Arianna Gael, Author at FileHippo News

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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

Best Software Oct 7, 2025

The generation of images, videos, and voices through artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that demands we establish clear criteria and good habits to defend ourselves from the dangers of abusing these technologies. Deepfakes are already part of our everyday online life, so it is a very good idea…

Top Online Scams to Be Aware of in 2025

Antivirus Jul 31, 2025

The internet is undoubtedly full of great content, hobbies, information, offers, products, and people, but there’s also a darker side to it. We might not realise it, but every day we’re exposed to threats and scams as we navigate the online world. Curiosity and trust can be exploited to lure…

Meet the new features for Avast Free AV and Avast Premium Security

Antivirus Jun 25, 2025

With millions of active users worldwide, Avast stands as a benchmark in cybersecurity. Why? Because of the quality of its solutions, the reach of its tools and because it is a platform in continuous evolution. A platform that today, once again, places our security at the forefront by reinforcing every…

Foxit Reader Takes On Big Names In PDF Software

News PDF Software Reviews December 21, 2015

There’s little doubt that PDFs are such an integrated part of our connected lives that there’s a real need for quality software for the medium. Unfortunately, there are only a few major developers in document software, and they’ve become such household names in their industries that it’s easy to... Read more

VW Gets Approval To Release Auto Software Update

News December 18, 2015

In what has been one of the bigger software news items of the year–at least in terms of the reach of its impact, and the sheer callousness and greed involved–the German automotive group headed up by the Volkswagen folks have had it pretty rough. Their emissions cheating scandal even... Read more

Wolfram Alpha: Free For All

Development News Software Reviews December 16, 2015

We’ve never been closer to the future predicted in Star Trek than we are right now. In the dream-state setting of the television series and films, there is no struggle on Earth. There is no disease, no poverty, no clashing of ideologies that erupts in violence. Humans have moved... Read more

Predicting Crime With Software

News Privacy and Security December 15, 2015

Using technology to solve crimes is nothing new, at least not in the last few decades. With everything from forensic science innovations to DNA testing to facial recognition software and more, law enforcement agencies are relying on science to find their bad guys. But what if technology could tell... Read more

“Monkeying Around” With E-Learning Software

News December 14, 2015

From the outside, working at a zoo might not seem like a daunting career: feed the animals, clean up after the animals, don’t let the lions eat the zebras. But in reality, the responsibility of not only housing living creatures to adequate standards but often ensuring the protection of... Read more

Measuring CyberCrimes And Software Security

News December 11, 2015

There have been 690 large-scale data breaches so far this year, with more than 175 million consumer records accessed by unauthorized individuals. While this is actually a significant decrease from last year’s record-setting number of breaches, security experts have warned that this is still too high. The reason for... Read more

Guilty? Lie Detector Software May Prove It

News December 11, 2015

Polygraph tests, more commonly known as lie detector tests, make for great drama on your favorite crime show, but the reality of their usefulness is far less believable. Already rejected by the court system as admissible evidence due to their lack of reliability and their overall failure rate, polygraphs... Read more

SAP Gives Medical Data Software A New Purpose

News December 10, 2015

There’s a hotly contested issue in healthcare services, and that’s the concept of storing medical data on individual patients in a nationwide database. The purpose of such a database would be to allow coordination of care between doctors and hospitals, no matter where the patient seeks treatment. While some... Read more

Tax Prep Software Gets A Security Overhaul

News December 8, 2015

It’s almost time! Everyone’s favorite time of year is almost here, and no, we don’t mean the holidays. In the US, it’s almost tax filing time! While citizens and politicians alike rant about the wasteful use of tax dollars–in practically any country around the world–there’s one overlooked source of... Read more

Ford Updates 5M Cars With Siri

News December 7, 2015

This ain’t your granddaddy’s Ford… In software-related vehicle news that mercifully has nothing to do with Volkswagen destroying the planet on purpose while reaping profits, US automaker Ford has announced that as many as five million of its vehicles are compatible with an update that will enable the autos... Read more

Software Company Brings Charitable Giving To 21st Century

News December 7, 2015

When a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, disaster relief teams from around the world descended on the country to lend a hand. Closer to home, a record number of people tried out a newfangled concept in donations, the text-to-give concept. The idea was to text a code... Read more

VTech Hack Targets Children’s, Parents’ Data

News December 3, 2015

There were a record number of data breaches in 2014, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, reaching an all-time high of 783 in that one calendar year alone. Previous years’ results were hardly any better, with corporate, retail, and medical data breaches occurring at an alarming rate. But... Read more

Your Cyber Monday Fun Isn’t Over Yet

News December 2, 2015

Early indicators on the typically greed and violence-fueled Black Friday shopping seem to show a decline in participation this year, hopefully caused by the general population developing a better sense of humanity than to engage in a street brawl over a television. Reports of store violence were down, as... Read more

Apple Looks To “The Force” For Innovation

News December 1, 2015

If you’re looking forward to the newest Star Wars movie as much as the rest of the intelligent life forms of the world, there’s a feature in this one that you especially want to watch for. No, it’s not the new villains or the old favorites (lookin’ at you,... Read more

How IoT Medical Devices Are Vulnerable To Hackers

News November 30, 2015

It’s a story straight out of a cyberthriller, a haunting tale in which hackers take over someone’s insulin pump and deliver too much of the normally life-saving drug, killing him with the very device that was supposed to save him. It makes for good crime novel fodder, but one... Read more

Vonteera: Adware That Can Destroy Your Antivirus

News November 25, 2015

Adware really is crappy stuff, if you think too much into it. While most of the internet-using population has come to see that advertising is partly what makes your internet use cheap and affordable (even free, if you connect over public wifi), it’s more than a little annoying to... Read more

Dell Security Error Opens Door For Hackers

News November 25, 2015

Dell laptop owners beware: reports of a security flaw in some self-signed digital certificates mean your laptop may be wide open for a hacker. According to a discovery of some odd digital certificates by a reddit user (who then posted the discovery), Dell laptops–believed for now to be limited... Read more