Apple Patents a Smoother Cell Tower Handoff System for iPhone
Dropped calls and stuttering video streams often happen in the fraction of a second it takes your phone to switch cell towers.…
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Google Files Patent for Nested Insect-Based Fish Food Capsules
Google — yes, the search and AI company — has filed a patent for a nested, dissolvable fish food capsule made from…
Nvidia Patents an AI System That Learns Where Objects Belong Before Placing Them
Dropping a new object into a photo sounds simple — until the AI places a car on the ceiling. Nvidia's new patent…
Apple Patents a System That Shows Different Apps Different Times Simultaneously
Your iPhone always knows what time it is — but Apple is patenting a way to lie to certain apps about it,…
Apple Patents a System for Sharing Content Across Different Apple Accounts
If you've ever tried to watch something from a family member's Apple TV while logged into your own account, you know the…
Google Patents a Smarter Way to Keep Database Indexes in Sync at Scale
When a giant database splits its data across thousands of servers, keeping the indexes — the 'table of contents' that makes lookups…
Google Patents Its Wide & Deep AI Architecture Nearly a Decade After Publishing It
Google published its Wide & Deep learning architecture in a 2016 research paper — and is now, apparently, patenting it. That gap…
Apple Patents a Hybrid Magnetic Voice Coil to Squeeze Better Sound from Tiny Speakers
Apple is rethinking one of the oldest parts of speaker design — the voice coil — by weaving magnetic wire into it…
Nvidia Patents a Compiler That Auto-Partitions Code Into GPU Warps
Writing GPU code that actually runs efficiently requires hand-tuning how work is divided across hardware thread groups called warps — a notoriously…
Microsoft Patents an AI System That Scores the Strength of Your Professional Relationships
Not all LinkedIn connections are equal — some are close colleagues, others are people you met once at a conference. Microsoft is…
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