When you think "bearer of wisdom," Charlie Day probably isn't the first name that comes to mind. The 38-year-old creator and star of the popular TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a professional goof, best known for stuff like this. While acknowledging that he's no Steve Jobs – "I don’t know how my computer works; I don't even know how my toaster works!" he told the audience -- Day had some genuine lessons to Merrimack College grads nonetheless.
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Forget an Apple iWatch, the U.S. military is the one really taking wearable technology to new levels. Different divisions of the U.S. armed forces, as well as other government agencies such as Darpa, are all working on developing high-tech armor that will help not only provide soldiers with full-body ballistic protection, but will also give them superhuman-like capabilities.
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Johannesburg-listed hotel group, Tsogo Sun, on Friday said it had acquired 25 percent stake in Redefine DBL Hotel Group (Redefine), a hotel management firm, for £8.1 million ($13.6m) with effect from the beginning of this month. The two companies said this acquisition was strategically critical for both of these firms.
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Nigerian Nam Mokwunye’s startup, PublicVine has been boosted by a $5 million investment as it readies for its June 6th 2014 global launch. The US-based platform is a web-based marketplace for videos enabling vendors and consumers of videos to share, rent and sell.
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Buildings in Dubai have been evacuated after tremors were felt from an earthquake originating in Iran. The quake measured 5.1 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was in southern Iran, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. It struck at 9.44am Dubai time about 158 kilometres north of Dubai,
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Apple’s new smartphones are among the awaited devices in the market, and despite the US company’s notorious secrecy, the internet is awash with rumours about its next generation smartphone, the iPhone 6. Most reports suggest that the new phone will come in two sizes, with a 4.7 inch model expected to be launched first, probably in September 2014, followed by a 5.5 inch model later in the year or sometime in 2015. The move is expected to help Apple compete with the growing range of Android smartphones that boast large screen sizes.
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China called for a halt Tuesday to what it called unscrupulous U.S. cyberspying, saying that a monthslong investigation into reports on the “ugly face” of U.S. espionage has concluded that China is a major target of those efforts. The complaint in the form of a government agency report comes a week after U.S. prosecutors charged five Chinese military officers with hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets.
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The United States Air Force will soon begin operating two RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) out of Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, to conduct reconnaissance on North Korea and China. U.S. and Japanese officials first announced the plan after a 2+2 meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo last October and operations are expected to start later this month. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance drone made by American aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman. The RQ-4 has been used heavily in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other surveillance operations in the Middle East and other regions.
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The US dollar remained unchanged today in banks and exchange offices at 8.08 pesos on a thin volume day due to a national holiday which kept US markets closed. Eyes were on the "blue" dollar which today rose thirteen cents to 11.50 pesos.
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Venezuela state oil firm PDVSA will provide 1.6Mt and 7.5Mt of oil and oil products, respectively, as part of an agreement with Russian state oil giant Rosneft. The total value of the five-year deal was not disclosed but an advance payment to PDVSA is valued at US$2bn, according to a Venezuelan government release.
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