Operating systems

Canonical Launches Zephyr 26.04 LTS With Up To 15 Years of Support
Canonical announced Zephyr 26.04 LTS, bringing up to 15 years of security maintenance and enterprise lifecycle management to microcontroller-grade devices.

Red Hat Launches Two Lightwell Lessons for Open Source Remediation
The new lessons teach enterprises how to apply exact‑version security fixes without breaking dependencies.

BreakingMicrosoft Edge Adds Accelerated App Launches on Windows 11
Microsoft Edge now supports accelerated app launches on Windows 11, improving launch speeds by up to 33 percent under heavy multitasking.

Instagram Direct cuts AI agent token cost 33% with Jetpack Compose
Meta and Google say rebuilding Instagram Direct's Android UI around Compose halved the UI code and made AI coding agents cheaper and faster on the codebase.

Google Play adds team seats and usage-based billing to subscriptions
Google says Android developers will be able to sell multiple subscription seats in one transaction, meter AI usage and bundle subscriptions with other developers.

Google shows Android agentic workflows using ADK, AG-UI and A2UI
Google's Android Developers Blog details how cloud-hosted agents can stream interactive UI to Jetpack Compose apps using new alpha A2UI renderer libraries.

Red Hat backs NVIDIA agent safety platform with OpenShell, BlueField
Red Hat's CTO says model guardrails alone cannot secure AI agents, and outlines layered controls spanning identity, sandboxing, network policy and hardware isolation.

Red Hat backs OpenShell runtime to sandbox AI agent execution
Red Hat says the open source project, part of NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform, enforces policy on what agents can see, run and reach at the infrastructure layer.