Best Buy Recalls MacBook Pro Replacement Batteries That Catch Fire
The battery, the battery, the battery's on fire
Best Buy has recalled about 5,100 replacement batteries for Apple's MacBook Pro laptops, after 13 reports that the battery caught fire, a U.S. consumer safety agency said.
The ATG lithium-ion batteries can catch fire while charging, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement Wednesday.
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Setting fire to MacBooks? Truly, they are doing God's work.