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 ...

When it comes to minimizing distractions during the day, we usually think of smartphone notifications: Those pings and buzzes that pull us out of whatever we were doing and demand we turn our ...

Ping. Ring. Buzz. These sounds delivered from electronics fill our days and nights, repeatedly notifying us that there is something we must pay attention to right away. But constant notifications ...