On PNN
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
What the desk covered: the real stories, each linked to the outlets that reported them.
147Stories
15Shows
94Outlets
- After Dark
- After Hours
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Morning Rush
- The Opening Bell
- Daytime
- The MoonPay Minute
- Stonks
- Pixel Court
- Wine Club
- Sports
- Evening News
- Insert Coin
- Up Late with Rex Sterling
- The Late Edition
PNN After Dark
From 12:00 AM · 265 stories · its top 20 here
- How Face ID and fingerprint sensors workapple.comnist.govmedia.mit.edusynaptics.comsupport.apple.comqualcomm.com
- Trending searches in the U.S.Google Trends
- Napping Linked To Dementia Risk In Older AdultsiHeart
- Quebec's reserves of maple syrup almost depleted, says new reportCBC News
- ‘Help me!’ Videos of ICE violently detaining man who says he’s U.S. citizen spark outrageLos Angeles Times
- "Mind-blowing" Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Two hours of sleep restored without clearing brain plaquesScienceDaily
All 20 stories
- Juvenile striped bass maintaining average abundance in Virginia waters in 2026Phys.org
- Alarm grows over Russian satellite’s provocative approach to U.S.-owned satelliteScientific American
- Australian MP Helen Haines has leg amputated after ‘attack where driver reversed to hit her twice’The Independent
- Homeland Security grants temporary deportation reprieve for more than 100,000 Ukrainians and SudanesePBS NewsHour
- 3 waves of Russian missiles slam Kyiv overnight, killing at least 1, injuring 8The Kyiv Independent
- Clayface Stars Praise Batman: The Animated Series and Ron Perlman's 'Amazing' Performance as the DC VillainIGN
- Saros’s free New Game Plus update is out now, including a Boss Rush modeVGC
- AYANEO Offers Shipping Updates on Its Pocket Advance, Pocket Block, and Pocket Micro 2 HandheldsTime Extension
- Final: Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Utah Mammoth 5ESPN
- Final: Coventry City 1, Tottenham Hotspur 3ESPN
- Final: Dallas Cowboys 13, Green Bay Packers 23ESPN
- Final: Los Angeles Chargers 6, Kansas City Chiefs 22ESPN
- Final: Buffalo Bills 33, Las Vegas Raiders 30ESPN
- Parents face childcare 'postcode lottery' as more schools extend October half-term breakThe Independent
PNN After Hours
From 12:55 AM · 52 stories · its top 20 here
- Audiologist says limit earphone use to 60 minutes a day and eat chocolateMirror
- Man made £72,000 selling dodgy Fire TV Sticks for illegal streamingMirror
- King Charles' royal seal of approval for trailblazing Pride of Britain winnerMirror
- Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice404 Media
- Amazon hikes Prime membership by up to 30% in Australia ahead of Black Friday and holiday salesTechRadar
- YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike buttonThe Verge
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- Watch: San Diego Zoo announces birth on International Sloth DayUPI Odd News
- Watch: Stray cat with head stuck in food can rescued in GeorgiaUPI Odd News
- Daft Punk reportedly turned down GTA 6 soundtrack deal despite “unlimited” budgetDexerto
- Apple’s ‘Designers of Tomorrow’ highlights creative projects from emerging designers9to5Mac
- SlowMist Urges Crypto Platforms to Prepare for Critical PHP FixesThe Defiant
- NASA reveals 16 stunning galaxies hiding cosmic chaosScienceDaily
- APOD: 2026 October 21 – New Ghosts Revealed in CassiopeiaNASA
- A quantum computing feat brings the ‘megaquops’ era a step closerScience News
- VisionQuest Has A Definitive Answer To WandaVision's Most Controversial Debate/Film
- Marvel Just Flipped Spider-Man’s Most Famous Lesson on Its Head (With Much Darker Consequences)ComicBook.com
- DC Releases First Poster for Batman's Next Movie — And It's Coming Ahead of Robert Pattinson's 2028 Dark Knight SequelThe Direct
- Delivery Robots Are Watching You, According to LawsuitGizmodo
- TechPulse puts ZDNET and 4 other tech sites in one feed – for freeZDNET
