Items tagged with benson leung

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Apr 13, 2016

USB-C Authentication Program Stops Shoddy Cables From Frying Your Smartphones And Laptops

If you’ve been bitten by crappy USB-C cables over the past year (and there are plenty of them out there circulating in the wild), help is on the way. Amazon made a credible first step by banning USB-C cables that aren’t compliant with specifications issued by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). Now, the USB-IF is... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Feb 03, 2016

Google's USB-C Crusader Takes One For The Team, Fries His Chromebook Pixel With Shoddy Cable

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it! Such is the case with the emerging USB Type-C (USB-C) standard that is finding its way into notebooks, tablets, and smartphones. In addition to compliant cables supporting USB 3.1 speeds, the big usability benefit is that the cables are reversible, similar in concept to... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Nov 16, 2015

Google Engineer Continues USB Type-C Cable Crusade, Calls Out OnePlus For Non-Compliance

You have to be careful when buying cables, especially ones based on the relatively new USB Type-C spec. That's true even if you limit your purchases to vendors like Amazon and, apparently, phone makers like OnePlus. When it comes to shaming companies for non-compliant Type-C cables, Google engineer Benson Leung is an... Read more...