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  • How to Set Up Skype’s Active Noise Cancellation on Your Desktop

    How to Set Up Skype’s Active Noise Cancellation on Your Desktop

    “Zoom” may have overtaken “Skype” as the preferred shorthand for making video calls, but Microsoft’s chat service hasn’t gone anywhere. The newest Skype upgrade brings an active noise cancellation setting (ANC) to desktops and laptops, which filters out background sounds while keeping your voice audible.


  • Today I Discovered The Quietest Place In The World

    Ever feel like your office is a little too loud and distracting? Or have those moments when you’re at home and you think it’s quiet, but then you start to hear the hum of the refrigerator and the low rumble of distant traffic? Maybe you’d like a holiday to the quietest place in the world…


  • How To Complain About Your Noisy Neighbours

    How To Complain About Your Noisy Neighbours

    When you live in an apartment building with other people, you’re bound to encounter at least one tenant who is a bit noisier than the rest. Whether it’s excessively loud music, lovemaking or whatever, here’s how to approach the situation without being an equally obnoxious neighbour.