Arianna Gael, Author at FileHippo News

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Never Lose Again Your Digital Memories

Back Up and Recovery Sep 30, 2024

Losing photos and precious videos is incomparably much more than just a technical inconvenience: it is an emotional loss of dear memories. Cherished captured moments from family gatherings, vacations, and personal milestones hold deep sentiment. It’s as if part of our past has been torn out when these things disappear….

How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

Best Software Sep 19, 2024

Your laptop most probably carries more than just travel photos and memories from your holidays. Using it to stay in touch, watch movies, or navigate your way around an unknown location during your vacation adventures, it’s no surprise that digital clutter builds up. From downloading huge files and accessing unfamiliar…

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…

US Says NotPetya Is Russian Handiwork

News February 21, 2018

Frank admission from White House on source of ransomware attack… Finally. In a shocking turn of events, the White House has formally acknowledged Russia’s role in the NotPetya malware attack that was responsible for astronomical financial and service losses. The very short and to-the-point statement issued seven months after... Read more

Ehang 184: Your Flying Car Is Finally Here

News February 20, 2018

Visionary Chinese company has released footage of manned test flights of its one-seater and two-seater vehicles. Jet packs, flying cars, self-cleaning houses… it was all supposed to be EPCOT-style wave of the future by now. And while companies have certainly made a lot of headway into those and other... Read more

What Will Tech Giants Do With Tax Cuts?

Business News February 19, 2018

Apple, Cisco Systems and other big tech names disclose their plans. When the current US administration voted to enact a massive tax cut plan, a lot of people were outspoken about its shortcomings. The general theme seemed to be that it created more of the “trickle-down economics” that experts... Read more

Utah School Honors Tech Pioneer

News February 16, 2018

School will be rebranded as Mary Jackson Elementary School in honor of NASA aeronautical engineer. Students at Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah, will have to learn to deal with a major change to their school’s name. It will now be known as… Jackson Elementary School. In... Read more

VLC Media Player 3.0 Review

News Software Reviews Video Players February 14, 2018

We review the first major release in three years of this ever-popular cross-platform multimedia player. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols. Version 3.0 is the first major release in... Read more

Amazon Takes On Healthcare Industry

Business News February 13, 2018

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co to partner on US employee healthcare. Amazon is in the business of revolutions. Apart from single-handedly changing the way consumers buy books, the retail giant also completely upended the publishing industry, giving voice, respectability, and income to authors whose books would... Read more

India Hasn’t Banned Bitcoin…Yet

News February 9, 2018

Yet it does look like the beginnig of the end for the cryptocurrency there. Articles have begun circulating with incendiary headlines concerning Bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency, more specifically that the government of India has banned the use and trading of this monetary form within the country. Unfortunately,... Read more

Is Tech Addiction Real?

News February 9, 2018

Momentum growing to classify digital addiction. Pop culture and society have an obsession with appropriating mental health terminology. It’s commonplace to hear things like, “I’m so depressed, my dog died,” or “My ADD is acting up today.” Even references to more severe issues like bipolar disorder and even schizophrenia... Read more

Cryptocurrency WannaMine Attacks On The Rise

News Privacy and Security February 8, 2018

Anyone can be infected by mine hackers, so it’s important to upgrade your AV protection to include a block against WannaMine and similar threats. Another day, another headline about the cryptocurrency craze… If anyone else is starting to feel like cryptocurrency is just a giant game of Farmville where... Read more

Manage Your PC, Mobile Devices, Apps And More With Ellp

Desktop Project Management Software Reviews February 7, 2018

We review Ellp – the PC assistant that automates your daily tasks, keeps your PC running smoothly, and helps you get organized. Smart devices aren’t very “smart” if you spend too much time checking up on them to make sure they’re doing all the things you need done. That’s... Read more

More Crashes From Self-Driving Cars

News February 5, 2018

Tesla Model S and Chevy Bolt incidents prove autonomous vehicles still have a way to go. Automakers GM and Tesla are once again coming under fire for safety concerns, this time involving two separate collisions of their vehicles while the “autopilot” feature was enabled. The Tesla had the misfortune... Read more

Google Now Sells Audiobooks… Is That A Good Thing?

News February 2, 2018

Google Play Store features new audiobook section and integrates them with Home smart speaker. Google has recently announced that it will now sell audiobooks to its customers, opening up the doors of competition against Amazon’s widely popular Audible. The move will mean that the Google Play Store will host... Read more

Stripe Payment Platform Drops Bitcoin

News February 1, 2018

Cryptocurrency receives another blow as online payment platform announces end of support. There’s possibly nothing as uncertain as cryptocurrency right now, despite the continuous high stakes gambling involved in investing. All forms, from Bitcoin to Monero and beyond, are experiencing unprecedented attention, but that may soon be crashing to... Read more

South Korea Action Against Cryptocurrency Hurts Prices

News February 1, 2018

South Korea’s justice minister Park Sang-ki says the country is preparing a bill that will ban all cryptocurrency trading. Late last year, South Korean officials announced a crackdown on cryptocurrency, the hottest “it thing” in get rich quick schemes to come along since everyone began investing in Beanie Babies in the... Read more

Hospitals Turn To Tech To Shut Down Big Pharma

News January 31, 2018

High prices and stock shortages prompt hospitals to make their own drugs. In the US, it costs big money to avoid dying, especially if you’re counting on help from the pharmaceutical industry to keep your body going. While this has been a long-time problem, things have only escalated in... Read more

X Prize or Ex-Prize? Google Stops Short Of the Moon

News January 30, 2018

Google’s $30 million Moon race ends with no winner. There’s an important deadline looming, one that not even the best and brightest from a well-established space program like NASA could hope to meet. Google’s 10-plus year Lunar X Prize project has come to a halt according to an announcement... Read more

Hacking Insurance Is Newest Business Expense

Business News January 29, 2018

Firms are buying insurance ‘in mad panic’ as cyber-attacks soar. Companies of every size have standard expenses. It might be payroll, office supplies, the lease on their location, a fleet of vehicles, or any of a hundred other considerations depending on the type of industry they’re in. But one... Read more

Intel Warns Not To Install Its Own Chip Patch

News January 25, 2018

Processor maker tells users to stop installing patches following Meltdown and Spectre security flaws. Earlier this month, news broke that Intel microchips contained a serious flaw or two, ones that potentially left the door wide open to hackers. Everything from smartphones to laptops to servers were vulnerable, and researchers... Read more