PCMag

Microsoft Says This Free App Speeds Up Your PC With One Click. Does It Work?

You can spend money on third-party PC optimization tools to improve performance, but Microsoft PC Manager claims to deliver ...

The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

Text-to-speech (TTS) tools convert written text into spoken word using AI, which can increase accessibility and offer a shortcut to natural-sounding voice-overs for creative and p ...

I used the $1,099 Sonos Arc Ultra for months, and it’s actually worth the splurge

Our electronics writer spent months testing various soundbars and surround sound systems, and here’s what he thinks of Sonos’ latest high-end soundbar.

How we test laptops at ZDNET in 2026

The neural processing unit (NPU): Many laptops will mention an NPU, which is a specialized component reserved solely for AI-powered tasks like image generation and interacting with large language ...
GitHub

PSELDNets: Pre-trained Neural Networks on Large-scale Synthetic Datasets for Sound Event Localization and Detection

It synthesizes a large-scale SELD dataset designed to include numerous sound event instances and various acoustic environments. It introduces PSELDNets trained on the large-scale synthetic SELD ...
IEEE

Real-Time Implementation of Spatial Audio on FPGA Using Interaural Time Difference and Amplitude-Driven Perceptual Depth

Abstract: This paper describes the real-time implementation of spatial audio effect using Basys-3 field programmable gate array (FPGA). The spatial audio effect in this paper is obtained by varying ...