News Signal Feed
Monitor direct-source news signals and 12-hour topic recaps
The News Signal Feed lets signed-in users monitor cached RSS and X signals across 40 topics. Select the topics relevant to your work, then switch between individual signals and AI-generated 12-hour recaps.
“Live Feed” describes the newest signals available in Y2's cache. RSS sources and recaps are refreshed on scheduled cycles; X source ingestion currently runs on a separate weekly cycle.
Monitor selected topics
Open News
Sign in to Y2 and select News in the app navigation.
Select feeds
Choose one or more chips under Global Signal Feeds. The current catalog contains 40 feeds organized into six groups:
| Group | Examples |
|---|---|
| Politics & Geopolitics | Geopolitics, US Politics, Defense |
| Macro & Markets | Macro, Equities, Rates & FX |
| Industry Verticals | Energy, Cyber, Biotech & Health |
| Regional Desks | MENA, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
| AI & Technology | AI, AI Agents, Machine Learning |
| Crypto & Digital Assets | Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi |
See Topics and feeds for the complete catalog.
Choose a view
Select Live Feed for individual signals or 12h Recap for a per-topic synthesis.
Open a source
When a signal has a source URL, select the row or View Source to open the original item in a new tab.
Your selected feeds and view mode are saved to your account. Feed changes are written after a short debounce, so the same selection can be restored on another signed-in device.
Read a signal
Each Live Feed row can show:
Prop
Type
Sentiment is a directional signal, not a confidence score or investment recommendation. Items without a supported classification appear without a sentiment badge.
Treat generated sentiment and recaps as triage aids. Open the attributed source and verify material claims before acting on them.
Use 12-hour recaps
Select 12h Recap to read the current cached recap for each selected feed. A recap card shows the topic, creation time when available, and generated recap content.
The app currently exposes only the 12-hour view. The backend and public API accept additional timeframe identifiers, but they are not selectable in the News interface and may not have cached content for every topic.
See AI news recaps for interpretation and availability details.
Refresh and stale data
The Refresh button re-runs the active Live Feed or Recap query. It does not start a new RSS or X ingestion job. If the upstream cache has not changed, the same results remain visible.
Y2 displays a stale-data notice when the current query result is old. If no results appear:
- Confirm that at least one feed is selected.
- Try a broader set of feeds.
- Select Refresh to re-read the cache.
- If the cache is initializing, wait for the scheduled sync and try again.
News feeds and country cards
The topic feed and the Situation Room's country cards answer different questions. News shows cached items for your selected topics. Eligible items from ontology-enabled feeds can also become observations linked to canonical entities and places.
Country-card news selects observations attributed to the chosen country, along with other supported news and report sources. A topic item can therefore appear in News without appearing on a country card: it may lack a supported country attribution, have expired, or not qualify for the observation feed. Regional relevance and a country mentioned in a summary do not by themselves establish the event's location.
For Red Sea coverage, explore MENA, Geopolitics, Logistics, and Energy topics as well as the relevant country cards. Opening a card reads stored observations; it does not start a fresh news search.
API access
The public API exposes cached signals, recaps, and the feed catalog:
List news
Filter signals by topic and paginate results.
List recaps
Retrieve cached topic recaps.
List feeds
Discover available topic identifiers.
API-key requests require the news:read scope. New API keys require Pro or Elite; eligible
existing Lite keys retain their historical grace limits. These endpoints also support the x402
flow described in their generated references.