#Decibel

Author: Andrew Heinzman / Source: How-To Geek Conversations about headphone-induced hearing loss have faded away, but headphones and earbuds still post a serious risk to your ears. How loud is too loud, and how do you protect your ears without giving up music? The Threshold for Hearing Damage is

Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Last night, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced Max-Q, a new approach to designing gaming laptops to deliver three times the performance in a third of the size of previous laptops. In doing so, he held up a 10-pound gaming laptop from a few years ago

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Even in the wilderness, humans are making a ruckus. In 63 percent of America’s protected places — including parks, monuments and designated wilderness areas — sounds made by human activity are doubling the volume of background noise. And in 21 percent