Notifications from websites are a good idea in theory, but they’re abused incredibly often by sites that try to trick you into flipping on notifications just because they’re not easy to turn off.

Google has taken a big step in its efforts to make mobile websites act more like native applications on Android smartphones, by adding notifications to its browser. One of the most convincing ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The push to get you to subscribe to notifications from websites has slowed in recent years, but that doesn’t ...

Notifications in Chrome allow apps, extensions, and websites to keep you in the loop for just about everything, such as new updates, events, warnings, and so on. They can be useful, but they can also ...

Starting with Chrome 86, Google is automatically hiding website notification spam on sites showing a pattern of sending abusive notification content to visitors. The "quiet notification permission UI" ...

Google said Chrome 86 will automatically block malicious notifications that may be used for phishing or malware. Google has added a new feature to Chrome 86 that aims to stomp out abusive notification ...

As if ads weren't bad enough, some less conscientious site owners have learned to misuse and abuse one of the modern Web's features that, on their own, could actually be benign. But just like ...

A new addition to Google Chrome will effectively limit how long notifications will be shown to users before a site has to request permission again. Google will reportedly add the feature as early as ...

I switched to Chrome when it first launched in 2008, and I haven’t looked back since — but rumors of an intrusive new notification “feature” are making me seriously reconsider my commitment to the ...

Google’s Chrome web browser is about to become much less noisy. On Friday, the technology giant announced a new feature that will automatically disable browser notifications for the websites you haven ...

Push notifications are the alerts that apps send to your phone or computer even when the apps aren't open. Often appearing at the top or side of your screen, nearly every popular app uses push ...