Sound machines may not be the sleep saviors many believe. Researchers found that pink noise significantly reduced REM sleep, while simple earplugs did a better job protecting deep, restorative sleep ...

Share on Pinterest A new study shows that pink noise may lower the quality of sleep and disrupt the REM cycle. Image Credit: AleksandarGeorgiev/Getty Images A recent study suggests that pink noise, ...

Immigrants’ rights advocates are sounding the alarm about noise machines placed high above the parking lot on light poles at a Home Depot in Cypress Park. The machines put out a constant high-pitched ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots has gone through the roof. In July 2025, OpenAI reported that its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, received over 2.5 billion ...

Your hearing isn't the same as mine, nor anyone else’s for that matter. Nissan recognizes this, and it says it has come up with a way to tailor the sound systems in its vehicles to the listener’s ...

Joseph Friedman, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, uses a probe station to test small neuromorphic devices. Friedman has developed a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's not surprising to hear a large commercial truck, such as an Amazon delivery van, emitting some sort of noise when driving in reverse.

With crypto moving away from GPU (graphics processing unit) mining and AI turning to more specialized chips, GPU prices are finally on the decline, making it a great time to build your long-awaited PC ...

Creating a sonic vocabulary for the fantasy hit was a challenge for sound designer Michael Babcock. Creating a sonic vocabulary for the fantasy hit was a challenge for sound designer Michael Babcock ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

Substrate, a small San Francisco startup is making waves in the global semiconductor industry, a business widely believed too complex to break into. With its proprietary technology, Substrate emerges ...

Our Hackaday colleague [Bil Herd] is known for being the mind behind the Commodore 128, a machine which famously had both a 6502 and a Z80 processor on board. The idea of a machine which could do the ...