As a child, I often woke to the sound of my mother typing. I’d hear a spatter of sound, a pause, a tentative tap or two, some silence, then more taps. With the staccato music of the typewriter coming ...

Those of us working office jobs know how quiet it can get — headphones go on and the subtle clicking of modern keyboards fades away. It would seem such a setup makes for solid productivity, but The ...

“To the surprise of Times journalists, a tall speaker on a stand has been erected in the newsroom to pump out typewriter sounds, to increase energy levels and help reporters to hit deadlines. The ...

While we were passing a few days in Houston, catching up on stuff that we can't get done in the country, I was walking in the neighborhood early one morning when I heard a sound that's special to me.

It was once ubiquitous in the office or home and now the typewriter is experiencing a rebirth thanks to the efforts of a Philadelphia engineer. Jack Zylkin, 27, has created what he calls the ‘USB ...

The insurgence starts with the metal thwack of a key. To me, that iconic sound, that tinny typewriter sound, is aggressive, frenetic, a tiny explosion prompted by something that detonated in a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...