Every day, Big Tech files patents.
We explain what they mean.

Apple is patenting a navigation interface that lets you flip between a flat, bird's-eye map and a view that also shows how high…

Google has filed a patent for an AI system that watches a YouTube channel's signals and tells the creator, before it happens,…

Microsoft is patenting a setup where a person can steer a robot in the field without leaving their shared workspace, using the…

Deepfake audio is getting harder to spot by ear, so Meta is filing patents to fight it at a level you never see: the audio code…

Nvidia is patenting a technique that compresses a video frame down to one-quarter its original size before sending it over a…

Tesla is patenting a way for its cars to figure out — using cameras alone — which lanes lead where, which merge, and which…

Moving data around inside a chip burns a surprising amount of energy — and OpenAI thinks the fix is to stop moving it very far at…

When one of the computers inside a Zoox robotaxi fails mid-ride, the vehicle can't just pull over and wait for a tow truck. This…

When two speakers are crammed close together, they can cancel each other out and make audio sound thin and weak. Samsung's new…

Imagine telling a computer 'submit my expense report in the HR portal' and having it figure out every click and form field on its…

Adobe wants to let companies find overlapping audiences without ever handing over a single name, email address, or customer…

RFID readers are only as good as their antennas, and in a busy warehouse or store, a single antenna rarely covers everything…

Depth sensors can lie, and Sony wants a way to catch them in the act. This patent describes a system that measures the same…

Most robots follow a fixed plan. Intel's new patent describes a system that continuously updates how a robot moves based on two…

Trimming an AI model once tends to leave it brittle and inaccurate. Xilinx thinks the fix is to trim it, fatten it back up, and…

Every meeting ends with someone asking 'can you send a recap?' Salesforce has filed a patent for an AI that handles that…

Disney's animators already describe character motion as smooth mathematical curves on a timeline. A new patent wants those exact…