Cheap USB-C Cables Could Kill Your Phone or Laptop
Benson Leung , an locomotive engineer on Google ’s Pixel team , was doing God ’s work by risking his Chromebook Pixel , which charges via USB - C , totest every single USB - C to USB - A cordavailable to general consumers . One crappy electric cord , and his $ 1500 figurer would be fried . You jazz how this story ends right ? On Monday , a gaudy cord purchase from Amazondestroyed all his testing equipment , including his computing machine ....