Disney Patents a System That Shows Engineers Exactly What a Machine Was Doing When It Broke
When a complex machine malfunctions, figuring out what it was doing at the exact moment something went wrong can take hours of…
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Apple Patents a Notification System That Knows When to Get Out of the Way
Your phone buzzes with a suggestion that only made sense five minutes ago. Apple's latest patent targets exactly that failure, building a…
Samsung Patent Links Gesture and Voice Input to Personalized Device Control
Every shared TV or smart display in a house faces the same problem: it has no idea who's actually standing in front…
Apple Patents a System for Adding and Sharing Digital IDs From Your Device
Apple has filed a patent describing a system that lets you add a digital ID to your device and then wirelessly share…
Google Patents a System for Letting Users Block Individual Search Results
When a search result about you is wrong, embarrassing, or just unwanted, your options today are limited. Google is now patenting a…
Apple Patents a System That Skips the Pop-Up Menu When It Knows What You Want
Every time you tap something on your phone and a menu appears asking what you want to do with it, that's a…
Adobe Patents a Way to Use Your Phone as a Remote for Desktop Editing Apps
Adobe has filed a patent for a system that turns your phone into a live remote control for a desktop editing app…
Microsoft Patents a System That Catches Code Bugs Before They Spread
Every time a software team ships an update, something can break. Microsoft has patented a system that watches live services in real…
Microsoft Patents a Data System That Only Unpacks the Records You Actually Need
Most cloud systems store your data in a way that forces them to unpack everything just to find one thing. Microsoft's new…
Google Patents a Post-Screenshot Menu That Suggests What to Do Next
Every time you take a screenshot, you lose a few seconds hunting through menus to share or edit it. Google is patenting…
Nvidia Patent Routes Compiled Code Dynamically to Different Processor Targets at Runtime
Nvidia has filed a patent for a compiler that can read a single program and decide, on the fly, which parts should…
Samsung Patents Screenshots That Save an AI Summary of the Video You Were Watching
You take a screenshot mid-video and, three weeks later, you have no idea what you were watching or why you saved it.…
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