Why trust us

No source, no claim. Better silence than fluff.

We try to show our working. Pulse posts are labelled Official, Reported or Rumour. Pulse, Live Wire, Press Box and Dossiers are source-first when we have them; Reports trace claims to our data desk; The Booth cites the open web when it uses it — and when nothing meaningful happened, we leave the slot quiet.

Pulse confidence labels

On Pulse, three labels tell you what kind of news you're reading.

OFFICIALConfirmed by the club, league, or official channel.REPORTEDTrusted reporters say so.RUMOURUnconfirmed, hedged in the lede.

Our promises

7 rules we won't break.

Built into how the app works. If we ever stop honouring one, you'll be the first to know.

  1. 01

    We show our working when we can

    Open a sourced read or AI answer and you'll see where claims came from when we have them. Open the source list when there's a link to follow — Reports trace to our data desk; The Booth cites the web when it uses it. No "per insiders", no anonymous quotes we can't back.

  2. 02

    We design against made-up claims

    If we can't back a claim, we label it, refuse, or say what's missing. The AI works from facts we've extracted, in our own words, with sources and refusals when we can't back a claim. We work hard to avoid invented stats and quotes — but outputs can still be wrong. Check important facts before you act.

  3. 03

    Fact, report, rumour — clearly labelled on Pulse

    Pulse posts tell you what kind of information they are. Confirmed by the team? Said by trusted reporters? Just a rumour? You see the label up front. We never pass off speculation as fact.

  4. 04

    We'd rather publish nothing than publish fluff

    If nothing real happened in a given slot, we don't fill it. A quiet feed beats a feed full of recycled clickbait.

  5. 05

    We're honest about what we cover

    The daily news feeds (Live Wire, Pulse, Reports) cover football, NFL, NBA and F1 today. The Booth uses our data desk for 12 sports and the open web for anything else; Dossiers and Press Box work for any sports topic — data desk when we have it, open web when we don't. Signals monitors topics you pick. We tell you which is which.

  6. 06

    When The Booth can't help, you'll see a clear refusal

    If a question crosses a line we don't cross — or The Booth genuinely can't answer — you'll get a refusal message, not a silent empty reply.

  7. 07

    When we get something wrong, we say so

    When a Pulse story moves on, we link forward rather than quietly deleting the old post. The design calls for corrections and retractions that tie back to what came before, so the record stays honest.

How it works

The practical stuff.

Six things you'll actually run into when you use the app.

  • Sign in

    We email you a 6-digit code. Enter it on the sign-in page to get in — no password to manage. Pick a plan from inside the app.

  • Sources

    Sourced reads and AI answers show where claims came from when we have them. HFC data and web sources are labelled differently so you can tell them apart.

  • Editing

    When a Pulse story moves on, newer posts link back to the earlier one and the original stays readable by link. Signals keeps a timeline of your monitoring drops rather than rewriting history in place.

  • Refusals

    If The Booth or another AI tool can't help, you'll see a clear refusal — not a silent empty reply.

  • Languages

    News feeds are English. AI tools work in 19 languages — English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Arabic and regional variants.

  • Billing

    Cancel any time from your account. Switch plans mid-month and Paddle handles proration — we show you the consequence before you confirm a change.

In one line

Sourced. Honest. Useful.

Membership is paid by design — Terrace for reading, Press Pass for AI creation — so we're not funded by ads or selling your attention.

Hangout FC is for sourced sports reading and AI tools — not betting, gambling, odds, tips, predictions, or fantasy sports.