Pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3 are slated to open up tomorrow, exclusively in Tesla stores. As a result, we’ve already seen a number of reports of prospective Model 3 buyers lining up outside of Tesla dealerships and camping out in tents, all in an effort to get their order in ASAP.

While we’ve always known that Tesla has a strong and passionate fanbase, who would have guessed that the company has fans as dedicated (or perhaps crazy is more apt, depending on your perspective) as Apple fans who, year after year, queue up outside of Apple retail stores in order to get their hands on a new iPhone on launch day.

While lining up for a new iPhone never appealed or made much sense to me, the lines associated with the Model 3 actually do. Not only is demand for the Model 3 expected to be immense, but Tesla has historically struggled to get new cars out to customers in a timely manner. Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk casually joked yesterday that the company might need to increase production after pointing to a CNBC poll where 76% of respondents indicated that they’d be willing to put down $1,000 in order to reserve a Tesla Model 3.

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There weren’t any major fireworks at the opening keynote of Microsoft’s Build conference on Wednesday, but the company did make some important announcements that give us some clues about where the company is headed. Below we’ll recap the most important announcements that include everything from updates to Windows 10 to new frontiers in artificial intelligence.

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Apple last year amazed the world with an incredibly thin new MacBook design. The all-metal 12-inch Retina MacBook comes with various technical advancements that allowed Apple to make a thinner laptop than ever before. Rumors now say that Apple will take the same design and apply it to bigger laptops this year. The company will reportedly soon launch 13-inch and 15-inch notebooks that will be included either in the MacBook, Air or Pro families.

While there aren’t any leaks to show us what a 15-inch ultra-slim MacBook might look like, graphic designer Martin Hajek’s got us covered.

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Adding just 0.23 inches to the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s’ thickness, the Anker Ultra Slim Extended Battery Case for iPhone 6/6s is one of the thinnest battery cases you can get for Apple’s latest generation of iPhones. And yet somehow, even without the unsightly hump that Apple designed on its own iPhone battery case, it packs a large 2,850 mAh capacity battery. How does that compare to Apple’s case? Well, it’s about 1,000 mAh larger.

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I made a huge mistake this morning.

After BGR editor Brad Reed pointed out that Burger King had recently released its spiciest burger ever, I mentioned that I lived right across the street from a Burger King. Two hours later, I was in line ordering the Angriest Whopper combo, complete with small fries, a Sprite to drink and a burger that had been dyed red.

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Massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) are some of the most fascinating games in the industry. Unlike other games, MMOs allow hundreds or even thousands of players to explore a virtual world simultaneously, taking on the forces of evil and competing in server-wide warfare.

But the only thing more fascinating than a living, breathing MMO is one that has been abandoned for over a decade, as is the case with Active Worlds.

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The dust is slowly settling on the Apple vs. FBI case over iPhone encryption. Both parties got what they wanted for the time being, but the war is far from over. The Bureau used a third party’s help to break into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, but there are countless other iPhones that are part of active criminal investigations that may contain important data. But for now, Apple doesn’t have to help unlock them.

The sad side effect of iPhone encryption is that families might never be able to retrieve personal data from iPhones belonging to loved ones after they pass away. A murder case in Baton Rouge, La., involves such an iPhone, and it might contain details related to the incident.

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Kevin Smith has long been one of the most outspoken champions of the comic book industry. He reads comics, he writes comics and he spends hours every week talking about comics on his various podcasts. He’s also an almost overwhelmingly positive force, finding something to love about any comic book movie he sees.

At least, that was the case, until he saw Batman v Superman.

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Apple’s Phil Schiller thinks it’s “really sad” that people are still using five-year-old PCs and he wants them to replace their old computers with the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro. But can Apple’s newest iPad really be a full replacement for your old computer? The reviews for the new iPad are in and they’re all very positive, although questions remain about whether this new device is really that “laptop killer” that Tim Cook hopes it is.

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About a week ago, venerable tech reviewer Walt Mossberg penned a widely circulated article articulating that if the iPhone 7 isn’t “spectacular”, Apple will no longer be able to maintain “its ever-thinning lead as the best smartphone you can buy.”

Indeed, the notion that Apple is on the cusp of losing its status as the premier smartphone on the market has been a shallow and arguably baseless argument that has persisted for years. Going as far back as 2008, Apple has long been the target of pundits who like to proclaim that Apple needs to come up with a crazy new technology or innovative design lest it be lapped by an increasingly formidable lineup of Android devices.

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