The true story.
Acta Verum covers technology, science and culture — serious about rigor, easy to read. The idea is simple and hard: cover what matters, and show you where every claim comes from.
"Acta Diurna" was Ancient Rome's daily gazette, posted in the forum — the grandmother of every newspaper. We took that name and added verum, true. It isn't modesty; it's the bar. In a world of recycled headlines and unsourced AI text, we do the opposite — research first, cite the primary source, then write.
What we cover
AI, security, privacy, tech, business, cars (through a tech lens), science, games, geek culture, operating systems and wearables — across two editions: a Brazilian one (in Portuguese) and a global one (in English), each with what's relevant to its readers.
What sets us apart
- Sources in plain sight. Every specific claim ships with its source. That's our contract with you.
- The Practical Box. On product pieces we say whether it's officially sold where you are, the local price and the US price (for importers) — real buying utility, not a generic review.
- Hands-on when it counts. When we actually test something, we show the numbers. When we don't, we say so.
Who's behind it
Most pieces are bylined to the Newsroom. Opinion pieces carry the name Lucca Ortolan — as a technology writer, not as a doctor (which is why you'll never see "Dr." here: the clinical identity stays separate from commercial content).
Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
We make errors like any newsroom — what matters is what we do next. Found one? Use the Report an error page; we fix it and log the correction. See how we work in the Newsroom.