Google's New Patent Doubles the Screen Space Inside AR Glasses
One of the biggest complaints about AR glasses is that the digital overlay only fills a small slice of your vision. Google…
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Google's New Patent Fixes AR Glasses That Go Blank in Bright Sunlight
Anyone who has tried AR glasses outside on a sunny day knows the problem: the virtual overlays just disappear. Google's new patent…
Google's New Patent Hides the Tap-to-Pay Antenna Inside a Foldable Phone's Frame
Google is working on a way to hide the NFC coil that powers tap-to-pay inside the metal frame of a foldable phone,…
Apple's New Patent Helps iPhones and Cell Towers Agree on How to Run AI Together
Before your iPhone can use AI to improve its cellular connection, the phone and the tower need to be speaking the same…
Google's New Patent Lets Search Results Do Things Inside Your Apps
What if a Google search didn't just find a webpage, but actually did the thing you were looking for inside an app?…
New Apple Watch Patent Brings Elevation Views to Navigation
Apple is patenting a navigation interface that lets you flip between a flat, bird's-eye map and a view that also shows how…
Apple Patents a Two-Layer Glass Treatment to Make iPhone Screens Tougher
Apple is working on a new way to toughen the glass cover on its devices by stacking two different chemical treatments into…
Apple Patents a System That Checks If Your Gift Card Was Tampered With Before You Activate It
Gift card scams cost Americans hundreds of millions of dollars every year, often because someone drained the card before you even bought…
Apple Files Patent for a System That Reads Your Space and Responds to It
Apple is patenting a way for a device to classify what it sees in a room and then act on objects in…
Apple Patents a Fix for Smart Home Systems That Think You've Moved
Your phone knows your home address, but what happens when it gets confused and decides you've moved? Apple's latest patent is a…
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