Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 2026

1. DMCA & Copyright Policy

This service is a news aggregator. All headlines, snippets, and images are the intellectual property of their respective owners (e.g., Arstechnica, The Hill, The Verge). We provide transformative value by calculating popularity metrics and directing traffic to the original publishers.

Takedown Procedure

If you believe your work is being used improperly, please email [email protected] with:

Identification of the copyrighted work.
The specific URL on our platform containing the material.
Your contact information and a good-faith statement of non-authorization.

2. Acceptable Use & Algorithmic Integrity

Our "Popularity Scores" are the result of proprietary calculations. We do not use AI curation or human editors to rank news; our system is 100% data-driven based on reader attention metrics.

Automated scraping or data extraction of this platform for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited without written consent.

3. Privacy & EU Data Rights

In compliance with GDPR, we process data only for essential operations. Our infrastructure (AlmaLinux/Caddy) handles:

Technical Logs: IP addresses are logged for security and rate-limiting, stored for a maximum of 30 days.
Cloudflare: CDN telemetry data is processed per Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
User Rights: You may contact us at [email protected] to exercise your right to data access or erasure.

4. Disclaimers

The service is provided "as-is." We are not responsible for the accuracy of external news content. Our rankings are mathematically derived and do not constitute an editorial endorsement.