The Hear is a news observatory.

the Hear is a news operation room: it displays the main headlines of many newspapers, side by side and in real time. Like a constantly changing newsstand, it lets you monitor the news as they evolve, across countries and sources.

The Hear is not curated and not personalized. Instead of trying to select the bits and pieces that might interest you, it attempts to give an overview of the landscape as a whole. Instead of making its own editorial decisions, it listens to the decisions made by human editors as to what constitutes 'the main story' worthy of your attention.

In this, the Hear is an objective news aggregator.

The Hear is an archive of main headlines.

With a time-machine interface, it lets users navigate back in time to replay the news as they unfolded. It records history as it happened. Like a historic newspaper archive, the Hear is a library and collection of the main headlines of digital newspapers.

The Hear doesn't just display the headlines, but also reads them: it is embedded with AI throughout. With continuously updating overviews, summaries and reports, the Hear helps the reader digest the many headlines as they unravel. With daily overviews, it also chronicles history as it unfolds. The Hear is a newsstand equipped with a brain.

The Hear translates headlines in real-time. It makes the news landscape in many countries immediately accessible in English, without selection, manipulation or commentary. It gives an unfiltered view of what is currently being discussed by legacy media, around planet earth.

the Hear displays main headlines. In the fuss and hubbub of the world, the main headline is the editor's choice of the single most important story happening now: the main headline is the one-thing. The Hear is a meta-newspaper made solely of such one-things, organized and contextualized.

The Hear is a collection of perspectives. It positions “far-right” and “radical left” headlines side by side, without judgement, creating a negative filter bubble. The Hear contextualizes the headlines through contrast.

The Hear is meant to exist quietly, in the background, on your second screen. It allows users to follow the news from a distance, with a healthy sense of aloofness, and without scrolling.