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 ...

Muting your computer can be a quick way to maintain focus or silence an unexpected noise. Using keyboard shortcuts, you can ...

Most users, when watching movies or listening to music on their Windows 11/10 PC, decide to take a break; no matter which media player or app is being used, the media will continue to play with the ...

A new study shows that pressing the mute button on popular video conferencing apps (VCA) may not actually work like you think it should, with apps still listening in on your microphone. More ...

The Do Not Disturb mode built into iOS is excellent. It hides incoming alerts, and generally stops you from being disturbed by outside forces. But it won’t save you from yourself. What if you ...

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 ...

Those of us who keep multiple tabs open should not be punished for our erratic internet behavior, but that’s what it feels like when audio starts blaring from more than one tab at the same time, ...

Sometimes you run across a tip that’s just so awesome you must share it with the world as soon as possible. The other day, I came across a Chrome extension (via Ghacks) that lets you use a keyboard ...

Videoconferencing apps have risen in popularity throughout the pandemic to become a part of most people’s daily lives, but a new study from the University of Wisconsin Department of Electrical and ...