Good morning. It’s Monday, June 30. Today we are covering:
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: 'Someone Has Broken Into Our Home
China built out record amount of wind and solar power in 2024
Android 16 will protect users from fake cell towers and potential spying threats
11 Million Critical Vulnerabilities Exposed - Act Now
China Tech Firms Ramp Up M&A Deals With the Blessing of Beijing
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OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: 'Someone Has Broken Into Our Home
By Zoë Schiffe via WIRED
OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen likened Meta’s recruitment of four senior researchers to a break-in, vowing to fight aggressively to retain talent amid escalating rivalry.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is offering signing bonuses up to $100 million and personally contacting OpenAI staff, intensifying Silicon Valley’s battle for elite AI researchers.
OpenAI leadership is recalibrating compensation, encouraging open dialogue with staff facing Meta offers, and plans a company-wide break to ease burnout from 80-hour workweeks.
𝕏: mark chen, openai’s chief research officer, describes the visceral feeling of zuck’s raids: “as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something” - morgan — (@morqon)
China built out record amount of wind and solar power in 2024
By Isabella O’Malley via AP News
China installed a record 357 GW of wind and solar power in 2024, outpacing all other countries and surpassing its 2030 renewable energy target six years early.
Despite being the world’s top carbon emitter, China slightly reduced CO₂ emissions year-over-year and is now positioned to lead the global energy transition, aided by its dominance in clean energy manufacturing.
The U.S. installed 268 GW of clean energy in 2024, but faces regulatory setbacks under President Trump’s new executive orders restricting wind projects and promoting fossil fuel extraction.
𝕏: “100 percent renewables” is an ideological project with a lot of problems, but “build lots of renewables” is a pragmatic response to technological reality that Republicans have decided to sabotage for bad reasons. - Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias)
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Android 16 will protect users from fake cell towers and potential spying threats
By Jackson Chen via Engadget
Android 16 introduces a new security feature that warns users when their phone connects to fake or insecure mobile networks, or when a network requests identifying information.
The feature targets cell site simulators (like Stingrays) used to secretly gather device data, often by government agencies such as ICE and CBP.
The protection won’t be available on current devices due to hardware limitations; it’s expected to debut with the Pixel 10 later this summer, with options like “network notifications” and “2G network protection.”
11 Million Critical Vulnerabilities Exposed - Act Now
By Davey Winder via Forbes
Over 11.4 million critical vulnerabilities in the tech sector are currently exposed to the public internet, according to Trustwave SpiderLabs’ 2025 Risk Radar Report, with many stemming from misconfigured or outdated systems.
The FBI and CISA warn that unpatched vulnerabilities—like CVE-2025-29824 and BlueKeep—are fueling rising ransomware attacks and are being actively exploited by unsophisticated hackers.
Organizations are urged to audit all externally exposed services and immediately prioritize patching high-risk systems to avoid catastrophic breaches.
China Tech Firms Ramp Up M&A Deals With the Blessing of Beijing
By Pei Li via Bloomberg
China’s tech giants are resuming aggressive mergers and acquisitions, signaling a return to favor after a government crackdown wiped out billions in market value.
Alibaba and Tencent are leading the resurgence, actively pursuing deals across sectors like ride-hailing, video streaming, and online finance.
The renewed activity is seen as having the implicit blessing of Beijing, marking a shift from previous regulatory hostility to cautious support.
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