A River of News

October 2026: the month in headlines

27,625 headlines in October 2026: the biggest stories, the busiest days, and the authors and publications that published the most. The month is still running, so the numbers will change.

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The biggest stories

Bloomberg by Sankalp Phartiyal

NoBroker Seeks First Profit in Decade by Using AI to Curb Hiring

· 34 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Bloomberg. The next was The Register, 3 hours 45 minutes later.

Coverage: The Register, New Scientist, ZDNET, Business Insider, Fortune, MIT Technology Review, Inc., Times of India, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, Consequence, OpenAI, Phys.org, WIRED, Science, Axios, France 24, CNBC, National Review, The Japan Times, Tom's Hardware, Financial Times, The Guardian, Nature, NPR, Sifted, Hacker News, MarketWatch, Quartz, The A.V. Club, The Information, The Economist, NME

The Information by Julia Hornstein

Behind Factory Founder’s Spat With Cognition Over Key Hire

· 31 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The Information. The next was Bloomberg, 3 hours 2 minutes later.

Coverage: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Fortune, MarketWatch, The Japan Times, Tom's Hardware, The Register, The Verge, Business Insider, Inc., Al Jazeera, New Scientist, Axios, Crunchbase News, CNET, MIT Technology Review, WIRED, Times of India, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Entrepreneur, The Guardian, NPR, Quartz, STAT, The Hill, Politico, Engadget, Quanta Magazine, Ars Technica

Times of India by TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Plague in Siberia: Lab worker dies after test-tube accident; 200 contacts monitored

· 29 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Times of India. The next was The Kyiv Independent, 17 hours 10 minutes later.

Coverage: The Kyiv Independent, Mother Jones, Axios, Fox News, Hacker News, 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, The Japan Times, Science, Phys.org, NPR, WIRED, STAT, Business Insider, Bloomberg, BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian

The Guardian by Associated Press

Gavin Newsom signs laws to protect California workers from AI threat

· 27 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The Guardian. The next was Deadline, 4 hours 17 minutes later.

Coverage: Deadline, Business Insider, Axios, Roll Call, Quartz, Phys.org, Times of India, WIRED, Fortune, TechCrunch, CBS News, The Hill, South China Morning Post, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Cointelegraph, Fox News, The Information, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg, The Verge, Financial Times, Nature, Politico, The Economist, France 24

Financial Times

Transcript: Could AI really end humanity?

· 27 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Financial Times. The next was Times of India, 56 minutes later.

Coverage: Times of India, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Business Insider, National Review, MarketWatch, Axios, Quartz, Fortune, CNET, TechCrunch, France 24, Nature, The Dispatch, The Japan Times, The Verge, Fox News, Quanta Magazine, Hacker News, Al Jazeera, Rolling Stone, Deutsche Welle, The Hill, The Information, Scientific American, Inc.

The A.V. Club by William Hughes

Paramount's David Ellison recruits Mattel CEO to help run his expensive new toy

· 26 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The A.V. Club. The next was Quartz, 11 hours 45 minutes later.

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

Fortune by Amanda Gerut

Investors thought they were buying pre-IPO OpenAI and SpaceX shares. Their cash went to strip clubs, Bloomingdale’s, and shopping on Amazon, SEC alleges

· 26 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Fortune. The next was Quartz, 10 hours 58 minutes later.

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

The Hill by Tara Suter

Slotkin on alleged rape at her alma mater, Cornell: 'We've lost our way'

· 24 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: The Hill. The next was Times of India, 2 hours 54 minutes later.

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

Financial Times

OpenAI’s agents obscured hacking activity in government site breaches

· 23 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Financial Times. The next was Al Jazeera, 3 hours 56 minutes later.

Coverage: Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Times of India, Business Insider, Quartz, Decrypt, The Guardian, The Information, The Hill, Engadget, WIRED, The Register, Fortune, Tom's Hardware, Axios, TechCrunch, Hacker News, The Verge, The Japan Times, Ars Technica, Scientific American, OpenAI

Bloomberg by Siddhi Nayak, Saikat Das

Axis Bank to Double Data Center Loans, Riding on India’s AI Push

· 22 publications · timeline · NewsMarkets

First: Bloomberg. The next was Financial Times, 1 hour 57 minutes later.

