Apple introduced Ambient Sounds on the HomePod back in 2019. Ambient Sounds is an accessibility feature that offers the ability to play different sound clips on the HomePod to block out background ...

As many people transitioned from working in an office to working from home, they had to get used to being in a very different auditory environment. If you’re lucky enough to have a private office, you ...

Some businesses in California are in the process of reopening. But many people working from home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic may face several additional months of hunching over their ...

Have you ever noticed that you're restless or fatigued even when staying at home? The cause may not be work stress or sleep deprivation; it could be the persistent ambient noise at home. From ...

Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean and more. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac/W.carter/Wikimedia Commons Working in an office or in the city, ...

If you need noise to distract you, but music is too much, your iPhone can now provide Background Sounds to help, in iOS 15. If you need silence while you work, your best bet is to use the noise ...

Is it better or worse to listen to music while you work? What about white noise? Sometimes we don’t want to work but have to, so we decide to work in front of the TV in order to make ourselves feel a ...

You can remove background noise in Audacity with the "Noise Reduction" tool. Use Audacity's Noise Reduction tool on a small piece of your audio first, and then expand the range. No tool for removing ...

When using a microphone in a video conference or recording a video, your keyboard's clack or other background noise can be very distracting to listeners. The good news is that software exists that can ...

From echoing hallways and droning air conditioners to loud lectures and whispered secrets, schools can be noisy places. But a new study suggests high background noise can significantly distract some ...