IBM Patents a Color-Flickering Method to Make Slide Content Unrecordable
IBM has patented a way to make slides look perfectly normal to anyone in the room while turning any screen recording of…
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Qualcomm Patent Addresses VR Display Warping Through Head Movement Prediction
If you've ever worn a VR headset and noticed the edges of the image look slightly bent or off, that's lens distortion…
Meta Patents Virtual Buttons That Live on Your Wrist in AR
Imagine glancing at your wrist and seeing a virtual button floating there, ready to tap, with no physical hardware required. That's the…
IBM Patents a Virtual Phone Stand-In for Testing Corporate Device Controls
IBM wants to let companies test the software that controls employee phones without needing a drawer full of actual devices. The trick:…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Run AI Models Without Leaking Their Secrets
Every time a chip runs an AI model, it gives off tiny physical signals, power fluctuations, timing patterns, electromagnetic pulses, that a…
Sony Patent Targets Sharper AR and VR Displays With Dual-Lens Optical Design
Sony is patenting an optical system that uses two different types of lenses working together to project a display image cleanly onto…
Samsung Patents a Spring-Loaded Internal Connector Support for Electronics
Loose internal connectors are one of the quieter causes of electronics failures. Samsung is filing a patent for a physical support structure…
Samsung Patent Covers Automatic Secure OS Switching When Trusted App Execution Fails
When the secure vault your phone uses to run a sensitive app fails, Samsung's new patent says the device should try another…
Samsung Patents a System That Stores and Sends Cryptocurrency Without a Separate App
Samsung is patenting a way for two devices to set up a cryptocurrency wallet not by installing an app, but by creating…
IBM Patents a System That Automatically Skips Slides When You're Running Out of Time
You've got five minutes left and fifteen slides to go. IBM is patenting software that would handle that panic automatically, by deciding…
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