If you don't unlock your Android device for three straight days, it will now automatically restart. Why? Because it will make it harder for bad actors, such as a thief, to break into your device. We ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

If you want to disable the “It’s almost time to restart your device” alert on your Windows 11 PC, read this post. Several users have reported that this notification appears repeatedly on their systems ...

Google Systems updates for April include a new security feature. If you leave your Android phone or tablet locked for three consecutive days, your device will automatically restart. You'll need to ...

For some reason this just started in the last year, even though I have the Group Policy "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations" enabled. I am regularly on ...

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Apple has added a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update released last month to ensure that iPhones automatically reboot after long idle periods to re-encrypt data and make it harder to extract ...

Microsoft's 2011 Secure Boot certificates expire June 2026, leaving millions of Windows 10 PCs vulnerable to boot-level ...

Scheduling your Mac to reboot automatically has changed in macOS Ventura, and not for the better. Here's how to get it done. It's good practice to schedule your Mac to automatically shut down and ...

Sometimes I have users say that their PC automatically rebooted overnight after Windowsupdate. Sometimes I see that others in the morning are requesting a "Restart Now". I'm curious which under which ...