Unusual times prompt unusual occurrences. A friend was watching a science museum presentation and the presenter was flustered because of a recurring loud sound. They ultimately tracked it down: a tab ...

The PS5 has lots of little tricks that you can do which make using the console that much better, including the ability to mute all the audio at once. You might ask yourself why you would want to mute ...

There's no denying that smartphones have become our lifeline to modern existence. Whether you're using it to check email, do work, or listen to music, our phones let us do it all. If you have an ...

UW researchers say they can now mute different parts of a noisy room, or isolate one conversation in a chaotic environment, thanks to a swarm of small audio robots that auto-position themselves to ...

Sometimes, while you are taking part in the video conferencing tool Zoom, you will need to mute your microphone to suppress background noises or stay silent while other participants in the meeting are ...

When playing streaming videos using the YouTube application on your iPad, any sound in the video will automatically play through the speakers on your device. Even if you have your iPad's switch set to ...

If your only Mac is a laptop, and you take it with you to meetings, classes, or other such activities, you’re probably used to muting your machine before the event starts, then unmuting it once the ...

Microsoft has released software updates for the Xbox Series S and X and the Xbox app for iOS and Android that bring some quality-of-life improvements and small tweaks that you may notice the next time ...