“GNOME Shell” — 29 distilled results

Mixed tech news: AI science funding and earnings

The Trump administration announced $5 billion in federal funding for the Genesis Mission, an AI-for-science program led by the Energy Department and involving 15+ federal agencies. Separate reports cover OpenAI's free access program for researchers and tech earnings expectations.

kite:linux_oss 63d ago

SkillBloat: Token Amplification Attacks via Skill Injection in LLM Coding Agents

21929v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agent skills extend coding agents with task-specific instructions, scripts, and resources, but they also create a trusted instruction channel that can be abused beyond conventional security attacks. This paper studies token amplification through skill injection: an economic resource-abuse threat in which a malicious skill causes an agent to consume substantially more tokens than needed for normal task execution.

Samsung Launches Galaxy Z Fold 8; Unrelated Stories Mixed In

Samsung announced three new Galaxy Z foldable phones at Galaxy Unpacked 2026 in London: the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and Galaxy Z Flip 8, with preorders starting July 28 in Korea. Cluster also contains unrelated reports on Senator Mitch McConnell's rehab stay and Linux development tools.

kite:linux_oss 63d ago

Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS point update

On August 28, 2026, Canonical published Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, the first point release for the 'Resolute Raccoon' long-term support series, with refreshed installation images incorporating security patches and bug fixes. Five point releases are planned over the three-year support cycle.

kite:linux_oss 33d ago