Microsoft will require proof of vaccination and a "Lord of the Rings" TV series is coming to Amazon

Speaker 1: This is CNET and here are the stories that matter right now. Google launched four new nest products. First up is the nest doorbell battery. It has smart alerts that identify packages, people, animals, and vehicles like the name says it has a built in rechargeable battery. The older nest. Hello, smart doorbell will still be available, but will be called nest doorbell wired from now on Google also introduced its first battery powered indoor outdoor camera. It's called the nest cam [00:00:30] battery. There's also a wired option called the nest cam wired. And finally, there's the Google nest cam with floodlight. The battery powered nest cam and nest doorbells will be available in late August. Google says the other products are coming soon. Microsoft will now require all employees and visitors to its us campuses to show proof of vaccination starting next month. The company also delayed its return to office until October joining other tech companies like apple and Google who have pushed back a return to in-person work. The [00:01:00] change comes as the us faces a sharp increase in COVID cases, and finally get ready for a return to middle earth. Amazon recently announced that its Lord of the rings TV series will premiere on September 2nd of next year on prime video. The first season of filming just wrapped in New Zealand. The series will be a prequel to the books and movies. So noro in this one, it's set thousands of years before the Hobbit stay up to date with the latest by visiting CNET.