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NewsSphere - a news app that helps you catch up on ongoing stories and understand what changed since you last followed t

Following an ongoing news story can be difficult because important developments are spread across dozens of headlines and multiple days. If you miss a few days, it can be hard to understand what happened, what changed, and how the latest development connects to the bigger story. NewsSphere groups related coverage into evolving stories and tracks how those stories develop over time. Instead of simply showing the latest headline, it helps users reconstruct the story and quickly understand what they missed. The initial audience is people who actively follow news, particularly crypto, politics, technology, and other fast-moving topics where a single event can generate many headlines over several days. I want to learn how often people experience this “I lost the thread” problem, which types of stories they most want to catch up on, and whether people would return to a product specifically to understand what changed in stories they follow