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The most covered news stories, 12 October to 18 October 2026

FTMQ Tech reads 5,379 headlines from 545 outlets a week. These are the stories the most of them covered, and the outlet that had each one first.

  1. 1
    OpenAI employee arrested after audio recording device found in conference room

    8 outlets · first: Bloomberg Tech, Tue 20:13 UTC · Top Tech

  2. 2
    Amazon launches Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse personal AI listening devices

    6 outlets · first: TechCrunch, Thu 12:00 UTC · Phones

  3. 3
    Apple confirms Welcome home product launch event for October 13

    5 outlets · first: MacRumors, Tue 12:30 UTC · Phones

  4. 4
    Apple launches HomeView smart display for 299 dollars

    5 outlets · first: 9to5Mac, Tue 12:59 UTC · Top Tech

  5. 5
    Meta releases Muse Spark Open artificial intelligence model with Mac support

    5 outlets · first: MacTrast, Fri 17:20 UTC · Big Tech

  6. 6
    Saudi employee charged over hidden recording device at OpenAI offices

    4 outlets · first: Engadget, Tue 21:34 UTC · Big Tech

  7. 7
    Verizon to charge ten dollars monthly for Apple iPhone Handoff feature

    4 outlets · first: MacRumors, Fri 23:37 UTC · Phones

  8. 8
    TikTok permanently suspends account promoting new documentary about Elon Musk

    4 outlets · first: Mashable, Sat 18:22 UTC · Top Tech

  9. 9
    Apple unveils HomeView smart home hub featuring personalized Siri AI

    3 outlets · first: Engadget, Tue 13:00 UTC · Big Tech

  10. 10
    Epic Games releases AI built launcher preview claiming faster speed than Steam

    3 outlets · first: PC Gamer Hardware, Wed 14:15 UTC · Top Tech

  11. 11
    Former OpenAI engineer booked flight to Saudi Arabia after alleged bugging

    3 outlets · first: Bloomberg Tech, Wed 18:52 UTC · Big Tech

  12. 12
    Apple closes above five trillion dollar valuation for the first time

    3 outlets · first: 9to5Mac, Wed 21:47 UTC · Big Tech

  13. 13
    Big Tech companies pledge millions to Trump White House ballroom project

    3 outlets · first: Gizmodo, Thu 18:45 UTC · Big Tech

  14. 14
    Google releases Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 for Pixel phones

    3 outlets · first: 9to5Google, Fri 20:25 UTC · Phones

First to the story

Outlets that had the most of the week’s widely covered stories before anyone else.

  1. Bloomberg Tech2
  2. MacRumors2
  3. 9to5Mac2
  4. Engadget2
  5. TechCrunch1
  6. MacTrast1
  7. Mashable1
  8. PC Gamer Hardware1
  9. Gizmodo1
  10. 9to5Google1

Busiest outlets

Headlines published in the feeds we read.

  1. Mashable305
  2. Bloomberg Tech299
  3. Tom's Guide227
  4. How-To Geek191
  5. XDA Developers186
  6. Android Authority178
  7. SlashGear178
  8. Gizmodo169
  9. The Verge158
  10. Engadget153

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Free to quote and chart, with a link to this page. The data is a download: CSV.

Source: FTMQ Tech coverage tracker, 12 October to 18 October 2026, https://tech.ftmq.com/coverage/2026-10-12

How it is counted: every report FTMQ Tech wrote that week is matched with the headlines from the outlets we follow that are about the same event (they share its names and its less common words), published within a day and a half of it. Aggregators that repeat other outlets’ headlines are not counted. Each outlet counts once per story; the first is the earliest such headline. Only outlets with feeds we read are counted, so this measures breadth of coverage, not every report there was.