Are you tired of struggling to communicate on phone calls due to ambient noise? Have you ever been on an important call where the background noise is so loud that the person on the other end can ...

Loneliness/social isolation isn’t just a transient emotion or situation, it’s turned into a global crisis with serious public health consequences. In 2023, then–US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, ...

Why your brain craves connection—and what happens without it Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Social isolation can increase feelings of depression and anxiety. People who are socially isolated ...

One of the problems with the improved audio quality of a phone call is that you hear everything. By that, I mean not only your voice but also any background noise and ambient noise. Kids screaming, ...

iOS 16.4 makes it easy to block embarrassing background noise from your phone calls. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The Voice Isolation feature that’s been making FaceTime and Zoom video chats better for ...

Apple’s AirPods remain one of the best pairs of wireless earbuds you can buy, always sitting at the forefront of delivering exceptional audio experiences, catering to music enthusiasts, professionals, ...

This week, I realized that I am lonely. The loneliness did not come on all of a sudden. It crept in slowly—as friends moved away, as I quit a club that I’d been a part of for nearly a decade, and as I ...

I’ve always been a person who adores extremes. I know that many of you are the same, keen to twist the dials in your lives to the limits to see what happens. In my case, I saw that I benefited from ...