The sources we read
Signal Bureau reads by source class, and says so. Primary records and regulators carry the most weight. Peer-reviewed journals and specialist trade press anchor domain claims. Global wires supply breadth. Open community channels (Reddit, Hacker News) are read as early, unverified indicators — never as corroboration. Below: the roster, then the domains and regions it covers.
The roster, by class
Each name links to that source’s site (opens in a new tab).
Scientific, academic & medical journals
Government & regulatory bodies
- NASA
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- U.S. Federal Reserve
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- National Weather Service
- Bank of England
- Bank of Japan
- European Central Bank
- Deutsche Bundesbank
- International Maritime Organization
- UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
News & global wires
Research & policy institutions
- Brookings Institution
- Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
- CSET (Georgetown)
- Hudson Institute
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Migration Policy Institute
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Future of Privacy Forum
- War on the Rocks
- The Cipher Brief
- Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Lowy Institute
- Pew Research
- Reason Foundation
- Roosevelt Institute
- Stanford HAI
- MIT News
Public records & market data
Industry & trade press
- Defense News
- Defense One
- Breaking Defense
- SpaceNews
- Payload
- TechCrunch
- IEEE Spectrum
- CoinDesk
- Cointelegraph
- Ledger Insights
- FreightWaves
- BioPharma Dive
- Fierce Pharma
- Fierce Biotech
- Fierce Healthcare
- MedTech Dive
- Construction Dive
- Retail Dive
- Supply Chain Dive
- Crunchbase News
- PitchBook
- Variety
- Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter
- WWD
- Mongabay
- Carbon Brief
- GreenBiz
- Oil Price
- World Nuclear News
- MINING.com
- Semiconductor Engineering
- Tom's Hardware
- Krebs on Security
- Schneier on Security
- Insurance Journal
- gCaptain
- Maritime Executive
- Nature Biotechnology
- The Robot Report
Community & weak-signal channels
- Hacker News
- Curated subject communities on Reddit
Representative, not exhaustive. Receipted claims name and link their sources; unreceipted attention signals are labeled as leads, not sourced claims.
What we cover
The domains and regions Signal Bureau watches, where real-world outcomes are taking shape.
By domain
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Safety
- AI Policy
- Frontier Models
- Cloud & Edge Computing
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor Equipment
- Quantum Computing
- Quantum Security
- Cybersecurity
- Robotics & Automation
- Humanoid Robotics
- Drones & Autonomous Systems
- Additive Manufacturing
- Biotech & Pharma
- Precision Medicine
- Rare Diseases
- Medical Devices
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- FDA Regulatory Decisions
- Aging & Longevity
- Synthetic Biology
- Veterinary Health
- Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Fusion
- Battery & Energy Storage
- Grid Modernization
- Electric Vehicles
- Carbon & Climate
- Critical Minerals
- Steel & Metals
- Chemicals
- Materials Science
- Water
- Forestry
- Fisheries
- Ocean & Maritime
- Agriculture & Food Security
- Defense Procurement
- Defense Tech
- Space Commercialization
- Space Law
- Satellite Imagery
- Aviation
- Intelligence & Surveillance
- Disinformation
- Banking & FinTech
- Payments
- Central Bank Digital Currencies
- Stablecoins
- Crypto & DeFi
- Venture Capital
- Venture Debt
- Private Equity
- Private Credit
- Insurance
- RegTech
- SEC & Federal Enforcement
- Antitrust
- Patent & IP
- Macroeconomics
- Tariffs & Trade Policy
- Trade Agreements
- ESG & Governance
- Commercial Real Estate
- PropTech
- Construction
- Housing
- Supply Chain
- Shipping & Logistics
- Retail & Consumer
- Luxury Goods
- Media & Entertainment
- Gaming & Esports
- Sports Business
- Sports Betting
- Telecom & 5G
- Education & Workforce
- Labor & Gig Economy
- Immigration & Migration
- Cannabis
- Philanthropy
- Digital Identity
- Privacy
- Disaster Resilience
- Extreme Weather
- Elections
By region
- Africa
- Arctic
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- Europe
- Germany
- India & South Asia
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Japan
- Latin America
- Middle East
- Saudi Arabia
- South Korea
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
From sources to signals
Everything above is on the desk’s standing reading list. Coverage is curated for relevance. Every alias of a name resolves to one entity, so the same story connects across domains. The result is cross-referenced against live prediction markets. What reaches you is the distilled end of that pipeline — what moved, why it matters, what to watch — with the sources attached. How fresh each layer is, stated honestly, lives on the API page.
Two disciplines police the pipeline. Every claim ships with its source named, and a second, independent model cross-checks generated text against the source material before anything is published. And every probability we publish is graded when reality resolves it — the running scorecard is public at the track record. Prediction-market prices are a sensor we cite, never a substitute for reporting.
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