- Mysterious AMD Zen 6 APU with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory appears in benchmarksTom's Hardware
Down the Rabbit Hole
From 3:57 AM · 1 story
PNN Morning Rush
From 4:26 AM · 291 stories · its top 20 here
- Trending searches in the U.S.Google Trends
- How Face ID and fingerprint sensors worksupport.apple.comqualcomm.comfingerprints.comnist.govnvlpubs.nist.govsupport.apple.com
- UK fighter jets to help defend Saudi Arabia against attacks from Iran-backed HouthisThe Independent
- Man charged after Australian MP struck by vehicleSky News
- ‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile ArgentinaThe Guardian
- Emily Watson Joins ‘The Drive,’ Inspired by JFK Assassination, as Exec Producer (EXCLUSIVE)Variety
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- 82WORLD: LA Best Moments: ATEEZ Brings It Home, P1Harmony’s Big Tease and a BTS ThrowbackBillboard
- Did Carrie Ann Inaba File Complaint About Val Chmerkovskiy? The TruthE! News
- Red alert: tropical cyclone Champi, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, JapanGDACS
- Indonesia continues to battle wildfires, with nearly 2 million hectares burnedFrance 24
- Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the worldBBC News
- Death penalty sought for Idaho mother who blamed toddlers’ deaths on vaccinesThe Seattle Times
- 5 hottest midterm battlegrounds two weeks out from Election DayThe Hill
- WATCH: Study shows Gulf oil spill's lasting damageABC News
- Singapore-listed First Resources welcomes authorities' probe over haze links, including on-ground checksCNA
- Brutal, revolutionary empire builder: Genghis Khan's legacyDW
- U.S. oil surges to top $109, Brent crude at five-month high amid Mideast tensionsCNBC
- Revolut services down as Google Cloud apologises for outageThe Independent
- As France erupts, Europe’s far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of electionsThe Straits Times
- Sailing from Britanny to Guadeloupe: Route du Rhum village opens ahead of transatlantic raceFrance 24
The Opening Bell
From 6:29 AM · 6 stories
- Indonesia expels key stocks in bid to fend off MSCI downgradeFinancial Times
- Credit markets have entered uncharted territory as the riskiest junk bonds send a warning to investorsMarketWatch
- How to Play the Retreat in Defense StocksThe Wall Street Journal
- Stock Pickers Burned by the AI Boom Think Their Moment Has Finally ArrivedThe Wall Street Journal
- Ambani looks to pull off India’s biggest IPOFinancial Times
- Euro at Risk of Further Falls if French Fiscal Outlook WorsensThe Wall Street Journal
PNN Daytime
From 9:00 AM · 447 stories · its top 20 here
- Tristan da Cunha: the official websiteTristan da Cunha Government
- Trending searches in the U.S.Google Trends
- Early US flu season, current strain may signal risk for younger people; doctors urge shotsThe Straits TimesReuters
- Woman’s Birthday Cake Order Goes Wrong and the Shop’s Response Makes Things WorseThe Daily Dot
- Burger King is selling bunless burgers with nothing but beefDexerto
- 1000 human mathematicians pledge to shun AI in their researchNew Scientist
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- The Role of Map Statistics in CS2 Match Analysis | GuideMercoPress
- Watch: Exotic bird flies into Chicago airport, fights with passengersUPI Odd News
- The CEO Moment: F1’s Stefano DomenicaliTime
- Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project findsThe Guardian
- Spotify wants proof you live with your Family plan membersMashable
- ‘One More Game’ Can Ruin a Relationship. Internet Shares the Hobbies That Push Partners AwayThe Daily Dot
- Documentary Film Festival comes to Hot Springs VillageHot Springs Village Voice
- Diners at Georgia Longhorn Steakhouse could have been exposed to measlesWSB-TV
- Server Says 12 Wedding Guests Spent $500 but Left Just $38 in Tips: ‘ABSOLUTE WORST DECISION EVER’The Daily Dot
- International Sloth Day: Five stories of slow-moving shenanigansUPI Odd News
