A new study shows that pressing the mute button on popular video conferencing apps (VCA) may not actually work like you think it should, with apps still listening in on your microphone. More ...

I hate annoying others with my laptop's startup sound, so I always keep the sound muted. That's great most of the time, except when I need to unmute it for some reason. Then I forget to mute it again ...

After a ringing iPhone interrupted a performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony by the New York Philharmonic, the Mac punditocracy has worked overtime dissecting the user interface of the Mute button and ...

If the volume icon in the taskbar corner overflow shows ‘Mute’ even when sound is playing on Windows 11, you can fix it in the following ways. Disconnect Bluetooth Devices Restart Explorer or PC ...

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