Apple Patents a Camera-First System for Building Personalized Avatars
Setting up a digital avatar usually means picking features from a long menu that barely looks like you. Apple's new patent describes…
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Samsung Patents a Way to Turn Nearby Devices Into Automatic Wi-Fi Extenders
Your laptop has a great Wi-Fi signal. Your smart TV in the next room barely connects. Samsung has filed a patent that…
Samsung Patents a Storage System That Automatically Corrects Its Own Data Retrieval Failures
Flash memory slowly drifts out of tune as it ages, causing read errors. Samsung's new patent describes a system that detects those…
Apple Patents a Way for Each App to Set Its Own Do Not Disturb Rules
Right now, Do Not Disturb treats apps pretty bluntly. Apple has filed a patent that would let each app define exactly how…
Mobileye Patents a System That Draws a Safe Inner Path Inside Every Lane
A lane on a map tells a self-driving car where it's allowed to go. But Mobileye's new patent describes something more precise:…
Nvidia Patents an AI System That Finds Exactly Where Its Data Processing Steps Break
When an AI chatbot gives a bad answer, figuring out which part of the system is to blame can take hours. Nvidia's…
Apple Patents a Way for Parents to Remotely Lock Down a Child's Phone Communications
A new Apple patent describes a system that lets a parent's device push communication restrictions directly to a child's iPhone, no manual…
Google Patents a Way for AI to Stop Guessing and Grab the Right Tool
Every AI chatbot occasionally just makes things up because it tries to answer everything from memory. Google's new patent describes a system…
Sony Patents a Fix for AR Headset Graphics That Appear at the Wrong Distance
One of the most disorienting things about wearing an AR headset is seeing a label or icon floating at a completely wrong…
Samsung Patents a Shared Battery System That Protects Storage Drives During Sudden Power Loss
When a server loses power mid-write, data corruption is almost guaranteed. Samsung is patenting a smarter backup system that routes emergency battery…
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