Pink noise, a staticky sound that’s supposed to help people fall asleep, may actually worsen your rest, a new study found. Pink noise — like white noise — contains all the frequencies humans can hear, ...

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Pixel devices are getting a set of new ringtones, notification alerts, and alarm sounds via an update to the Sounds app. Update: Sounds 3.3 (825845788) is now widely rolling out to older Pixel devices ...

Google Sounds is updating its UI and adding some new sound recordings. Collections are being upgraded from their color gradient icons to abstract vector art. New alarms, ringtones, and notification ...

For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing. By Evan Roberts Climate change ...

Windows is known for its multitasking capability. It allows you to put multiple apps on your screen, run multiple tabs in one browser, and do a lot of other things. But what most people don’t know is ...

Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival back in May of this year, The History of Sound has generated more buzz than your average wartime melodrama, largely due to its star casting. With Paul Mescal ...

Traced all the way back to Major League Baseball’s first World Series in 1903, music and baseball have gone hand-in-hand since the start of the professional game. Music has long been a major part of ...

Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time. By Marc Tracy Making a list of the best rock albums ever is easy: Something ...

With iOS 26, Apple added a bunch of new options for the Background Sounds feature. If you're unfamiliar with it, it is an Accessibility option that allows your iPhone to play soothing background noise ...

A NASA rover ambling over the red desert planet for the past four years has been recording audio of Mars. In this alien world 156 million miles away in space, even the everyday whispers of wind and ...