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Those new USB-C cords can fry your laptop

Discussion in 'News @ WindowsBBS' started by Arie, 2016/02/09.

  1. 2016/02/09
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    The gadget world is slowly adopting a new power cord standard called USB Type-C. They're small, multipurpose, universal, reversible and might fry whatever gadget you plug them into.

    The advantage of the new standard is that USB-C isn't owned by any one company. That means anyone can make them for cheap. The disadvantage: They might wreak havoc.

    Cheap power cords are nothing new. You can get cords that meet the old micro-USB standard for smartphones for a couple bucks on Amazon.

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