Microsoft Patents a Capability-Based Gatekeeper for Human Presence Sensors
Modern Windows PCs increasingly ship with sensors that detect whether a human is sitting in front of them — and Microsoft is…
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Microsoft Patents a File Protection System That Follows Files Across Devices
What if your file's access rules traveled with it — no matter where it ended up? Microsoft is patenting a system that…
Amazon Patents a Way to Track the Original Identity Behind Assumed AWS Roles
When an AWS user or service assumes a new IAM role, the original identity can get lost in the audit trail. Amazon's…
Samsung Files Patent for a Post-Quantum Signature Verification Test System
As quantum computing threatens traditional cryptography, Samsung is patenting a way to rigorously test whether its memory devices can correctly verify post-quantum…
Samsung Patents Per-Host Memory Encryption for CXL Devices
As CXL memory pooling lets multiple servers share the same physical RAM, Samsung is filing patents to make sure one host can…
IBM Patents a Real-Time Privilege Control System for Privileged Containers
Privileged containers are one of the most dangerous attack surfaces in cloud infrastructure — they can do almost anything to the host…
IBM Patents a Safety Net That Catches Destructive AI-Generated Code Before It Runs
AI coding assistants are great at writing code fast — but they can also write code that quietly deletes data or corrupts…
Adobe Patents a Password System That Uses Keystroke Timing as a Security Factor
Your password isn't just the characters you type — it could also include *when* you pause between them. Adobe has filed a…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Lets Video Callers Block Filters on Their Own Face
Imagine joining a video call and discovering the other person's app has quietly swapped your face with a cartoon — without your…
Qualcomm Patents a System to Authenticate 5G Network Broadcasts Before Your Device Trusts Them
Your phone trusts a lot of what cell towers tell it — maybe too much. Qualcomm's latest patent proposes a way for…
Qualcomm Patents Session-Key Scrambling for Sensor Data Security
Qualcomm wants to secure sensor data before it ever leaves the sensor — using a session-key scrambling approach that bakes encryption into…
Intel Patents On-Chip Security Channels for Trusted Execution Environments
When security protocols were designed for external PCIe devices, nobody fully accounted for the chips-within-chips world of modern processors. Intel's new patent…
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