05 Feb 2026
Hacker News
When internal hostnames are leaked to the clown
05 Feb 2026 5:22am GMT
ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use
05 Feb 2026 5:02am GMT
Ars Technica
Museums incorporate "scent of the afterlife" into Egyptian exhibits
"Smell added an emotional and sensory depth that text labels alone could never provide."
05 Feb 2026 5:01am GMT
Slashdot
Valve's Steam Machine Has Been Delayed, and the RAM Crisis Will Impact Pricing
Valve has pushed back the launch of its Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller hardware from its original Q1 2026 window to a vaguer "first half of the year" target, blaming the ongoing memory and storage shortage that has been squeezing the tech industry. The company said in a post today that rising component prices and limited availability forced it to revisit both its shipping schedule and pricing plans. Valve had previously indicated the Steam Machine would be priced at the entry level of the PC space.
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05 Feb 2026 5:00am GMT
Hacker News
Sam Altman Responds to Anthropic Ad Campaign
05 Feb 2026 4:14am GMT
Slashdot
BMW Commits To Subscriptions Even After Heated Seat Debacle
BMW may have retreated from its controversial plan to charge monthly fees for heated seats, but the German automaker is pressing ahead with subscription-based vehicle features through its ConnectedDrive platform. A company spokesperson told The Drive that BMW "remains fully committed" to ConnectedDrive as part of its global aftersales strategy. Features requiring data connectivity will likely carry recurring fees.
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05 Feb 2026 2:00am GMT
Microsoft Adds Sysmon To Windows
Microsoft has finally delivered on its promise to integrate Sysmon -- the long-standing system monitoring tool from its Sysinternals suite -- directly into Windows, a move that should make life considerably easier for enterprise administrators who have struggled with deploying and managing the utility across thousands of endpoints. The functionality landed this week in Windows Insider builds 26300.7733 (Dev channel) and 26220.7752 (Beta channel). Sysmon allows administrators to capture system events through custom configuration files, filter for specific activity, and pipe the data into standard Windows event logs for pickup by security tools and SIEM pipelines. Mark Russinovich, Microsoft technical fellow and Winternals co-founder, has previously noted the lack of official customer support for Sysmon in production environments -- a gap this integration addresses. The feature ships disabled by default and requires PowerShell to enable. Microsoft notes that any existing Sysmon installation must be uninstalled before activating the built-in version.
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05 Feb 2026 12:25am GMT
04 Feb 2026
Ars Technica
Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.
The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.
04 Feb 2026 11:08pm GMT
FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone
Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.
04 Feb 2026 10:41pm GMT
Linuxiac
System76 Lays Out Major COSMIC Desktop Changes Planned for Epoch 2 and 3
System76 has published a detailed roadmap outlining planned features and priorities for COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3, covering performance, UI, and workflow changes.
04 Feb 2026 10:17pm GMT
Sudo’s Longtime Maintainer Appeals for Sponsorship to Sustain the Project
After maintaining sudo for over three decades, Todd C. Miller is asking organizations and individuals to sponsor ongoing development efforts.
04 Feb 2026 9:38pm GMT
Linux Users, Do You Use Non-Free Software?
The virtual Richard M. Stallman (vrms) concept lives on, helping Linux users identify non-free software via license audits.
04 Feb 2026 7:42pm GMT