Tech Updates: Facebook Portal, TikTok Turmoil, and New Devices

Nilay, Dieter, Chaim, and Nicole discuss Apple's newly announced products including the Apple Watch Series 6 and the new iPad Air. Also discussed: the PS5 announced pricing, Oculus has a new headset, and TikTok acquisition news continues to brew.

More stories from this episode:

• Apple Watch’s blood oxygen monitor is for ‘wellness,’ not medicine
• Apple is creating a fitness subscription service called Fitness Plus
• The new Apple Watch Series 6 has blood oxygen monitoring
• The Apple Watch Series 6: first impressions of a very good smartwatch
• The Apple Watch SE is a new lower-cost Watch
• New Apple Watches won’t have a USB power adapter in the box
• Family Setup lets you manage multiple Apple Watches from one iPhone
• There’s a new iPad Air that looks a lot like an iPad Pro
• The updated eighth-generation iPad has a familiar design but a new processor
• New Apple One subscription bundles pack multiple services together
• Nvidia is acquiring Arm for $40 billion 
• The PS5 will launch on November 12th for $499.99
• PS5 Digital Edition launches November 12th for $399.99
• Connect 7: All the news from Facebook and Oculus’ big VR / AR event
• Oculus Quest 2 review: better, cheaper VR
• Oculus’ new Quest 2 VR headset starts at $299 and ships October 13th
• Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to ‘put an Apple Watch on your face’
• Google to launch Pixel 5, new Chromecast, and smart speaker on September 30th
• Oracle reportedly wins deal for TikTok’s US operations as ‘trusted tech partner’
• Trump to decide on TikTok Oracle deal with Walmart as an …

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