Apple Patents a System That Locks Your Digital Avatar Behind Login
Before your animated face shows up in a call, Apple wants to make sure it's actually you asking. A newly published patent…
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Apple Files Patent for Pinning Digital Information to Specific Real-World Spots
Apple is working on a system that pins virtual objects to specific real-world locations, so what you see in augmented reality changes…
Samsung Patents Technology That Trims Phone Battery Drain by Slowing Unused Screen Sections
Your phone's screen doesn't redraw everything at the same speed all the time, and Samsung wants to get much more surgical about…
Nvidia's New Patent Teaches Self-Driving Cars to Tell a Cyclist from a Trash Can
Teaching a self-driving car to tell a cyclist from a trash can, in real time, across dozens of laser-scanned frames, is one…
Intel's New Patent Lets Old Games Look Like They Were Made Today
Intel is patenting a way to make a graphics card automatically replace a game's old, blocky visuals with modern-looking ones in real…
Nvidia's New Patent Walls Off the Safety System on a Chip So a Crash Can't Touch It
Nvidia is patenting a way to carve a single chip into walled-off sections with different safety rules, so a software crash in…
Samsung's New Patent Solves the Antenna Problem Inside a Phone That Folds Twice
Fold a phone in thirds and you've got a new problem nobody talks about: where do you put the antenna when the…
Google's New Patent Splits the Camera Frame So Every Corner Stays Sharp
Your phone's camera treats the entire frame as one focus problem. Google's new patent wants to split that frame into many smaller…
Google's New Patent Fixes the Step Where AI Misreads Your Documents
When an AI assistant gives you a wrong answer because it misread a report, the problem often starts at the index. Google's…
AMD's New Patent Lets Your PC Tell You Exactly What It Needs to Run Faster
Imagine your computer watching itself struggle through a game or video edit, then popping up a message saying 'you need more RAM,…
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