Apple has formally set a date for its iPhone September occasion, which is because of happen on September 9. This 12 months’s launch shall be held on the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California. The corporate is predicted to unveil the iPhone 17 vary, which for the primary time will embrace the iPhone 17 Air—although that title may change—Apple’s thinnest and lightest iPhone up to now. We’re additionally anticipating the Apple Watch Collection 11, Apple Watch Extremely 3, and the AirPods Professional 3.
The invites included the tagline “Awe dropping,” together with the Apple brand in shades of blue and inexperienced. These are rumored to be shade selections for the iPhone 17 Professional gadgets. The brand additionally strikes like a warmth map on Apple’s web site, which may allude to potential thermal enhancements within the upcoming gadgets, or the rumored swap again to aluminum as an alternative of titanium on the iPhone Professional fashions (which might additionally enhance thermals, anyway).
WIRED shall be on the bottom live-blogging the most recent from Apple’s presentation. Within the meantime, you’ll be able to brush up on all of the options coming to your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch, as Apple normally drops the subsequent working system model proper after the occasion.
Oura Is Constructing a Manufacturing Facility in Texas
Oura, the main world producer of sensible rings, introduced this week that it has plans to construct a producing facility in Fort Value, Texas. Oura’s largest enterprise buyer is the Division of Protection, and US-based manufacturing operations will help its wants. Oura has despatched tens of hundreds of rings to optimize efficiency throughout all branches of the US armed companies. It notes that its rings are being utilized in 4 key analysis areas: stress administration and resilience, health optimization, fatigue threat administration, and early sickness detection.
This announcement comes at a time when the sensible ring business goes via a number of shake-ups. The US Worldwide Commerce Fee just lately dominated in favor of Oura in a patent infringement case in opposition to opponents Ultrahuman and Ringconn, which have needed to pull their respective rings from the US market. That is significantly dangerous information for Ultrahuman, which has a facility in Plano, Texas, the place the corporate was planning to fabricate rings within the US to get round tariffs. Ultrahuman can be countersuing. (It’s all very messy.)
We’ll regulate the state of affairs because it evolves, however for now, US prospects would possibly solely be capable to purchase an Oura ring. It’s a very good factor it’s our favourite sensible ring. —Adrienne So
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Plaud Has a New Word Pin
Plaud makes a credit score card-sized AI note-taking machine that listens to the world round you after which transcribes conversations, summarizing them into assembly notes with actionable insights. It started with the Plaud Word, then the Plaud NotePin, a wearable machine, and this week the corporate unveiled the Plaud Word Professional ($179).
It shares an identical card-shaped design with the unique, however now it options two additional microphones to select up audio at a wider vary. There’s additionally now a 0.95-inch AMOLED display screen that shows battery life, the present recording standing, and the mode. In contrast to the unique, you needn’t flip a swap to swap from recording calls to in-person conferences—the Professional will do it for you. Simply long-press the button as soon as to begin recording. You possibly can spotlight key info throughout a gathering with a brief press, and you may kind within the cellphone app concurrently so as to add your ideas; they will be contextualized to the recording immediately. Plaud additionally permits you to snap a photograph together with your cellphone so as to add further context.
Plaud’s Word Professional can determine and label particular person audio system in its transcriptions, and it could actually transcribe 112 languages. You can too ask Plaud (through the app) a selected query out of your notes, so there is not any have to hunt for key particulars. It employs giant language fashions from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The Word Professional is up for preorder now and ships in October. You get 300 transcription minutes monthly, however you may must cough up $100 per 12 months to quadruple that and get entry to new options sooner. (There is a plan that provides limitless transcription minutes for $240 yearly.)
