The Morning News

A Bangladeshi woman survivor is lifted out of the rubble by rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 25, 2013. By Monday, the death toll reached over 350 people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story [...]

The sound of an old-school dial-up modem can be slowed down to create a haunting, ethereal soundscape, but what does today's internet sound like? Giles Turnbull at The Morning News took a listen — everything from recording the steady, roaring breath of a server's fan, to using software tools to convert a computer's browser history into a playable music stream. The results are fascinating to hear, and surprising in that they reveal the pulse of digital life beneath the online activities we participate in every single day. You can hear one such example below, but to get a real sense of the soundscapes that surround us, be sure to check out Turnbull's piece itself.

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