A River of News

Week of October 5, 2026

October 5, 2026 to October 11, 2026, UTC. This week is still running, so the numbers will change. 16,889 headlines.

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Fox News

US monitoring suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia, State Department official says

· 31 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Fox News. The next was Hacker News, 2 hours 26 minutes later.

Coverage: Hacker News, Times of India, Al Jazeera, Sky News, Deutsche Welle, France 24, ABC News, The Hill, Financial Times, MedPage Today, New Scientist, Ars Technica, CBS News, South China Morning Post, Axios, The New York Times, The Japan Times, Science, Phys.org, NPR, BBC, The Kyiv Independent, The Economist, WIRED, STAT, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Scientific American, The Guardian, Nature

Nature by Chris Stokel-Walker

How big tech is building a military–industrial complex in the age of AI

· 30 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Nature. The next was MIT Technology Review, 8 hours later.

Coverage: MIT Technology Review, The Japan Times, NPR, Inc., Fortune, Sifted, Entrepreneur, Financial Times, Hacker News, MarketWatch, Quartz, The A.V. Club, Times of India, Business Insider, Bloomberg, France 24, The Information, Phys.org, ZDNET, TechCrunch, The New York Times, Scientific American, The Economist, Billboard, ARTnews, The Register, NME, CNET, South China Morning Post

Bloomberg

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has Rare Cautionary Note on AI Safety

· 28 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Bloomberg. The next was MIT Technology Review, 1 hour 55 minutes later.

Coverage: MIT Technology Review, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Fortune, The Register, Entrepreneur, Times of India, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Guardian, NPR, Crunchbase News, Quartz, WIRED, STAT, Axios, The Hill, Deadline, Tom's Hardware, Politico, Inc., Engadget, The Information, Quanta Magazine, Ars Technica, Billboard, MarketWatch

Deadline by Nellie Andreeva

Channing Dungey Poised For Expanded Post-Merger Role Overseeing Paramount & WBD Cable Networks – The Dish

· 26 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Deadline. The next was Variety, 2 hours 37 minutes later.

Coverage: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, Financial Times, The Verge, Washington Post, Bloomberg, CNBC, Quartz, The New York Times, The A.V. Club, IndieWire, The Information, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Deutsche Welle, Engadget, Axios, Ars Technica, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Times of India, France 24, CNET, Inc.

Nature by Saskia Popescu

AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now

· 26 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Nature. The next was Financial Times, 49 minutes later.

Coverage: Financial Times, The Dispatch, The Japan Times, The Verge, Times of India, Fox News, TechCrunch, Quanta Magazine, Hacker News, Quartz, Fortune, Al Jazeera, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian, The Hill, The Information, Scientific American, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Inc., The Register, Politico, Phys.org

Roll Call by Daniela Altimari

Jeffries says Democrats are poised to win the House majority

· 24 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Roll Call. The next was Washington Post, 6 hours 2 minutes later.

Coverage: Washington Post, Business Insider, Axios, The Hill, Politico, Fortune, Al Jazeera, Science, The Dispatch, NPR, Fox News, The Guardian, BBC, STAT, WIRED, Financial Times, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, National Review, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, The Japan Times, CBS News

The Japan Times

OpenAI’s Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

· 23 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The Japan Times. The next was Times of India, 1 hour 44 minutes later.

Coverage: Times of India, MarkTechPost, OpenAI, Fortune, Quartz, The Guardian, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, The New York Times, The Information, The Register, Bloomberg, Inc., Politico, Tom's Hardware, WIRED, Scientific American, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Financial Times, MarketWatch

Nature by Miryam Naddaf

Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light: live updates

· 22 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Nature. The next was Science, 5 hours 40 minutes later. 21 different headlines.

Coverage: Science, STAT, Scientific American, Hacker News, The Japan Times, Deutsche Welle, New Scientist, France 24, South China Morning Post, Times of India, The New York Times, BBC, NPR, Phys.org, Financial Times, Al Jazeera, MedPage Today, The Economist, Ars Technica, The Guardian, WIRED

Hacker News

US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft

· 20 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Hacker News. The next was Politico, 9 minutes later.

Coverage: Politico, Business Insider, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Hill, The Guardian, The Verge, Al Jazeera, Tom's Hardware, The Information, Quartz, Engadget, Times of India, BBC, WIRED, Deutsche Welle, Fortune

Nature by Elizabeth Gibney

Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge

· 20 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Nature. The next was Science, 6 hours 5 minutes later.

