Technical devices sometimes have the annoying habit of drawing attention to themselves through beeping or other noises. What manufacturers consider practical can annoy users, such as with microwaves.

Microwaves are great for reheating leftovers or making popcorn, but the constant beeping can be annoying. Here’s how to mute your microwave and snack in peace. Taylor Martin CNET Contributor Taylor ...

The sounds your PC tower makes when you reboot or turn your PC on are not always noises you can simply ignore. Before your PC boots its operating system, the motherboard runs a suite of diagnostic ...

For quite a while now, my USB3 LaCie 1TB HDD starts beeping (a very short, high-pitched sound) sometimes when trying to connect it to one of the ports in my laptop, and refuses to become accessible.