Sri Lankan artist M.I.A. has shared another cut from her forthcoming sixth studio LP, MATA. “Beep” is a mix of bars, drums and bass with a punchy beat. “Yeah I’m tryna come through / Beep beep,” she ...

Delightfully precise and unmistakably modern, this cue unfurls with a bold, resonant tone that immediately signals an electronic appliance at work. The sound’s core is a bright, sustained “ding” that ...

When the computer sends out more than one beep, it usually means something is wrong at the hardware level. The computer may not beep or generate a series of beeps in a fixed pattern. Some are ...