Samsung Patent Proposes Letting 5G Phones Switch Cells Without Network Approval
Your phone usually sits back and waits for the network to tell it which cell tower to connect to. Samsung is filing…
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IBM Patents a System That Catches Fake or Replaced Teachers in VR Classrooms
Imagine a virtual reality class where the teacher's avatar has been replaced by a bot feeding students wrong information. IBM has filed…
Samsung Patents Tech That Keeps Calls Stable When Phones Switch Cell Towers
Every time your phone jumps from one cell tower to another, it has to make a fast decision about where to go.…
IBM Patents a Storage Lock That Blocks Virtual Machines From Reading Each Other's Data
When dozens of virtual machines share the same physical storage, a compromised one could theoretically reach into its neighbor's files. IBM's new…
Samsung Files Patent for a 5G Broadcast Data-Sizing Method
Sending the same video stream to thousands of phones at once sounds simple, but 5G networks still struggle to agree on how…
New IBM Patent Helps Users Escape Sneaky Cancellation Traps
You've been there: you want to cancel a subscription, but the cancel button is buried under five menus, grayed out, or replaced…
Samsung Patent Covers AI Translation Training Using Real and Synthetic Speech
Training an AI translator is hard when real recorded speech is scarce. Samsung's answer: fill the gaps with synthetic voices and teach…
IBM Patents an AI System That Sends Drones to Fight Fires With Sound
IBM has filed a patent for a system that uses AI to coordinate fleets of drones to fight fires, not with water…
IBM Patents a System That Baits Its Own AI Chatbots Into Saying Harmful Things
IBM's new patent describes a system that deliberately tries to get an AI chatbot to say something harmful, and then uses every…
IBM Patents a System That Caches Your Next Question Before You Ask It
IBM is patenting a system that watches how you use an AI chatbot, predicts what you're going to ask next, and ships…
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