than any person can. Reading more does not tell them where a claim came from, whether ten headlines are one report copied ten times, whether another source says the opposite, or how old the news is.
A machine can act on a wild headline the moment it reads it: it books the ship, reroutes the cargo, sends the alert.
Reading is now the easy part. The valuable part is being able to check what was read: where it came from, who else reported it, and what disagrees with it.
SigB keeps a record built for that work. For every claim it keeps the sources, the dates and the separate reports, and it names the dates it has read, so you or your machine can check what was read: where it came from, who else reported it, and what disagrees with it.
Stories stream toward it all day: thousands of new ones, from newsrooms, governments and filings, in many languages. We keep every page we can, because more material makes a better picture.
It takes in what the world is paying attention to and turns it into a sourced record you can check.
Let's follow one real story through it.
One real story, from the outlets that carried it to the words at the source.
Our story, step 1 of 5: arriving
Our story: on 26 September 2026, Trump rejected Iran's seven-day ceasefire proposal. Over the next few days seven outlets carry it, and their reports arrive at the record.
The record holds the world: its events, its people, its places, and how they connect.
Each new report is checked against what the record already holds. Everything stays on the record. When something turns out wrong, the record corrects today and keeps the past readable.
To get into the record, our story's reports must pass one gate.
Our story, step 2 of 5: at the gate
Every page reaches one narrow gate on its way into the record.
The gate runs on fixed rules. They work the same way every time, so anyone can check the result. Only the rules decide what gets in.
Our story's reports pass the rules, and go in.
Our story, step 3 of 5: on the record
Seven outlets carried our story. Copies of one report count once, and a report is traced to the source it names, which leaves seven separate origins. The origins in this ledger were read before the attribution rule, so each report is named by the outlet that carried it. That is agreement between sources, not proof the claim is true. On the record, those reports join into one claim.
Every strand keeps its link back to where it came from. We never separate a thing from its source.
Only what links back to its source gets passed along. Everything else is kept and counted, out of view. Every quote is word for word.
74more claims in the record we couldn't tie to a source, as of 25 Oct 2026. Counted, kept, not shown.
The claim is on the record. Next, it comes out as a reading.
How to read a reading
The claims, each one tied to its sources.
The silence is news too.
Every reading names the dates it covers.
Our story, step 4 of 5: coming out
Every reading says plainly what it has read and what it has not read yet, with the dates, so a machine acting on it always knows which is which.
Every answer opens, all the way down. Let's open ours.
Our story, step 5 of 5: back to the source
Every reading works the same way, at every size. Try it on our story.
Go deep. Open it one level at a time until you reach the bottom: the original source, a single observation, or a plain "not yet read" with its dates.
Pan back out. Every level knows its parent, so you never get lost.
Follow the threads. A thread is another claim made in the same article. Open one and that claim comes into view.
That is one story's whole trip, from the outlets that carried it to the words at the source.
As recorded on 2 Oct 2026
How a visitor comes in, and what each room gives.
You have followed a story in. Now come in yourself. Each ring goes a little deeper and a little more specialized.
Tap a ring to look inside. At the very centre is the record itself.
The same Watch works through every door.
It reads everything again and again until it stops finding anything new. Then it waits for more pages.
Illustration. Press Add pages to drop pages into the record.
No pages fed in yet.
Every room serves the same record. Next, point it at a world of your own.
Briefs running today, and then yours.
Running today
Corroborated · 7 separate reports · 7 outlets. This is where our story came from: a live record of a narrow strait that ships depend on.
Servesanyone who ships, insures or trades through the strait. It is open to all.
On the recordSee the live Hormuz record
Available to buildA Desk would add your own fleet and routes, so the record names which of your ships a change touches.
Running today
Every new paper and trial, read the morning it appears. A daily research update for patients, families and care teams, with a longer digest every Sunday.
Servessomeone following the research for a family member.
From the 2 October briefBlood-based MRD testing shows prognostic value beyond 12 months after surgery (opens in a new tab)
Available to buildA Desk would add a care team's own trial criteria, so each morning names the new trials that fit, with a weekly shortlist ready to send.
Running today
When a state changes the rules, practitioners hear about it the next morning. A brief for multi-state tax practitioners, sorted by nexus alerts, law changes and state updates.
Servesa CPA practice.
From the 2 October briefWashington State Millionaire Tax Faces Repeal Referendum (opens in a new tab) Kiplinger Tax
Available to buildA Desk would add your own client list, so the brief names which of your clients a new rule touches.
Running today
Federal awards, state policy and the companies in between. A morning brief for the people steering Arizona's aerospace and defense economy.
Servesa state technology council.
From the 2 October briefSpace Force picks two companies to build new 'space-to-space' satellites by 2028 (opens in a new tab) Defense News
Available to buildA Desk would add your members' companies, so the brief names which member a new contract or rule touches, with a weekly digest ready to send.
Running today
How deals are built, read the morning after they are announced. A brief on transactions, how they are structured, and the capital moving before them.
Servesa global strategy consultancy.
From the 2 October briefAdHawk's investors sue over a merger earnout (opens in a new tab) Law 360 Securities
Available to buildA Desk would add the firm's own live deals and target list, so the brief names which deal a new filing or comparable touches.
Running today
Funding, missions and the researchers behind them. A morning brief that follows space research funding and the people who win it.
Servesa public research university's space program.
From the 2 October briefNASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year (opens in a new tab) Spaceflight Now
Available to buildA Desk would add your own researchers and open proposals, so the brief says which new solicitation fits which team.
Each of these is a running newsletter. When we build one around a single customer, we call it a Desk. Here is one.
The whole record can be pointed at one person's world. It reads that world all night, and it is ready when you are.
It keeps a sourced picture of right now and tells you what changed. When we build one around you, we call it a Desk. Here is one running today, then yours.
In What it reads
News feeds, and the government's own spending records
Space news, defense and aerospace, NASA and government, regional business news, and the federal contract records.
Kept What it does
Keeps only what matters to the space economy
Each item is tied to its source and checked against it. Anything it can't trace stays out.
Out Every morning
A brief, sorted by theme
1 · Start from a running newsletter, or your own world
2 · What it reads
3 · How many Watches
One Watch is one standing question about your world.
4 · How it reaches you
Your newsletter starts from space research in Arizona. It reads news in many languages and government filings, and reaches you as a morning email.
3 Watches: 3 standing questions about space research in Arizona