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, ...

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, ...

Apple released the first beta of iOS 16.4 and included a feature that lets developers send notifications to web apps. Since the iPhone's creation, users could always add web apps to their devices by ...

Any time a company sends a push notification to an iPhone, its application can gather information about the user, including their location, according to security researchers. Meta and TikTok ...

Publishers need to rethink their monetization strategies. As the shift toward privacy takes away the low-hanging fruit of tracking users and selling user data, publishers need to play the long game – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Notifications may encourage people to spend more time and money gambling than they otherwise would. - Ian Moore / Mashable ...

Social media, just like any other tool, can be beneficial or destructive. Unlike most tools, however, these Internet platforms are designed in a way to get you hooked on them, much to the dismay of ...

Some Gmail complaints are perennial: Google won’t let me recover my account password, or a hacker has changed my two-factor authentication options. Now it seems you can add push notifications that ...

I’ll probably be turning them off, but at least they’ll be an option. I’ll probably be turning them off, but at least they’ll be an option. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more.

Yet another headache is in store for iPhone app developers, courtesy of Apple. Over the past few weeks, reports have spread of the iOS 17.4 beta 2 removing progressive web apps (PWAs) and the ability ...

With the Super Bowl approaching, it may seem unthinkable to turn off notifications. Here's why you should consider it.