Microsoft Patents a Real-Time Risk-Scoring System for Human and Bot Identities
When an employee — or an automated script — asks for extra permissions, Microsoft's patent wants a risk score calculated on the…
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Microsoft Patents a Self-Reorganizing AI Agent Workflow System
Most AI agent pipelines run in a fixed order — Agent A, then B, then C — regardless of what they find…
Microsoft Patents Low-Cost Masking Circuit for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum-resistant encryption is only useful if attackers can't extract keys by watching power consumption or timing. Microsoft's new patent targets that exact…
Meta Patents Frequency-Band Volume Control for Head-Wearable Devices
Instead of just turning everything up when it's loud, Meta's new patent describes a smarter approach: analyzing ambient noise across individual frequency…
Meta Patents an AI Image Editor That Picks Its Own Edit Tasks From Plain-Language Instructions
Instead of asking you to pick from a menu of filters or tools, Meta's new patent describes a system that reads what…
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Meta Patents an Adjustable Hinged Nose Bridge for Smart Glasses
Smart glasses that don't fit right don't get worn. Meta is patenting a small but practical fix: a nose bridge that clicks…
Google Patents a Smooth-Zoom System That Fixes Jumpy Camera Previews
Anyone who's used a phone camera knows the jarring jump when you zoom in — the preview stutters, shifts, or snaps to…
Google Patents a System That Explains What You Just Did by Accident
You tap something on your phone, the screen changes, and you have no idea what just happened. Google has filed a patent…
Google Patents an AI Assistant That Balances Every User's Preferences at Once
When you ask a shared AI assistant something, whose preferences should it optimize for — yours, or everyone else in the room?…
Google Patents an AI System That Controls How Fast Your Content Feed Loads
Google wants an AI model to decide not just *what* shows up in your content feed — but *how fast* it delivers…
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