Category: Gear & Gadgets

Acquisition sends thousands of Whistle pet trackers to IoT graveyard

July 29, 2025

Whistle pet monitors will stop working on August 31.  Whistle pet trackers are headed to the Internet of Things (IoT) graveyard. After releasing its first product in 2013, the Seattle-based Whistle has just been acquired by a competitor that has decided to brick all of Whistle’s smart GPS and…

Microsoft is revamping Windows 11’s Task Manager so its numbers make more sense

July 29, 2025

Changes are rolling out to Windows Insider testers in the Dev and Beta channels.  Microsoft devotes most of its time and energy these days to promoting new AI- and Copilot-related features for Windows 11, but the company’s Windows Insider builds are still full of small tweaks and changes aimed…