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It's been a tough year for 007 fans. First scheduled for a release in March 2020 but delayed repeatedly by the coronavirus pandemic, No Time to Die is now set to premiere Oct. 8. The next James Bond installment will be the 25th film in the 007 franchise and the fifth and final (so he says) starring Daniel Craig as the British secret agent. Like every Bond movie , No Time to Die will span the globe , showing viewers not just London, but also far-flung locations like Italy, Jamaica, Norway and Scotland. From Dr. No to Spectre , each Bond flick is enough to give you the serious travel bug, even if you can't afford the luxury hotels someone on a government payroll seems to be able to manage. Editors' top picks Subscribe to CNET Now for the day's most interesting reviews, news stories and videos. As a Bond fan , I try to seek out sights shown in the series when I travel. Here are a few incredible places I've been so far and one I can't … [Read more...] about Amazing James Bond locales in real life: How to travel like 007

The best smart thermostats can automate the heating and cooling of your home, to ensure it's at the temperature you want when you want it. Rather than using a schedule for when your home should be heated and cooled, smart thermostats give you more control by letting you adjust the temperature from your phone even if you’re not at home. No more returning home late to find you’ve been wasting energy as the heating has been running full blast all evening. Smart thermostats also let you change the temperature with your voice, and can work with other smart home gadgets, such as smart lights and smart plugs and switches , so when you walk through the door the lights are on, your favorite songs are playing and your home is at the perfect temperature. It's not just about home automation, smart thermostats can help save energy and potentially money too. Some internet-connected thermostats use AI to identify how long it takes your home to heat up or cool down, amending your schedule … [Read more...] about Best smart thermostat 2021: save energy and money when heating your home

The choices that humans make aren't always the wisest. executive guide What is AI? Everything you need to know about Artificial Intelligence A guide to artificial intelligence, from machine learning and general AI to neural networks. Read More All too often, they're based on some mixture of self-regard, self-indulgence, and sheer laziness. You'd think, though, that if you really love a service, you'll remain loyal to it. I'm not so sure about that. Because here is the regular leader in truly human fast-food customer service deciding that it needs robotic help. We're speaking, with much reverence, of Chick-fil-A . This occasionally sanctimonious chicken chain is regularly at the summit of the American Customer Satisfaction Index . Its customer service humans are said to be exemplars of fine behavior. Yet here is the chain announcing that it's experimenting with robotic delivery. Specifically, the Kiwibot 4.0 . The chain told Restaurant … [Read more...] about Chick-fil-A wants you to spend $2 not to go to Chick-fil-A

V Ramgopal Rao, director at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, is involved in two startups. One is trying to make an explosive detection kit on a chip. The other is building sensors for agricultural applications. Both these require VLSI (very large-scale integration) talent. VLSI is the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining millions of transistors onto a single chip. Different applications often require different kinds of chips. Off-the-shelf chips may not be good enough, or may be too expensive. Rao is trying to bring down the cost by creating unique chip designs. But VLSI talent is too expensive in India. “I cannot afford my own PhD students,” Rao said at the Times Techies Webinar last week. The students’ salary as soon as they graduate, Rao said, is almost half of his. “In five years they would be earning much more than what I would be making. So just imagine the condition of startups. They have a huge requirement of VLSI implementation and they … [Read more...] about Why India needs a lot more talent that can craft chips

The coronavirus essentially shut down travel -- local and internationally -- for the past year. With more people getting vaccinated, we're starting to see some hope that we can go on adventures again in the near-ish future . In the meantime, we've got Google Maps. Whether you're still anxious about the world opening back up, wanting to get a look at some locations before booking a trip, or your lust for travel exceeds your budget, you can take a mini-trip from home quite easily. Just pull up Google Maps on your PC or phone and start your search. While you can check out maps from everywhere on Earth, the Street View and Photo Sphere tools let you digitally roam virtually anywhere. To explore on your PC, first make sure you're in satellite mode. Click and drag the little yellow person in the bottom right of the screen to any blue highlighted spot on the map. On your phone, just tap the photo in the bottom left and Maps will "drop" you into your chosen location. … [Read more...] about Google Maps: 15 most interesting places to explore from home