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The MP3 era’s favorite player returns with a monthly subscription. Andreas Cahyo/Shutterstock Winamp, the endlessly skinnable MP3 player that ruled Windows desktops in the pre-streaming era, is making a comeback next year, but not as you know it. In a partnership with Deezer, Winamp will be reborn as a completely new player with its own premium subscription service, with Deezer providing the white-label streaming technology and licensed catalog. According to the official announcement, the new player will add that subscription alongside local files, Internet radio, podcasts and cloud-stored music libraries. The new player will sit alongside…

When Kia launched its EV9 SUV in 2023, the hype for all-electric vehicles was still inflating. Now, with sales of the flagship electric SUV dropping 33% last month to 1,789, there isn’t much air left in the balloon. The signs of the EV market making a return are there, including the massive rise in gas prices, so hunting down one of the big discounts on the three-row Kia EV9 could be a smart move for the right shopper. And discounts are out there. We found a Kia Customer Cash discount of $10,000 across all the dealerships we checked, and some…

People regularly express their discontentment with car interiors that rely on touchscreens too heavily, prompting automakers to consider bringing back physical controls. And it makes sense why drivers feel this way, as having to navigate clunky menus while on the move is both annoying and unnecessarily distracting. Moreover, a touchscreen simply can’t replicate the tactile feel of traditional toggles, buttons, and switches. That may ultimately result in a less engaging interaction between man and machine, on top of all the practical reasons we have to dislike screen-heavy interiors. But now, it seems like more and more manufacturers are listening to…

A Dongfeng humanoid robot on display at the Shanghai auto show in April 2025. Credit: CnEVPost Dongfeng’s humanoid robot will enter factories in October to handle sorting and quality inspection, with small-batch trial production to begin at the end of the year. The company’s in-house developed robot dog will be put into commercial use sooner than the humanoid robot. Dongfeng Motor plans to begin small-batch trial production of its humanoid robot at the end of this year, becoming the latest Chinese automaker to set a timeline for putting robots into use. Dongfeng’s humanoid robot will enter factories in October this…

If you’ve ever wanted to own a genuine piece of electric vehicle vaporware history, now might be your chance. One of the most interesting artifacts from SONDORS’ more ambitious days has just surfaced for sale on eBay: the company’s three-wheeled electric car prototype. And amusingly, the asking price is $10,000 – exactly what SONDORS originally hoped to charge for the finished car. The strange vehicle is a three-seat, three-wheeled electric autocycle that was unveiled at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. At the time, Electrek’s own Jameson Dow saw the car in person at the show, though he noted that…

Anamanaguchi, the band consisting of Peter Berkman, James DeVito, Luke Silas, and Ary Warnaar, are most known for their chiptune music. Like me, you might have first heard them in game soundtracks like 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game or know of their collaboration with Hatsune Miku (which even made its way into Fortnite). They’ve gone through different eras of breakneck chiptune beats and dance-y pop songs, but their 2025 album Anyway took an indie rock departure — written at the American Football house and filled with fuzzy guitars.They’re also a band that’s terminally online and very plugged…

Both of them bring iPhone apps to your car, but CarPlay Ultra takes it a step further. Harry Howitt/Shutterstock Apple’s CarPlay brings the iOS experience you’re familiar with, along with your apps and media, to your car’s dashboard. And although some car manufacturers have been ditching CarPlay, it’s still widely available in many vehicles.  What you might not know is that there are two versions of CarPlay: the standard one you’re likely familiar with, and CarPlay Ultra. They share the same foundation in theory, but CarPlay Ultra goes a lot further. Instead of being limited to the…

If you look at the whole history of performance models, you’ll find that muscle trucks rarely have a long run. The Ford Mustang has been around for more than 60 years, but the Ford SVT Lightning only showed up for a few years at the start of the 1990s, and again in the 2000s. One of Dodge’s muscle truck masterpieces, the Ram 1500 GTX, was a true limited-time offer, hitting the market for a solitary model year in 2004, only to disappear without a trace. Here’s why we think it deserves to be remembered. The Ram 1500 GTX Was Ram’s…

Given the price of fuel, and pretty much anything needed to keep daily life on track, it’s not hard to see why hybrid cars are becoming more popular by the year. They can be expensive if you opt for an SUV-style machine, though if you’re not after that level of practicality, there are some truly excellent deals to be found. Compact sedans like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla can be had in hybrid form, though they’re much cheaper than any new hybrid SUV. The best choice, however, could be a car from neither of these brands. Why the Elantra…

The Luxeed RX on display at the Chengdu Auto Show in August 2026. Credit: Luxeed Luxeed adds a new 81-kWh entry-level version of the RX SUV, with the starting pre-sales price cut by 10% from before. Not everyone needs a bigger battery, an executive said. Luxeed, the EV brand jointly created by Huawei and Chery (HKEX: 9973), on Sunday added a smaller-battery, lower-priced version of the RX coupe SUV (sport utility vehicle). The new version, which carries an 81-kWh battery pack, opened for pre-orders today at a pre-sales price starting at 269,800 yuan ($39,960). That is 30,000 yuan, or 10%,…