Engadget

The key updates that make AirPods 4 block sound better — and just sound better

The headline feature of the AirPods 4 may be active noise cancellation (ANC), but Apple has done well to improve the overall audio quality in addition to blocking environmental sounds. For the first ...
ZDNet

Firefox to block auto-playing audio starting March 2019

Starting with Firefox 66 --scheduled for release on March 19, 2019-- Mozilla plans to block auto-playing audio on both desktop and mobile. The new rule will apply to any website that plays audio ...
ZDNet

Google: We're having to hit pause on Chrome's audio autoplay block

Google has tweaked a new autoplay policy in Chrome 66 that was aimed at silencing most unwanted noisy video ads but also broke sound in a bunch of web games. The new autoplay policy was considered a ...
ecoustics

GIK Acoustics Launches Sound Block StackPack Acoustic Treatment — But at $976, It Better Sound Like God Whispering

GIK Acoustics’ Sound Block StackPack includes a trio of modular acoustic panels that can be free standing or wall mounted. The room is the most overlooked — and most important — component in any ...
ExtremeTech

Google Chrome Will Block Autoplaying Video With Sound Next Year

Next year, you may never again have to hunt through your Chrome tabs in search of the one that's producing sound. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...