Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper of hospital units. Medical devices monitoring patients send off alerts ...

The sounds your PC tower makes when you reboot or turn your PC on are not always noises you can simply ignore. Before your PC boots its operating system, the motherboard runs a suite of diagnostic ...

When a carbon monoxide alarm breaks the quiet with a random chirp, it is tempting to brush it off as a glitch. In reality, ...

Our world has changed a lot in the last 18 months. We’re spending more time working from home, and we’re ordering a ton more stuff from Amazon. And Americans are noticing something that they perhaps ...

One of the most common sounds in the modern world is the beep. From microwaves and cellphones to computers and backing-up trucks, this high-pitched alert pings us from every direction. But how is it ...

Every time a machine like this backs up, it usually emits a loud BEEP-BEEP-BEEP that travels a very long distance. It doesn't have to be One of the most popular articles 15 years ago talked about the ...

Figuring out what alarm is chirping and why can be a conundrum and it’s likely to start happening more as carbon monoxide detectors reach the end of their useful life. That’s why the theme for 2021 ...

Following are the ways by which you can turn off the DING sound when changing Volume or at least avoid it. Change Volume from the Quick Action Menu Disable notification or alert sound for your wired ...

This is the eighth in an exclusive series of 50 articles, one published each day until July 20, exploring the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Moon landing. You can check out 50 Days to the Moon ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Sonos may be the undisputed king of wireless home audio, but that hasn't ...