Crappy USB Type-C Cable Sends Google Engineer’s Laptop to the Grave

Proving an expensive point

Benson Leung, the Google engineer who took it upon himself to test and review USB Type-C cables and adapters on Amazon to call attention to the dangers of using ones that are out of spec, just sacrificed his Chromebook Pixel to the digital gods.

No cheap lesson, Chromebook Pixels start at $999 direct from Google. Nevertheless, Leung continued with his mission of publicly shaming (or praising, in some cases) USB Type-C …read more

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