Google Patents an Ad-Generation AI That Improves Itself on Ads People Actually Accept
Google is patenting an AI that watches which ads get approved, then uses those results to make itself better at writing ads.…
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Google Patents a Multi-Antenna Method for Precise Device Distance Measurement
Your phone already knows roughly where it is, but knowing exactly how far it is from another device, down to centimeters, is…
Google Patents a System That Keeps 3D Surround Sound Smooth When Your Wireless Connection Struggles
Spatial audio sounds great until your Bluetooth wobbles and the sound cuts out. Google's new patent describes a system that switches headphones…
Apple Patents a Display That Reacts to How Close Two Devices Are
Bring your iPhone close enough to your Apple TV and the screen could automatically shift from a control panel to a now-playing…
Apple Patents a System to Sort Nearby Device Signals Before Your Phone Responds
Every time your iPhone is near an AirTag, a set of AirPods, or a competitor's Bluetooth tracker, it silently picks up tiny…
Samsung Patents a Switchable Satellite Antenna Built Into a Phone's Metal Frame
Samsung is figuring out how to hide a satellite antenna inside the metal rim of a phone, using a small switch to…
Samsung Patents a Step That Sharpens Video Quality Based on How Footage Was Compressed
Every time a compressed video plays on your screen, a decoder has to reverse-engineer millions of tiny math decisions. Samsung has filed…
Nvidia Patents a System That Finds Your Tagged Objects in Video While It's Still Recording
Instead of hunting through hours of footage after the fact, Nvidia is patenting a way for cameras to flag the exact frames…
Intel Patents Encryption That Blocks Unauthorized Programs From Reading Your Memory
Intel is patenting a technique that smuggles access-control information inside encrypted memory blocks, so a chip can verify who wrote a piece…
Intel Patents a Chip That Locks Your Data While Still Running Calculations on It
Imagine sending your bank a locked box and having it count your money without ever opening it. That's the promise of fully…
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