For home offices that sound as silent as a graveyard, there is an audio CD that turns your home office into a bustling downtown office with recorded background noise. Of course, every time you make a ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

Before shelter-in-place orders were issued across the country and people started working from home en masse, I used noise-cancelling headphones a lot at the office. Whether to block out colleagues ...

Are you working from home? Don’t like the deafening silence and peace of mind that comes with having no colleagues to distract you? Well, you’re not weird and you’re definitely not alone. A new ...

Immersive sound can transport a worker sitting at their desk to the beach or other relaxing landscapes.. Made Music Studio/Spatial The pandemic almost killed the open office plan. Immersive sound ...

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As pandemic restrictions lift and workers return to the office, many are quickly being reminded of one big downside to many open office environments: the noise. Office noise like typing and chewing ...

Now that more employers are transitioning to open-plan offices, workers increasingly get to enjoy all clacking of keyboards and yakking of their colleagues—sorry, “spontaneous collaborative input.” In ...

Scott Harper has opened Office Sound Solutions. The firm provides “sound proofing” solutions to offices, commercial spaces, manufacturing floors and other environments where sound blocking, absorption ...

The sounds, of lack there of, in an office can be distracting and annoying. A sound masking machine can help drown out unwanted sound or fill the void of an empty space. Review our list of the best ...

For some, the most recent disappointment in this time of strife has come in the form of a delayed return to company offices. We know you’re out there, and we feel your pain. Though we can’t do much ...