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An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech

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An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech

[ad_1] Tourists at the Acropolis this holiday season can witness the resolution of one of the world's most heated debates on cultural heritage.All they need is a smartphone. Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a digital overlay showing how it once looked. That includes a collection of marble sculptures removed from the Parthenon more than 200 years ago that are now on display at the British Museum in London. Greece has demanded they be returned. For now, an app supported by Greece's Culture Ministry allows visitors to point their phones at the Parthenon temple, and the sculptures housed in London appear back on the monument as archaeologists believe they looked 2,500 years ago.We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.Other, less widely known featur...

Dating Apps, Yacht Research Found on Pentagon Phones Despite Ban

[ad_1] Defense Department employees are downloading mobile applications to their work telephones that pose “operational and cybersecurity risks,” the department's inspector general said in a report that stemmed from concern about the Chinese-owned video service TikTok and other messaging apps.Employees are conducting official business on their work devices “using mobile applications in violation of Federal and DoD electronic messaging and records retention policies,” the inspector general's management advisory said. The activities ranged from online dating to games, cryptocurrency reviews and scouting for luxury yachts, according to the “management advisory” released Thursday. Pentagon agencies “lacked controls over personal use of DoD mobile devices to ensure that personal use was li...

Making online payments? Check 5 best payment apps- Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe, more

[ad_1] Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe, and more- here are five best online payment apps that you can use. Online transactions have taken the world by storm, especially over the last couple of years. From street vendors to money transfers in your own bank account, everything can be done online through payment apps. There are several mobile applications available through which you can make online payments, do recharges and much more. These apps can be installed from Google Play Store for Android users while iPhone or iOS users can go to Apple App Store for the same. If you want to know the top ones, here we provide a list for you including Google Pay, BHIM, Paytm to PhonePe:1. Google Pay app: Google Pay is one of the most popularly and widely used payment applications. It uses UnifiedPaymen...