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I don’t think I’m going to hurt anyone’s feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn’t have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX. But his fingerprints are all over tracks from them, as well as many other artists, including Freddie Gibbs, Bad Bunny, Mac Miller, BTS, and even Ludwig Göransson’s score for Oppenheimer.Nicholas Piantedosi, better known as Decap, is a record producer, but perhaps more importantly, he’s the man behind Drums That Knock, a series of sample packs that have found their way onto countless records across genres. The line is so successful that, after debuting…

You don’t need a Raspberry Pi or mini PC to start experimenting with Home Assistant. That crappy old laptop collecting dust in your closet might have another use after all. With some open-source software and a little patience, you can give it a second life as a smart home control system. It may not be the perfect hardware for the job, but it lets you get started with what you already have. A smart home composed of devices from several different companies can make for a messy setup. Although standards like Matter and Thread are designed to smooth that out,…

You-know-who might be grabbing headlines by rolling a few trucks off the assembly line, but fleets overseas have been putting electric semi trucks to work for years – and shipping fleet JUNA just announced the deployment of its 110th (!) big BEV. A joint venture between German logistics firm sennder and Swedish truck brand Scania, JUNA works with shippers and freight forwarders to understand their transport needs, identify suitable routes, integrate electric vehicles where possible, then support those carriers with a flexible pay-per-use model that enables them to decarbonize some or all of their freight traffic today, without taking on the…

UPDATE: 2026/09/26 13:00 EST BY SEAN MCMANUS Porsche’s Pricey Options Aren’t Helping We added a section to highlight some of Porsche’s expensive options, like a $230 fuel cap, for example. Once the VW Group’s profit leader, Porsche has seemingly overnight become its albatross instead. The brand’s prices may have soared higher than its customers can reach, but artificial scarcity and expensive options aren’t alone in setting Porsche’s course. Some very big and very poorly timed investments are also weighing on the CEO’s “value over volume” strategy. From Massive Moneymaker To Barely Break-Even Dynamic shot of a 2021 Porsche 718 Cayman…

The Drive 🤝 your inbox. Every weekday The Daily Brief wraps up the biggest stories and our exclusive reporting on the auto industry and car culture. Like seemingly everything else in this age of tariffs and other geopolitical crises, new cars are getting expensive. Transaction prices reached an average of $50,000 late last year and have hovered there since. And according to a recent study, those looking for relief on the used car market are increasingly out of luck. Published by Edmunds, the study found that truly affordable used cars are becoming rarer, forcing budget-conscious shoppers into older cars with…

The 2027 Mazda EZ-60 LiDAR variant, shown in an official image, adds a roof-mounted Hesai ATX LiDAR with a maximum detection range of 200 meters. Credit: Changan Mazda Changan Mazda rolled out the updated model a year after the EZ-60’s launch, with limited-time prices starting at 113,900 yuan ($16,880). The LiDAR variants add 1 Hesai ATX LiDAR on the roof with a maximum detection range of 200 meters. Changan Mazda, the joint venture between Changan Automobile (SZSE: 000625) and Mazda in China, launched the 2027 EZ-60 on Saturday, adding LiDAR-equipped variants to close the mid-size SUV’s gap in advanced driver…

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business.Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought then was a wild pivot point for the internet — and now it turns out things are even wilder because of AI, and Matthew and Cloudflare are right at the center of it.Cloudflare found in June that bots made up more than half of internet traffic. That number just keeps going up as more and more AI companies scrape…

Renault has been dropping jaws with its all-electric retro redos in recent years, and someone over there has seem committed to keeping the party going with the launch of this all-new Renault Gordini 8 concept EV. Launched in 1964, the original Renault 8 Gordini packed a 95 hp four-cylinder engine mounted behind the rear axle. It was unimaginabely squirrely at the limit, with snap oversteer that could fill a driver’s heart with fear – especially on slick or gravelly roads. In the right hands, however, la Gorde delivered genuine racing performance and earned a reputation as an excellent “training car” for…

If you moved to Android, your Apple Watch can come with you. Adnan Ahmed for Engadget Whether the iPhone is the best smartphone around is debatable, but what’s undeniable is how well Apple has nailed the products that surround it. The AirPods continue to dominate the truly wireless earbuds market, and the Apple Watch remains one of the most polished smartwatch experiences you can get. Unfortunately, Apple’s accessories work best when you have an iPhone to go along with them. In fact, the Apple Watch straight up doesn’t work with Android. I recently moved to a…

A lot of automakers today are under intense pressure from two different sides and hemorrhaging cash as a result. On the one hand, US import tariffs are really doing a number on countless brands which had thus far relied heavily on American buyers. And then you’ve got China flooding places like Europe with cheap cars, undercutting legacy manufacturers by a wide margin and expanding its market share at an alarming rate. These factors combined are causing a world of trouble, especially for Volkswagen and its many subsidiaries. But VW Group is by no means the only one feeling the squeeze,…