Earlier this month, a kind of chirping, rainforest-y sound sprung up in my apartment. It came from my roommate’s room. At first, I took it for a video game, but then realized the sound materialized ...

Console startup sounds are supposed to be iconic. Memorable. Maybe even comforting. But let’s be honest—some of them were straight-up annoying. Whether it was the audio equivalent of a jump scare or a ...

BRAINTREE, Mass. — The crescendoing racket from an estimated 70,000 pickleball courts across the United States has generated bitter municipal fights, litigation, vandalism, acoustical mitigation ...