- Worker Says They Stopped Answering Late-Night Work Messages. People Are Sharing its Own Corporate Survival TipsThe Daily Dot
- Angela Hartnett's 'delicious' creamy pasta recipe is ready in just 20 minutesMirror
- ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI404 Media
- Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remainsScienceDaily
The MoonPay Minute
From 10:59 AM · 4 stories
- Injective, BDACS plan Korean won stablecoin settlement for tokenized assetsTradingView
- How Mastercard and Coinbase target 2 major barriers to stablecoin adoptionAMBCrypto
- SEC Closes Comment Period on Crypto Rule Proposal After About 140 Submissionsbloomingbit
- Illinoisans receive over $750,000 in refunds thanks to crypto regulationsWAND
Stonks
From 1:27 PM · 6 stories
- Stocks Make a U-Turn on Hopes of U.S.-Iran DiplomacyThe Wall Street Journal
- Investors’ search for safety has made toothpaste stocks more expensive than techMarketWatch
- Indonesia expels key stocks in bid to fend off MSCI downgradeFinancial Times
- Here’s what matters most to Tesla investors heading into earningsMarketWatch
- Stock Pickers Burned by the AI Boom Think Their Moment Has Finally ArrivedThe Wall Street Journal
- Ambani looks to pull off India’s biggest IPOFinancial Times
Pixel Court
From 1:58 PM · 0 stories
No outside stories: 1 segment of the show's own.
Wine Club
From 2:58 PM · 0 stories
No outside stories: 2 segments of the show's own.
PNN Sports
From 4:00 PM · 7 stories
- NBA season tips off as Detroit stage epic 22-point comeback to defeat CelticsSky Sports
- No Haaland, no problem - can Foden be Man City's alternative goalscorer?Yahoo Sports
- Pistons rally to complete comeback over CelticsESPN
- Steve Sarkisian Sticks With Arch Manning At QB Despite Texas’ Two-Game SlideFox Sports
- Final: Boston Celtics 113, Detroit Pistons 121ESPN
- Final: Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Utah Mammoth 5ESPN
All 7 stories
PNN Evening News
From 4:58 PM · 279 stories · its top 20 here
- How autocorrect and predictive text workresearch.googleaclanthology.orgnews.microsoft.comukstories.microsoft.comresearch.googlesupport.google.comwired.com
- Trending searches in the U.S.Google Trends
- Trump commits more than $400m ahead of high-stakes midterm electionsAl Jazeera
- Drone attack on market kills more than 150, South Sudanese officials sayThe Globe and Mail
- The Gambia to pay reparations to ex-dictator’s victims from sale of US mansionAl Jazeera
- Yes, the Fed Can Kill the AI BoomThe Wall Street Journal
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- Super Micro’s stock soars after surprise update — with Dell and HPE shares joining the rallyMarketWatch
- Submit a question: Could Anthropic’s IPO be a turning point for AI?Financial Times
- Red alert: tropical cyclone Champi, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, JapanGDACS
- MPs call for firefighting planes and barbecue ban to combat UK wildfire threatThe Independent
- For 900 miles, ocean swimmer Catherine Breed reckoned with El NiñoSFGATE
- Netflix posts third-quarter earnings beat, but shares fall on advertising and revenue guidanceCNBC
- ‘Clayface’ Introduces DC Studios’ Gotham City — but Director James Watkins Never Felt Pressure to Set Up Future FilmsIndieWire
- James Gunn's DC Studios Just Introduced Its 4th DCU Birds Of Prey MemberThe Direct
- Keanu Reeves to Hunt Serial Killer In New James Wan Film & He’s Teaming With A MCU Star to Do ItComicBook.com
- Netflix Q3 Revenue Meets Wall Street Estimates, Forecasts Q4 Slowdown and Says It Will Miss Ad Sales Target for the YearVariety
- Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs Join Growing List of Companies Objecting to Tokenized StocksDecrypt
- Stablecoin Development Corp goes boom then bustProtos
- Injective, BDACS plan Korean won stablecoin settlement for tokenized assetsCointelegraph
- Elliott Booe Mixes Country Heartbreak and Hometown Spirit on Two New SinglesThat Eric Alper
Insert Coin
From 7:59 PM · 0 stories
No outside stories: 3 segments of the show's own.
