What’s Shaping Tech Today? From Huawei Trademarks to Monkey Face Recognition

Huawei Technologies has applied for a "Hongmeng" trademark covering categories such as communications, advertising, and website services, with the application still pending; the company also registered the "Huawei Hongmeng" trademark in 2018.

During an internal talk, Tencent founder Ma Huateng warned that over‑emphasizing product features is a beginner’s mindset and urged companies to talk more about services and characteristics.

cURL Author Receives Death Threat

Daniel Stenberg, the long‑time maintainer of the curl project, recently disclosed a threatening email with the subject “I will slaughter you.” The message contained only images, including a screenshot of his code, and the sender later claimed that a multi‑million‑dollar defense project failed because of curl, prompting Stenberg to report the threat to the police.

Richard Brodie on Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office co‑creator Richard Brodie expressed a preference for the classic Word menu over the modern ribbon interface, saying he can’t find what he needs in the current layout.

State‑Owned Enterprise Reforms in China

China’s State‑Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission announced policies to list the total payroll of research teams separately, and to provide equity and profit‑sharing incentives for scientific talent, aiming to boost original technology development and address “bottleneck” core technologies.

Tech Workers’ Real Working Hours

A Blind survey found that 31% of tech employees work only 3–4 hours per day, 27% work 5–6 hours, 11% work 1–2 hours, and 30% work 7–10 hours, with variations across companies such as Amazon and Facebook.

Chinese Researchers Develop Monkey‑Face Recognition

A team from Northwest University has created an AI‑based monkey‑face recognition system to identify thousands of golden snub‑nosed monkeys in the Qinling region. By extracting facial features and building an identity database, the system achieves a 94% recognition rate on about 200 individuals and can be deployed on infrared cameras for automatic monitoring.