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0:00the area. Hurricane Lowell is taking aim at Hawaii. The category three storm has maximum sustained winds of about 120 miles an hour as it moves north northeast toward the islands. Pat Porter is the emergency management administrator for Kauai. As of now, all of Kauai is under the area where we're going to have trouble storm force winds. But Nia was actually on the border there where they may have been. The storm could bring heavy rain, flash flooding, flood slides, and dangerous surf as it passes west of the state. The maker of smart rings called aura is preparing to go public in what could be a blockbuster IPO. The company's first financial disclosure show a massive trove of personal data and a very loyal base of subscribers willing to pay a monthly fee. NPR's Alina Seljuk reports. The aura ring has been writing the wellness trend to sell 3.6 billion rings in the past year.

1:00That's according to the company's new disclosures ahead of the public listing on the NASDAQ. ORA's pitch is that it tracks over 50 metrics like the heart rate, stress levels, sleep patterns. It also sells a subscription for about $6 a month to be able to see most of that data. The company's filing says aura has, quote, amassed one of the largest and highest quality longitudinal biometric data sets in consumer health. Representing nearly 42 billion hours of physiological data. aura says it's revenue doubled from 2024 to 2025 and seems on track to do that again this year. Alina Seljuk and Pierre News. I'm Windsor Johnston and PR News in Washington. Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. Other contributors include Fisher Investments. Fisher's dedicated team of specialists provide resources on investing, retirement income, estate planning and more. Learn more at Fisherinvestments.com. Investing in securities involves the risk of loss. Support comes from specs, featuring a variety of whiskies this month,

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