Repair experts iFixit have published their in-depth teardown of the new M5 equipped 14" MacBook Pros. The new laptop offers few new features other than a modest performance bump, a new architecture which doubles the maximum storage options from 2TB to 4TB and a substantial increase in SSD read/write speeds and memory bandwidth. However, iFixit documents Apple's surprising step towards repairability in its latest MacBook Pro.

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A UPS plane carrying 280,000 pounds of gasoline had crashed directly into a petroleum recycling company and autopart salvage yard just south of the airport. The expensive Emergency Alert System (EAS) -- installed at the mandate of the U.S. government and tested regularly at the bequests of state and federal authorities -- sat there silently humming along as if nothing was happening at all.