LPT: Hearing an intermittent beep around your house? Start a stopwatch to see when it repeats. Once you know the cycle you can make sure to be silent when you’re trying to determine the beep’s location. Had a weird electronic device with a low battery keeping every 73 seconds, and it was driving me nuts trying to find it. submitted by /u/0000000000000007

LPT: Blackbird instead of beep…. I’m a diabetic and use a system on my phone to manage my insulin pump and blood sugar levels. Occasionally, the system sends me notifications about changes, such as high or low blood sugar levels. While these alerts are essential, they often blend in with the barrage of other notifications—text messages, emails, and even my morning alarm. To mai…

Sony’s new PS5 update includes Dolby Atmos and the ability to mute the startup beep Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeSony is rolling out a big new PS5 update today, just over a month after it first started testing the changes in a beta. The update adds Dolby Atmos, lets you mute that annoying bootup beep, and even supports pairing a second controller as an assist one to let you help friends or family complete a game. Sony is al…