Aggressive alarm noises will definitely wake you up, but they have the potential to ruin your day, too. You know what’s challenging? Waking up every day at the crack of dawn, getting up to get ready ...

There are pleasant and less pleasant ways to wake up in the morning, and the iPhone’s default alarms are quite annoying. Therefore, changing the alarm tone on the iPhone can help you wake up in a more ...

The powers that be have gaslit us into a lot of things, but I’m currently quite salty about the way we’ve all been gaslit by our phones into thinking it’s normal to wake up like we’re fleeing a ...

No matter how peaceful your alarm tone is, jolting awake to it is likely not a peaceful experience. And if you wake up to an alarm regularly, the recurring sound of your chosen alarm tone, morning ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. I wake ...

Nintendo’s Alarmo will play music from Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, then bombard you with coin sounds until you struggle out of bed. Reading time 3 minutes Instead of its much-anticipated Switch 2 ...

Stuart McFarlane receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Adrian Dyer receives funding from The Australian Research Council Jair Garcia does not work for, ...