As Elon Musk likes to boast, Tesla doesn’t know how to make slow cars. In fact, when it comes to pure acceleration, Tesla offers borderline supercar level performance at a price point that’s incredibly reasonable when you look at how much some of the most expensive cars in the world typically sell for.

Over the past few months, we’ve seen no shortage of race videos pitting a Tesla Model S against all comers, including a Lamborghini Aventador, a McLaren 650s Spider, and even a Boeing 737. Does the Model S ever prevail? Of course not. But with a Model S in Ludicrious Mode capable of going from 0-60 in just 2.8 seconds, the raw acceleration is still a sight to behold.

Now that Tesla has finally gotten around to ramping up production on the Model X, we’re finally starting to see Tesla’s crossover SUV appear in drag racing videos of its own. Most recently, DragTimes decided to pit a Tesla P90D Model X in Ludicrous mode against a Ferrari F430. As a quick point of interest, a Model X in Ludicrous mode can go from 0-60 in 3.2 seconds, can complete a quarter-mile in just 11.7 seconds and has a top speed of 155 mph. By way of contrast, a Ferrari F430 can reach a top speed of 196 mph and can go from 0-60 in 3.8 seconds.

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We’ve got one week left in April and we plan on closing this month out with a bang. That means you can expect a solid week packed with more paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free than you know what to do with. To start things off, we’ve dug up 11 premium iOS apps that are all free downloads for a limited time, and you’ll find them all laid out below.

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It’s not easy to imagine a world without the Windows operating system. Even in spite of Microsoft’s Windows 8 debacle, the company’s computing platform is still the most widely used desktop operating system by a wide margin. Of course, a decade ago it was equally difficult to envision a world without the Symbian platform, and now there are millions upon millions of smartphone users who don’t even know that an OS called Symbian ever existed.

What goes up must come down. Windows played an integral role in shaping personal and corporate computing, and it continues to play an integral role to this day. But the Windows platform won’t be around forever, and it’s possible that we’re about to witness the first step in a massive sea change.

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Amazon is starting the new week off with a bang, offering some fantastic daily deals that you’re definitely going to want to check out. Today’s roundup come after we went through more than 300 sales Amazon has going on today, and we’ve selected 12 in particular that we think bargain hunters are going to love. Included among them are a $50 off offer on the Google Nexus 5X, a $15 Bluetooth mouse with insane 12-month battery life, a great price on a cutting-edge Core i7 laptop, great prices on Fire HD tablets and more.

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It finally happened, folks — HBO’s best TV series ever returned last night. Every single Game of Thrones fan went into the first episode of season 6 with one question in mind, but the show’s creators decided to keep the answer from us for at least one more week. It’s infuriating indeed, but it was still a pretty great episode.

In case you haven’t seen the first episode of the new season, then make sure you avoid this post for the time being. Spoilers follow below.

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With just over a month to go until the movie releases in theaters, 20th Century Fox has shared the final theatrical trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse.

Like the ones before it, this trailer is jam-packed with action and dialog, so if you’re trying to go into the movie relatively blind, you’re going to want to skip this one. Otherwise, prepare yourself for two and a half minutes of nonstop thrills.

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Will the iPhone 7 be “boring” in terms of novel new features? A new report from a reputable insider seems to suggest that the new smartphone won’t have alluring features that will convince masses of buyers to purchase it. On the contrary, the iPhone 7 might hurt Apple’s bottom line this year and the company might sell fewer iPhones this year than it did in 2014.

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Game of Thrones is back. Game. Of. Thrones. Is. Back! The hotly anticipated premiere of Game of Thrones season 6 finally debuted on Sunday night and it was intense, to say the least. Season 6 picked up right where season 5 left off without skipping a beat, taking us right back to the spot at Castle Black where Jon Snow was brutally murdered at mutiny swept the Night’s Watch. Then he sprang back to life and took revenge on his assailants!

No, sadly that’s not really what happened at all. Jon Snow is dead, just as HBO confirmed earlier this month. You won’t find any spoilers in this post — what you will find, however, is the first official trailer for Game of Thrones season 6 episode 2, which is set to air this coming Sunday at 9:00 p.m. EDT.

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When life gives you lemons, make tens of millions of dollars by being one of the most popular pop singers in the world and writing an album about it.

Actually, all of the supposed drama behind Beyoncé’s new album is looking pretty real right now, because Bey just pulled a pretty intense move that completely stripped the edge from her husband’s streaming music service. Her new album Lemonade, which is said to be about recent trouble in her marriage to Jay Z involving fighting and infidelity, was promoted ahead of launch as a Tidal exclusive.

Upon release, Lemonade was indeed a Tidal exclusive… for about a day.

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Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Oasis looks like a pretty big step forward for the eBook reader market, but $290 is a tall order for people who only use their eReaders on occasion. Yes, hardcore book readers will appreciate the fact that the Kindle Oasis pays for itself in no time by offering a best-in-class reading experience, but other on the hunt for a new eBook reader might be looking for something a tad less costly.

Well, you’re in luck. Amazon’s three best Kindle models that are currently available are all on sale right now for a limited time, which means you can score a brand new Kindle for as little as $60.

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