MacBook Pro Touch Bar could be revived as a strip that supports Apple Pencil
Apple keeps researching how to have the iPad-centric Apple Pencil do the work of the old Touch Bar on the surface of a future MacBook Pro.
Apple keeps researching how to have the iPad-centric Apple Pencil do the work of the old Touch Bar on the surface of a future MacBook Pro.
New research building on older work demonstrates that Apple is working out how to weave sensors and switches into fabric, which could then be used for smart bags, furniture, clothing, and more.
If future AirPods do not recognize who is wearing them, they could automatically block personal information such as Siri relaying text messages.
Apple is still not making wedding rings that spy on your spouse, but it is continuing to research specific uses of "finger-wearable input assemblies."
Apple has been researching how to make it simple for a future iPhone user to directly see the difference between Wide and Ultra Wide lenses, giving experienced users more control.
Apple's Magic Keyboard may one day become more magical, and possibly a little thicker, as the company is working on ways to include an entire Mac within a keyboard.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted probes into some of Ericsson's complaints against Apple while the landmark patent battle between the two companies continue.
Apple is one of the biggest companies when it comes to securing patents in the United States, with 2,487 granted patents making it the seventh biggest in the world.
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that its app multi-tasking and Safari tab features on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch infringe on a 3D user interface patent.
Apple is planning to use Machine Learning in the "Apple Car," specifically because current processors are not fast enough to autonomously make key driving decisions without the technology.
Ericsson has tried to prevent a distributor from reselling Apple products in Brazil as part of its continuing legal fight with Apple over a collection of 5G patents, meanwhile Apple is trying to get ten of Ericsson's patents invalidated using earlier efforts by Samsung.
BlackBerry has sold a collection of legacy patents covering mobile technologies for $600M, a deal that will likely result in increased legal drama for smartphone producers like Apple in the future.
Apple has been researching how to embed a speaker underneath a MacBook Pro keyboard, which would meaning being able to reduce the device's footprint.
Apple is researching how future AirPods could allow specific spoken codewords, or your partner's voice, to break through noise cancellation settings.
Apple has responded to Ericsson's lawsuits over the use of its 5G patents, with a countersuit that seeks a US import ban on the Swedish company's mobile base stations.
Apple is being sued by Ericsson for continuing to use the Swedish company's 5G patents in the iPhone after its license agreement expired.
Apple Glass could potentially be used by people that need vision correction, with lenses that adjust to correct the wearer's vision.
Apple has become the target of another patent infringement lawsuit, this time by an LED producer claiming Apple infringes on patents relating to LED packaging and mini LED technology with its iPad Pro.
Forget Center Stage moving the camera lens to follow you — future MacBook Pro screens may be able to automatically tilt themselves to the best viewing angle.
Apple has researched using a keyboard that expands up out of the MacBook Pro chassis, and retracts again when the lid is closed.
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