How RUKUS works

The world is a riot. Watch closely.

Pulse

Catch the individual articles rising fastest across the news right now. Browse the cards.

Feed

Follow your channels and topics here.

Wire

Browse stories that gather all the reporting on one event or ongoing matter. Each grows as new articles arrive.

Choose New for the latest reporting first, Top for the biggest stories, or Hot for what’s moving fastest right now.

Read “2h ← 3d” beneath a title as: new reporting two hours ago; running for three days.

A story

Open a story for its summary, reactions from people and institutions, and related stories. Follow the timeline to see what happened as it was reported. Each line carries the publisher’s icon.

Below, Sources holds the reporting on the story. Background offers useful context nearby.

Tap an article to open its page: open it at the publisher, chat about it, or share it, and see every story it appears in.

On your phone, use the top buttons to jump to Summary, Timeline, or Sources.

Fav and the bell

Tap the star to keep a story in Fav, under More on your phone. You’ll need Google sign-in. Drag by the dots to reorder your stories; tap × to remove one.

Tap the bell beside the star to hear when a story gets new reporting. On a computer it shows at the left of the screen. On a phone, add RUKUS to your Home Screen and turn notifications on in Settings.

Chat

Ask anything about the news. For something specific, tap Chat on a story or an article.

Answers open with the stories that matter most to your question. The explanation follows, with articles placed where they’re used.

Hold the round talk button to speak. Let go to send. Your chats are kept.

Chat needs Google sign-in. Its speech bubble has eyes and turns clockwise while it works.

Havoc

Switch on “Chat with Havoc” in Settings to let the pink starburst with half-lidded eyes answer.

“I’ve seen things, and I have opinions.”

You’ll notice. Regular Chat is careful and even-handed. Havoc is blunter, more opinionated, and readier to say what he thinks. Same reporting, fewer manners.

Open More for Fav, Guide, and Settings. Choose the dark look, move the bar to the bottom or top, manage notifications, switch Chat with Havoc, or sign out.

The phone bar runs Pulse, Feed, Wire, Chat, More. While a panel is open, its last button reads Back.

Install

Add RUKUS to your Home Screen to use it as an app and get story notifications.

On iPhone, open rukus.news in Safari. Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

On Android, open rukus.news in Chrome. Tap ⋮, then Install app.