Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

For reasons that have always been unclear, Windows does not include standard keyboard shortcuts for turning the volume up or down. Sure, most laptops have volume buttons on their keyboards, and some ...

Most of us will have all kinds of audio pumping out through our Windows PC speakers (or headphones)—but you don't necessarily want your background lo-fi chill-out mixes at the same volume level as the ...

The $15 SoundSlide solves a problem that few would consider an actual problem. It replaces a computer’s volume buttons with a customizable touch-sensitive slider that can be operated using finger ...

Want to Reset your Sound & Audio Settings? This post will show you how to reset app volume and device preferences i.e. output and input preferences in Windows 11/10 ...

With all of the various keyboards, mouses (mice?), and other human interface devices (HID) available for our computers, there’s no possible way for developers to anticipate every type of input for ...

If you buy expensive computer speakers, they often have a volume knob you can mount somewhere on your desk so you aren’t dependent on the onboard volume control. [Kris S] decided to build his own ...

Czech company Drake Labs has just released a new USB-C accessory called SoundSlide, a touch-sensitive device that can be used to control the volume of your computer ...