Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Notifications from smart devices and computers have "dramatically increased," says one expert. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis ...

Q: I am getting a lot of Windows notifications from McAfee lately saying that I have a virus infection and that I have to click on the notification itself to fix the problem. The strange part is that ...

Whenever you open a new app on your smartphone, one of the first things the app will ask for is permission to send push notifications. Nearly every modern app uses them, and they're a central part of ...