Coverage: Financial Times, MarketWatch, The Verge, NPR, Business Insider, The Hill, Times of India, Quartz, WIRED, The Register, The Information, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, TechCrunch, Fox News, South China Morning Post, Fortune, The Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, Axios

Busiest days

Headlines by category

CategoryHeadlinesShare
Sports8,637
World5,285
Business4,778
Tech1,977
Culture1,760
Politics1,628
Music1,040
Science898
Startups514
Crypto416
Weather277
Health257
AI158

Most published

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 797
  2. France 24 524
  3. Colleen Cabili 261
  4. TOI WORLD DESK 197
  5. TOI TECH DESK 108
  6. The Associated Press 75
  7. TOI SCIENCE DESK 70
  8. TNN 69
  9. Anthony Lopopolo 63
  10. Julia Stumbaugh 62

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 5,828
  2. Bloomberg 1,669
  3. Times of India 1,669
  4. Quartz 1,180
  5. The Guardian 889
  6. CBS Sports 757
  7. Financial Times 729
  8. South China Morning Post 713
  9. France 24 705
  10. Bleacher Report 683

By category

Politics

Authors

  1. Max Rego 43
  2. Sarah Davis 32
  3. Mira Bhakta 30
  4. Ryan Mancini 30
  5. Tara Suter 29

Publications

  1. The Hill 595
  2. The Guardian 262
  3. Fox News 165
  4. Washington Post 115
  5. Politico 85

World

Authors

  1. France 24 524
  2. TOI WORLD DESK 197
  3. TOI TECH DESK 108
  4. TOI SCIENCE DESK 70
  5. TNN 69

Publications

  1. Times of India 1,669
  2. South China Morning Post 713
  3. France 24 705
  4. Al Jazeera 670
  5. The Japan Times 338

Business

Authors

  1. Cris Tolomia 797
  2. Colleen Cabili 261
  3. Anthony Lopopolo 63
  4. The Associated Press 53
  5. ANDREW GAVIN 39

Publications

  1. Bloomberg 1,669
  2. Quartz 1,180
  3. Financial Times 729
  4. Business Insider 434
  5. Fortune 285

Tech

Authors

  1. Gael Cooper 40
  2. Emma Roth 20
  3. Jay Peters 17
  4. Mark Tyson 17
  5. Shane Downing 17

Publications

  1. Hacker News 591
  2. CNET 250
  3. Engadget 191
  4. Tom's Hardware 182
  5. The Verge 176

AI

Authors

  1. Asif Razzaq 20
  2. Michal Sutter 9
  3. Martin Peers 8
  4. Rocket Drew 6
  5. Thomas Macaulay 6

Publications

  1. The Information 70
  2. MarkTechPost 36
  3. MIT Technology Review 29
  4. OpenAI 14
  5. Hugging Face 8

Crypto

Authors

  1. Jose Antonio Lanz 35
  2. Decrypt Agent 28
  3. Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra 22
  4. Shaurya Malwa 21
  5. Omkar Godbole 19

Publications

  1. Cointelegraph 135
  2. CoinDesk 109
  3. Decrypt 89
  4. The Block 55
  5. Protos 28

Sports

Authors

  1. Julia Stumbaugh 62
  2. Daniel Kohn 59
  3. Timothy Rapp 58
  4. Zach Bachar 57
  5. Doric Sam 56

Publications

  1. Sports Illustrated 5,828
  2. CBS Sports 757
  3. Bleacher Report 683
  4. ESPN 482
  5. Sky Sports 334

Science

Authors

  1. James Woodford 8
  2. Connie Murray 6
  3. Dave Petley 5
  4. Jacob Aron 5
  5. Matthew Sparkes 5

Publications

  1. Phys.org 517
  2. Scientific Reports 165
  3. New Scientist 52
  4. BBC 47
  5. Scientific American 39

Weather

Authors

  1. Dan Gearino 3
  2. Jonathan Watts 3
  3. Aman Azhar 2
  4. Bob Berwyn 2
  5. Johnny Sturgeon 2

Publications

  1. NOAA 232
  2. Inside Climate News 32
  3. The Guardian 12
  4. Severe Weather Europe 1

Culture

Authors

  1. Naman Ramachandran 36
  2. Glenn Garner 29
  3. Payton Turkeltaub 28
  4. Max Goldbart 27
  5. Nellie Andreeva 26

Publications

  1. Variety 496
  2. Deadline 429
  3. The Hollywood Reporter 345
  4. The A.V. Club 150
  5. The Guardian 90

Music

Authors

  1. Tom Breihan 57
  2. Liberty Dunworth 36
  3. Ali Shutler 35
  4. Chris DeVille 34
  5. Alicia Urrea 33

Publications

  1. Billboard 355
  2. Rolling Stone 209
  3. Consequence 161
  4. NME 125
  5. Stereogum 122

Startups

Authors

  1. Paromita Gupta 19
  2. Lucia Auerbach 14
  3. Moses Jeanfrancois 14
  4. Sherin Shibu 12
  5. Amaya Nichole 11

Publications

  1. Inc. 282
  2. Entrepreneur 97
  3. Axios 69
  4. Sifted 33
  5. TechCrunch 19

Health

Authors

  1. Ed Silverman 9
  2. Annalisa Merelli 6
  3. John Wilkerson 6
  4. Mario Aguilar 5
  5. Adam Feuerstein 4

Publications

  1. MedPage Today 90
  2. STAT 84
  3. NPR 23
  4. BBC 22
  5. KFF Health News 18