Coverage: Science, The Japan Times, Scientific American, Deutsche Welle, Hacker News, South China Morning Post, Times of India, New Scientist, NPR, BBC, Phys.org, The New York Times, STAT, Al Jazeera, France 24, Financial Times, The Economist, Ars Technica, WIRED

Most published

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 532
  2. France 24 318
  3. Colleen Cabili 253
  4. TOI WORLD DESK 103
  5. TOI TECH DESK 68
  6. Anthony Lopopolo 53
  7. The Associated Press 50
  8. Tom Breihan 40
  9. Joseph Zucker 36
  10. Doric Sam 35

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 3,100
  2. Bloomberg 1,097
  3. Quartz 892
  4. Times of India 887
  5. The Guardian 573
  6. France 24 426
  7. Financial Times 426
  8. BBC 414
  9. South China Morning Post 414
  10. The Hill 389

By category

Politics

Authors

  1. Max Rego 29
  2. Ryan Mancini 25
  3. The Hill Staff 20
  4. Tara Suter 17
  5. Mira Bhakta 16

Publications

  1. The Hill 389
  2. The Guardian 129
  3. Fox News 103
  4. Politico 77
  5. Washington Post 76

World

Authors

  1. France 24 318
  2. TOI WORLD DESK 103
  3. TOI TECH DESK 68
  4. TOI LIFESTYLE DESK 34
  5. TNN 32

Publications

  1. Times of India 887
  2. France 24 426
  3. South China Morning Post 414
  4. Al Jazeera 376
  5. The Japan Times 201

Business

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 532
  2. Colleen Cabili 253
  3. Anthony Lopopolo 53
  4. ANDREW GAVIN 30
  5. The Associated Press 29

Publications

  1. Bloomberg 1,097
  2. Quartz 892
  3. Financial Times 426
  4. Business Insider 279
  5. Fortune 157

Tech

Authors

  1. Gael Cooper 22
  2. Emma Roth 18
  3. Jay Peters 16
  4. Brad Bourque 12
  5. Cameron Faulkner 12

Publications

  1. Hacker News 309
  2. CNET 154
  3. The Verge 134
  4. Tom's Hardware 119
  5. Engadget 104

AI

Authors

  1. Asif Razzaq 12
  2. Rocket Drew 6
  3. Michal Sutter 5
  4. Phoebe Liu 5
  5. Aaron Holmes 4

Publications

  1. The Information 49
  2. MIT Technology Review 22
  3. MarkTechPost 19
  4. OpenAI 11
  5. Hugging Face 5

Crypto

Authors

  1. Jose Antonio Lanz 27
  2. Shaurya Malwa 18
  3. Decrypt Agent 17
  4. Olivier Acuna 15
  5. Omkar Godbole 15

Publications

  1. Cointelegraph 88
  2. CoinDesk 80
  3. Decrypt 64
  4. The Block 44
  5. Protos 22

Sports

Authors

  1. Joseph Zucker 36
  2. Doric Sam 35
  3. Scott Polacek 35
  4. Andrew Peters 32
  5. Timothy Rapp 32

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 3,100
  2. CBS Sports 385
  3. Bleacher Report 372
  4. ESPN 262
  5. BBC 166

Science

Authors

  1. Connie Murray 6
  2. James Woodford 6
  3. Michael Le Page 5
  4. Jacob Aron 4
  5. Matthew Sparkes 4

Publications

  1. Phys.org 375
  2. Scientific Reports 158
  3. New Scientist 40
  4. BBC 31
  5. Scientific American 26

Weather

Authors

  1. Jonathan Watts 3
  2. Mercedes Schultz 2
  3. Nicholas Kusnetz 2
  4. Adam Morton 1
  5. Aman Azhar 1

Publications

  1. NOAA 162
  2. Inside Climate News 15
  3. The Guardian 12
  4. Severe Weather Europe 1

Culture

Authors

  1. Naman Ramachandran 23
  2. Max Goldbart 21
  3. Matthewgrobar 19
  4. Payton Turkeltaub 19
  5. Jesse Whittock 18

Publications

  1. Variety 339
  2. Deadline 298
  3. The Hollywood Reporter 225
  4. The A.V. Club 102
  5. The Guardian 87

Music

Authors

  1. Tom Breihan 40
  2. Chris DeVille 27
  3. Ali Shutler 24
  4. Gil Kaufman 24
  5. Liberty Dunworth 24

Publications

  1. Billboard 222
  2. Rolling Stone 128
  3. Consequence 94
  4. Stereogum 80
  5. NME 76

Startups

Authors

  1. Paromita Gupta 14
  2. Lucia Auerbach 13
  3. Moses Jeanfrancois 10
  4. Jon Small 9
  5. Sherin Shibu 9

Publications

  1. Inc. 192
  2. Entrepreneur 74
  3. Axios 41
  4. Sifted 25
  5. TechCrunch 15

Health

Authors

  1. Ed Silverman 6
  2. Allison DeAngelis 4
  3. Annalisa Merelli 4
  4. Elaine Chen 4
  5. John Wilkerson 4

Publications

  1. STAT 57
  2. MedPage Today 53
  3. BBC 20
  4. NPR 19
  5. KFF Health News 12

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