Nvidia Patents an AI That Reads Chip Wafers for Manufacturing Defects
Every semiconductor wafer that comes out wrong is money lost before a single chip ships. Nvidia's latest patent describes an AI system…
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Nvidia Patent Teaches Self-Driving Cars to Safely Negotiate Yield Scenarios
One of the hardest problems for self-driving cars isn't speeding down a highway, it's the messy, social negotiation of a four-way stop.…
Meta Patents a Camera That Refocuses Itself Without Moving Parts
Most cameras change focus by physically moving glass around. Meta is filing patents for a camera that does it electrically, with no…
Microsoft Patent Reuses Past Web Tasks to Lower Automation Costs
Every time an AI agent fills out a web form or clicks through a website, it typically stares at the screen and…
Microsoft Patents a System That Designs Slide Layouts Around Your Content
Building a presentation often means wrestling with blank slides that refuse to cooperate with your existing theme. Microsoft's new patent describes a…
Google Patents a System That Labels Only the Landmarks You Can Actually See
Google is patenting a way to make map labels smarter by only showing you the names of things that are actually in…
Google Patents a Phone Interface That Shows Different Controls Based on What You're Doing
Google is patenting a phone interface that watches what you're doing, figures out the context, and then pops up the most relevant…
Patent: A Controlled System Decides Which Ads Reach Your Screen
Google is patenting a system that decides which ad lands on your screen through a chain of isolated processing steps, each one…
Apple Patents a System for Keeping Health Data in Sync Across All Your Devices
If you track your health on both an iPhone and an Apple Watch, your data sometimes lives in two places at once.…
New Patent Adjusts Workout Goals Based on What You Eat
Log a burger before your run and your Apple Watch might automatically tell you how much extra distance you need to cover.…
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