A River of News

Week of September 28, 2026

September 28, 2026 to October 4, 2026, UTC. 24,263 headlines.

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Bloomberg (limited free articles) by Saritha Rai

AI Safety Fears Grow as Trump Pushes Ahead in Race With China

· 36 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Bloomberg. The next was Axios, 9 hours 17 minutes later. 35 different headlines.

Coverage: Axios, Sky News, ABC News, South China Morning Post, The Hill, CBS News, Financial Times, The Japan Times, Quartz, Fox News, Business Insider, France 24, Deadline, The Verge, The Information, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian, Times of India, Roll Call, Al Jazeera, Cointelegraph, The Register, The Dispatch, NPR, Tom's Hardware, Protos, Rolling Stone, Decrypt, Ars Technica, CNET, WIRED, Phys.org, Fortune, TechCrunch, Washington Post

ZDNET by Joe McKendrick

The best AI leaders are ‘a little bit off the wall,’ says Google Cloud executive

· 36 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: ZDNET. The next was Financial Times, 1 hour 18 minutes later.

Coverage: Financial Times, WIRED, Engadget, Fortune, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, 404 Media, New Scientist, Phys.org, The A.V. Club, Washington Post, Hacker News, The Japan Times, Sifted, Variety, MIT Technology Review, The Guardian, Tom's Hardware, The Information, Quartz, Inc., TechCrunch, The Register, Axios, Scientific American, Bloomberg, The Verge, Ars Technica, Times of India, Consequence, OpenAI, Science, France 24, CNBC, National Review

Times of India by TOI Education

Sam Altman returned to Stanford 21 years after dropping out at 19, talks AGI

· 32 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Times of India. The next was Bloomberg, 2 hours 37 minutes later.

Coverage: Bloomberg, WIRED, The Register, Tom's Hardware, The Information, Al Jazeera, Ars Technica, Axios, The Verge, Engadget, Quartz, Business Insider, The Hill, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Hacker News, Financial Times, France 24, Deutsche Welle, MarkTechPost, ZDNET, CNET, Mother Jones, MarketWatch, Fortune, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, OpenAI, Inc., Entrepreneur

Times of India by TOI TECH DESK

Anupam Mittal says Elon Musk’s Grok is faster and cheaper than Anthropic’s Claude

· 30 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Times of India. The next was The Information, 8 hours 38 minutes later.

Coverage: The Information, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, Decrypt, CNET, Hacker News, Financial Times, MarketWatch, Sifted, CoinDesk, Engadget, Fortune, The Guardian, Quartz, The Verge, The Register, Ars Technica, STAT, The New York Times, WIRED, South China Morning Post, Tom's Hardware, The Hill, Inc., Axios, Business Insider, Deutsche Welle, Fox News

Sky News

Bill Gates warns AI global framework talks harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations

· 29 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Sky News. The next was Times of India, 1 hour 33 minutes later.

Coverage: Times of India, Bloomberg, The Hill, Quartz, The Register, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Information, South China Morning Post, Deadline, Business Insider, Axios, Entrepreneur, Inc., Cointelegraph, Fortune, Tom's Hardware, MarketWatch, Variety, STAT, The Verge, Al Jazeera, The Japan Times, New Scientist, Crunchbase News, CNET, MIT Technology Review, WIRED

The New York Times (limited free articles) by Kenneth Chang

SpaceX’s Starship Is Set to Make Its First Orbital Flight

· 29 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The New York Times. The next was Bloomberg, 59 minutes later. 28 different headlines.

Coverage: Bloomberg, France 24, Phys.org, Hacker News, Business Insider, WIRED, The Verge, Quartz, MarketWatch, Scientific American, Times of India, TechCrunch, Axios, The Hill, Financial Times, BBC, South China Morning Post, Deutsche Welle, The Information, Al Jazeera, Fortune, The Guardian, Engadget, CNET, Inc., Ars Technica, The Register, New Scientist

MIT Technology Review by Michelle Kim

Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

· 27 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: MIT Technology Review. The next was Business Insider, 5 minutes later.

Coverage: Business Insider, STAT, Hacker News, Fortune, The Guardian, Entrepreneur, Axios, Quartz, The Hill, Times of India, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, Inc., WIRED, The Verge, Bloomberg, Phys.org, Nature, Sifted, Scientific American, Financial Times, National Review, MarketWatch, CNET, TechCrunch, France 24

Variety by Alex Ritman

Florence Pugh Speaks Out Over Cornell University Sexual Assault Case: ‘We Need Our Men to Be as Horrified and Sickened as Us’

· 25 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Variety. The next was The Hill, 5 hours 13 minutes later.

Coverage: The Hill, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Hollywood Reporter, CBS News, France 24, South China Morning Post, NME, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg, NPR, The Japan Times, Times of India, Axios, National Review, 404 Media, MedPage Today, Rolling Stone, Fox News, Consequence, Billboard, Politico, Deadline

South China Morning Post (limited free articles)

Republicans pour cash into dozens of US House races previously seen as ‘safe’

· 25 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: South China Morning Post. The next was Washington Post, 3 hours later.

Coverage: Washington Post, The Hill, Axios, National Review, The Guardian, Roll Call, Financial Times, France 24, WIRED, Fox News, Bloomberg, NPR, Phys.org, STAT, Rolling Stone, CBS News, Mother Jones, Al Jazeera, The Dispatch, Quartz, Cointelegraph, Politico, KFF Health News, MarketWatch

Axios by Hans Nichols

Exclusive: AI giants, unions join forces for data center fight

· 23 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Axios. The next was The Hill, 3 minutes later.