Up Late with Rex Sterling
From 8:59 PM · 16 stories
- Teen shares the impact taking a GLP-1 drug has on his daily lifeABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rallyThe Hill
- Sasha Alex Sloan performs 'Empty' and discusses the craft of songwritingPBS NewsHour
- Report: Jay-Z selects Jay-Z to do Super Bowl LXI halftime showNBC Sports
- Faecal waste pollutes drinking water in Mexico’s Yucatan, Greenpeace saysAl Jazeera
- Woman’s Birthday Cake Order Goes Wrong and the Shop’s Response Makes Things WorseThe Daily Dot
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- Look: Escaped horse rescued from drainage ditch next to Texas highwayUPI Odd News
- ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ Trailer Clocks 481M+ First-Week Views, More Than ‘Barbie’Deadline
- Roseanne Barr ‘Met a Lot of Resistance Casting Black Actors’ for New ShowRolling Stone
- Bruins vs. Stars Takeaways: 3 Things to Know From OT LossYahoo Sports
- An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still UnfoldingWired
- Final call for the sky’s most eccentric airlinerThe Irish Times
- JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming serviceArs Technica
- ‘Nothing Short of Extraordinary’: Powderfinger Pledges Encore Dates After Reunion Tour Sells OutBillboard
- Amateur photographer captures stunning whale footageThe Globe and Mail
- Elice's huge stock swings show AI's spending boom is getting more investor scrutinyCNBC
The Late Edition
From 9:29 PM · 109 stories · its top 20 here
- Londoners baffled by 250 mile high military-grade laserbeam piercing the night skyMetro
- Watch: Ohio horse's tail confirmed as the longest in the worldUPI Odd News
- Family 'sold everything' to leave UK and travel the world on £30 a dayMirror
- Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic hazeCNA
- Hail damages crops in a matter of minutes ahead of bumper harvestABC News (Australia)
- Vanessa Kerry is the new WHO envoy for health resilience. What's on her to-do list?NPR
All 20 stories
- Carrick wants more clean sheets to turn season aroundBBC Sport
- QB Notebook: Jordan Love Enters The MVP Race; C.J. Stroud Earning Big ExtensionFox Sports
- Here’s the teaMIT Technology Review
- PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminentlyArs Technica
- Netflix Promises To ‘Do Better’Gizmodo
- ‘Clayface’ Introduces DC Studios’ Gotham City — but Director James Watkins Never Felt Pressure to Set Up Future FilmsIndieWire
- 'VisionQuest’s Ruaridh Mollica Answers Every Burning Question After That Pivotal Episode 4 GalaCollider
- The MCU Officially Debuts 49-Year Marvel Comics Character With A Dark TwistScreen Rant
- GE Aerospace Keeps Beating Earnings, GE Stock Keeps FallingBarron's
- Texas couple charged in shooting death of Missouri high schooler on her way to the zooNBC News
- Review into why pregnant woman moved hospitals three times while in painABC News (Australia)
- Ethiopia PM warns Eritrea of 'severe consequences' if supports enemiesAfricanews
- Data breach potentially exposes information of 125,000 police officers and staffThe Japan Times
- Florida puts 77-year-old man to death for deputy's murder as state closes in on execution recordFox News
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