Music-recognizing app Shazam retains access to the Mac's microphone, keeping it in a constant on state, even when Shazam has been turned off. The potentially worrisome feature was discovered by ...

WORRIED that an app is secretly listening to you through your microphone? Chances are that you’re probably not being spied on – but there’s a very easy way to check. Of course your iPhone will show an ...

With its latest app, millennial-focused publisher Mic said it’s hoping to give you a full newsreading experience from your iPhone lockscreen. So after you’ve set things up, you’ll start getting ...

If you bought a microphone to use with your PC just for Zoom calls, you're missing out on some of the best accessibility ...

This morning, Millennial-focused news organization Mic released its first mobile app. Named "MicCheck," the app shows users a curated stream of stories, from both Mic and other news sites. In some ...

In a viral post, a user claimed that WhatsApp was listening through smartphone's microphone even when the app was not in use, raising serious privacy concerns. The instant messaging application has ...

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why an app is requesting microphone access when there doesn’t seem to be any logical reason why it should need to snoop on the sounds from your surroundings, ...

Back in December we saw Apple approved an app called Quick Snap that allowed users to take pictures with the iPhone using the volume buttons instead of the regular camera icon on screen. As you know, ...

If the microphone is not working in the Edge browser, here is how you can fix the issue in Windows 11/10. Whether you use the built-in or an external microphone, there are several reasons you might ...

JBL has unveiled the Sense Pro and Sense Lite open-ear TWS earphones at CES 2026. Both use air-conduction audio, support four microphones, touch controls, the JBL Headphones app, and Google Fast Pair.