Gear News of the Week: Apple’s iPhone Event Gets a Date, and Plaud Upgrades Its AI Note-Taker

Apple has officially Set a date for it IPhone September eventWhich will be held September 9The This year’s introduction will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater on the campus of Apple in Kapartino, California. The company is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 range, which will include the first time iPhone 17 Air – though that name may change – the thinner and light iPhone of apples to today. We are also expecting Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Airpodes Pro 3.

The invitations included “Avee Dropping” tagline, including the Apple logo in the blue and green shade. These are rumors to be a color choice for the iPhone 17 Pro device. The logo moves like a map of heat Apple’s websiteWhich can indicate potential thermal improvement on upcoming devices, or return to aluminum instead of titanium in rumored iPhone Pro models (which will improve the temperature anyway).

Wired Apple will be the latest live-blogging from the presentation. Already, you can brush all the features that come to you IPhone, iPad, MacAnd ViewAs Apple usually drops the next operating system version just after the event.

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ORA is creating a manufacturing facility in Texas

Oura, the top global manufacturer Smart ringsThis week has announced that it has a plan to build A production facility In Fort Worth, Texas. The ORA’s largest enterprise customer is the Defense Department, and US-based manufacturing activities will support its needs. The URA has sent several thousand rings to optimize performances across all branches of US Armed Services. It notes that its rings are being used in four main research fields: stress management and elasticity, fitness optimization, fatigue risk management and initial illness detection.

This announcement comes at a time when the smart ring industry is passing through a lot of shake-ups. The US International Trade Commission of International Trade Commission recently Case of a patent breach Competitors were against Ultrahuman and Rinkon, which had to pull their respective rings from the US market. This is especially bad news for Ultrahuman, which has an advantage Plano, Texas, Where the company was planning to make rings in the United States Get near the dutyThe Ultrahuma Is also in turnThe (It’s all very messy.)

We will look at the situation as it develops, but now US customers can only be able to buy an ORA ring. It’s a good thing it’s it Our favorite smart ringsThe – Adrian so

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Plaid contains a new note pin

Plaid creates a credit card size The device to take the AI ​​note That Listening to the world By transmitting the conversations around you and then, by implementing them to fill the notes with insights effectively. It started with the Plaid Note, then the Plaad notepin, a wearing device and the agency this week unveiled PLAD Note Pro ($ 179)The

It shares a similar card-shaped design with the original, but now it is feature two additional microphones to pick up audio in a more wide range. There is also a 0.95 inch of amoled screen that shows the battery life, current recording status and mode. In contrast to the original, you don’t need to flip a switch from recording calls to private meetings——-and-will do this for you. Give the button a long-pressed button once to start recording. You can highlight the original information during a meeting with a short press and to add your thoughts you can type the phone app simultaneously; They will be immediately relevant to the recording. To add additional context to the plaid lets you snap a photo with your phone.

Plaad Note Pro can detect and label separate speakers in its transcripts and it can replicate 112 languages. You can ask a specific question from your notes (through app), so there is no need to hunt for the original details. It appoints a big language model from OpenAI, Google and anthropologists. The Note Pro is up for the pre -now And the ship in October. If you get 300 transcription minutes per month, you will need to cough $ 100 per year to make it quadrant and get access to new features quickly. (There is a plan that provides unlimited transcription minutes for $ 240 annually)