Coverage: The Hill, Ars Technica, Inc., The Information, TechCrunch, ZDNET, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, The Japan Times, Business Insider, Deutsche Welle, Fortune, Financial Times, The Register, MarketWatch, The Verge, NPR, Times of India, Quartz, WIRED, Tom's Hardware, Fox News

Most published

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 589
  2. France 24 457
  3. TOI WORLD DESK 166
  4. Colleen Cabili 114
  5. TOI SCIENCE DESK 71
  6. TNN 70
  7. TOI TECH DESK 68
  8. GLOBAL SPORTS DESK 66
  9. Doric Sam 61
  10. Timothy Rapp 61

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 5,454
  2. Bloomberg 1,534
  3. Times of India 1,459
  4. Quartz 780
  5. Bleacher Report 668
  6. CBS Sports 663
  7. South China Morning Post 660
  8. The Guardian 645
  9. Financial Times 636
  10. France 24 619

By category

Politics

Authors

  1. Max Rego 37
  2. Mira Bhakta 32
  3. Tara Suter 32
  4. Ryan Mancini 29
  5. Associated Press 26

Publications

  1. The Hill 542
  2. The Guardian 266
  3. Fox News 149
  4. Washington Post 99
  5. CBS News 85

World

Authors

  1. France 24 457
  2. TOI WORLD DESK 166
  3. TOI SCIENCE DESK 71
  4. TNN 70
  5. TOI TECH DESK 68

Publications

  1. Times of India 1,459
  2. South China Morning Post 660
  3. France 24 619
  4. Al Jazeera 604
  5. The Japan Times 294

Business

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 589
  2. Colleen Cabili 114
  3. The Associated Press 51
  4. ANDREW GAVIN 38
  5. AMY MORRIS 27

Publications

  1. Bloomberg 1,534
  2. Quartz 780
  3. Financial Times 636
  4. Business Insider 408
  5. Fortune 245

Tech

Authors

  1. Gael Cooper 38
  2. Aashna Gheewalla 17
  3. Sarah Perez 17
  4. Shane Downing 16
  5. Jay Peters 13

Publications

  1. Hacker News 572
  2. CNET 221
  3. Engadget 198
  4. Tom's Hardware 130
  5. TechCrunch 127

AI

Authors

  1. Asif Razzaq 21
  2. Michal Sutter 8
  3. Martin Peers 7
  4. Juro Osawa 6
  5. Rocket Drew 5

Publications

  1. The Information 78
  2. MarkTechPost 35
  3. MIT Technology Review 16
  4. OpenAI 12
  5. Hugging Face 8

Crypto

Authors

  1. Jose Antonio Lanz 34
  2. Decrypt Agent 27
  3. Cointelegraph by Felix Ng 18
  4. Shaurya Malwa 18
  5. Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra 17

Publications

  1. Cointelegraph 108
  2. CoinDesk 83
  3. Decrypt 77
  4. The Block 44
  5. Protos 26

Sports

Authors

  1. Doric Sam 61
  2. Timothy Rapp 61
  3. Scott Polacek 59
  4. Julia Stumbaugh 56
  5. Adam Wells 50

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 5,454
  2. Bleacher Report 668
  3. CBS Sports 663
  4. ESPN 451
  5. Sky Sports 321

Science

Authors

  1. Brad Plumer 5
  2. Dave Petley 5
  3. James Woodford 4
  4. Connie Murray 3
  5. Flora Graham 3

Publications

  1. Phys.org 482
  2. Nature Reviews Genetics 90
  3. BBC 48
  4. New Scientist 42
  5. Scientific American 38

Weather

Authors

  1. Dan Gearino 3
  2. Bob Berwyn 2
  3. Keerti Gopal 2
  4. Lisa Sorg 2
  5. Marianne Lavelle 2

Publications

  1. NOAA 298
  2. Inside Climate News 31
  3. Severe Weather Europe 2

Culture

Authors

  1. Matthewgrobar 27
  2. Naman Ramachandran 27
  3. Anthonypauldalessandro 26
  4. Glenn Garner 26
  5. Jesse Whittock 22

Publications

  1. Variety 390
  2. Deadline 364
  3. The Hollywood Reporter 315
  4. The A.V. Club 144
  5. ARTnews 76

Music

Authors

  1. Tom Breihan 47
  2. Liberty Dunworth 34
  3. Max Pilley 28
  4. Hannah Dailey 26
  5. Michael Saponara 26

Publications

  1. Billboard 336
  2. Rolling Stone 200
  3. Consequence 150
  4. NME 144
  5. Stereogum 114

Startups

Authors

  1. Lucia Auerbach 14
  2. Moses Jeanfrancois 14
  3. Paromita Gupta 14
  4. Victoria Salves 13
  5. Sherin Shibu 12

Publications

  1. Inc. 280
  2. Entrepreneur 98
  3. Axios 63
  4. Sifted 34
  5. TechCrunch 19

Health

Authors

  1. Ed Silverman 8
  2. John Wilkerson 5
  3. Adam Feuerstein 4
  4. Associated Press 4
  5. Elaine Chen 4

Publications

  1. MedPage Today 87
  2. STAT 68
  3. KFF Health News 19
  4. BBC 17
  5. NPR 16

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