When you think of Google’s major rivals, you typically think of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and maybe even Amazon. But what about AT&T? A new report from The Information claims that AT&T is actually working developing a new smartphone with the help of Cyanogen, the company that last year vowed to “take Android away from Google.” It looks like AT&T and Cyanogen had been courting Chinese manufacturer ZTE to make the device, although recent trade sanctions leveled against the company put its future involvement in the project in doubt.

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Weather apps for the iPhone and Android devices these days can be scary accurate at times, but they’re also still very inconsistent. Sometimes Dark Sky tells me I’m in store for a drizzle starting in 20 minutes, but meanwhile there’s a torrential downpour hammering my office. Weather apps can never and will never be perfect because they’re not monitoring the weather at your exact location. That’s where the AcuRite 75077 Weather Forecaster with Jumbo Display, Remote Sensor and Atomic Clock comes in.

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Apple’s legal saga with the FBI may have finally come to an anti-climactic resolution, but the issues that the case brought to the forefront will undoubtedly rise again. In the future, there will inevitably be another strategically important smartphone, perhaps an iPhone, that the FBI won’t be able to access by itself.

One of the more interesting issues to arise out of Apple’s legal wrangling with the FBI is that the mighty FBI’s tech prowess is seemingly far less sophisticated than some may have initially assumed. In fact, the FBI’s inability to access the locked iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters was so surprising and incongruous that Apple in one of its legal briefs was even compelled to ask if the FBI really tried all that hard to hack into the device.

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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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