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Qualcomm Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 chip could finally mean stylish AR glasses

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform during its Snapdragon Summit, but that wasn’t the only new chipset that was revealed. The company also unveiled the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1, which has been built from the ground up, specifically for Augmented Reality (AR).  Qualcomm is hoping the AR2 Gen 1 chipset will allow its…

Advice from the SEP Masters: Rely on the Data, Engage with Courts and Regulators, Be Wary of Calls for Special Tribunals

IPWatchdog held its Standards, Patents and Competition Masters ™ 2022 Program this week, November, 14-15, in Ashburn, Virginia, covering topics from how to define “fair reasonable and non-discriminatory” (FRAND) rates to litigating standard essential patents (SEPs) in South America and Europe. Almost all of the panels touched on how courts around the world are viewing…

CAFC Expressly States Patentee Disclaimers During IPR are Not Binding on the PTAB’s Patentability Analysis

Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in CUPP Computing AS v. Trend Micro Inc. affirming final written decisions from a trio of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings invalidating CUPP Computing’s patent claims covering methods for performing security operations on a mobile device. The CAFC’s decision…

Herschel Walker veered off in a campaign speech to rant about werewolves killing vampires

Herschel Walker. David John Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Herschel Walker delved into an ancient, mythic debate during a Wednesday stump speech in Georgia. The Senate candidate came out as pro-werewolf as he described the plot of a vampire movie. “A werewolf can kill a vampire. Did you know that? I never knew that,” he…

Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build massive AI cloud computer

Enlarge / Nvidia and Microsoft are teaming up on an AI cloud supercomputer. (credit: Nvidia) On Wednesday, Nvidia announced a collaboration with Microsoft to build a “massive” cloud computer focused on AI. It will reportedly use tens of thousands of high-end Nvidia GPUs for applications like deep learning and large language models. The companies aim…