Apple has formally set a date for its iPhone September event, which is because of happen on September 9. This yr’s launch will likely 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 Sequence 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 coloration decisions for the iPhone 17 Professional units. The emblem additionally strikes like a warmth map on Apple’s website, which may allude to potential thermal enhancements within the upcoming units, or the rumored swap again to aluminum as a substitute of titanium on the iPhone Professional fashions (which might additionally enhance thermals, anyway).
WIRED will likely be on the bottom live-blogging the newest from Apple’s presentation. Within the meantime, you may brush up on all of the options coming to your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch, as Apple normally drops the following working system model proper after the occasion.
Oura Is Constructing a Manufacturing Facility in Texas
Oura, the main world producer of smart rings, introduced this week that it has plans to construct a manufacturing 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 providers. It notes that its rings are being utilized in 4 key analysis areas: stress administration and resilience, health optimization, fatigue danger administration, and early sickness detection.
This announcement comes at a time when the good ring business goes by way of numerous shake-ups. The US Worldwide Commerce Fee lately dominated in favor of Oura in a patent infringement case towards rivals 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 around tariffs. Ultrahuman is also countersuing. (It’s all very messy.)
We’ll control the scenario because it evolves, however for now, US clients would possibly solely have the ability to purchase an Oura ring. It’s a superb factor it’s our favorite smart ring. —Adrienne So
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Plaud Has a New Word Pin
Plaud makes a credit score card-sized AI note-taking device 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 Note Pro ($179).
It shares an analogous 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 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 start out recording. You may spotlight key info throughout a gathering with a brief press, and you may kind within the telephone app concurrently so as to add your ideas; they will be contextualized to the recording immediately. Plaud additionally enables you to snap a photograph together with your telephone so as to add extra context.
Plaud’s Word Professional can establish and label particular person audio system in its transcriptions, and it may possibly transcribe 112 languages. It’s also possible to ask Plaud (by way of the app) a selected query out of your notes, so there is no have to hunt for key particulars. It employs massive language fashions from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The Note Pro is up for preorder now and ships in October. You get 300 transcription minutes monthly, however you may should cough up $100 per yr to quadruple that and get entry to new options sooner. (There is a plan that gives limitless transcription minutes for $240 yearly.)
