Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Windows Optional updates are not compulsory updates but are made available to users when they are available. While many PC users and IT admins choose to install the updates manually, new policies ...

Apple rolled out its latest iPhone and iPad software updates this week, which include a big change to how you download and install updates on your devices. iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 make iPhone and ...

Updating your laptop's software version is a routine task that you should be performing more often than not. Although software update notifications can be annoying and might feel like an interruption ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus are automatically installed with the Windows Updates on your PC. Microsoft installs it as a security patch and there is no way you can ...

Part of keeping a computer secure from current bugs or threats that may affect its overall functionality and performance is making sure that any software updates are promptly downloaded and installed ...

From time to time Windows needs some extra attention. These tools help to minimize the effort so you can concentrate on the really important things. Writing documents, surfing the internet, watching ...

Security patches stand between your Apple devices and danger. Graphic: Google Gemini When Apple needs to install a security patch onto an iPhone, iPad or Mac, it now does so without requiring the user ...

I have Java for a couple of programs I use, and I like that it can notify me of updates and grab them automatically. Problem is, for security reasons I run under a user account, and as I rarely log in ...