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, ...

Virtual private networks, proxy servers and Tor all mask your public IP address differently. Here’s how to choose the right tool for your privacy needs. Sam Dawson is a cybersecurity expert and VPN ...

Disabling JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compilation optimizations in web browsers reduces the risk of zero-day exploits without significantly impacting performance. Users can enhance security across ...

Many people keep important apps and tabs open all the time and cannot afford abrupt closures. Imagine visiting a malicious website and having your browser or your entire PC crash within 15 to 60 ...

There's no denying that saving your password on your web browser is as easy as it is convenient. When your browser politely asks if you'd like it to "save your password for next time," it feels like a ...

Folder Type Discovery is a useful feature in Windows 11 that analyzes the content of a folder and automatically assigns a template (layout and view mode) that it believes best fits. While many users ...

Could Alphabet Inc.’s Google Chrome be in trouble? Shares of Alphabet Inc. GOOGL GOOG fell as much as 4.8%, before paring some of those losses, after OpenAI unveiled an artificial-intelligence browser ...

To the point: Tor Browser is a privacy-focused web browser that routes traffic through a global network of volunteer servers and blocks trackers to protect users from surveillance and location ...

Google is adding multiple new AI features to Chrome, the most popular browser in the world. The most visible change is a new button in Chrome that launches the Gemini chatbot, but there are also new ...