The M5 is faster and ready for AI, but beyond the familiar looks of the hardware it drives, there are plenty of meaningful upgrades.

Today, Apple unveiled its M5 chip and updated a trio of Pro devices with the new silicon: the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro headset. Other than a new strap for the Vision Pro, the announcements amount to internal upgrades only, swapping out last year's M4 chip for this year's M5.

A major incident has been declared by emergency services after a lorry fire forced the closure of part of the M5 in Devon. The fire started on the northbound side of the motorway between junctions 30 and 29 in Exeter at about 11:35 BST, said Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

Also like A19 and A19 Pro from the latest iPhone models, the M5 chip delivers increased memory bandwidth. It offers 153GB/s, a 27.5% improvement over the M4’s 120GB/s. While this can give a speed boost to any intense workflow, it particularly benefits generative AI tasks.

Long delays and one lane closed due to overturned vehicle on M5 Southbound from J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead) to J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way (Clevedon). Congestion to M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway).

This week’s Apple headlines: the latest iPhone special offer, a long-awaited iPhone camera update, the M5 MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, another AI departure from Cupertino, Formula 1 comes to Apple TV and Star Trek’s M5 warning.

I guess we shouldn't remind CEO Tim Cook about his comparison of touchscreen computers to 'refrigerators and toasters.'