Windows 10: Reporting bugs as both a developer and consumer electronics manufacturer

TravisJHicks · Sep 16, 2019

I have a paid developer account and work for a consumer electronics company that makes Windows-compatible devices. A recent Windows 10 update has broken our device compatibility due to erroneous driver selection. How am I supposed to report this to Microsoft? I've reported through the Feedback Hub app, but I feel like there must be a better channel for higher-priority issues like this.

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Jimmy 2004 · Sep 16, 2019

Lenovo is the Greenest Electronics Manufacturer

Greenpeace has produced a new report in which it ranks Chinese-based computer manufacturer Lenovo as the world’s most eco-friendly electronics firm, beating other environmentally friendly companies such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Dell and Samsung. Out of the fourteen different companies detailed in the report, Apple Inc. came last. The companies are ranked according to the amount of toxic chemicals that are used when producing their electronics, not how energy efficient the devices themselves are, something that is beginning to become a major problem in countries such as China where many of these electronic devices are manufactured. Unsurprisingly, Apple responded by saying “We disagree with Greenpeace's rating and the criteria" as part of a statement.

Here’s the list in whole, with each company’s score out of ten:

Lenovo – 8

Nokia – 7.3

Sony/Ericsson – 7

Dell – 7

Samsung – 6.3

Motorola – 6.3

Fujitsu/Siemens – 6

Hewlett Packard – 5.6

Acer – 5.3

Toshiba – 4.3

Sony – 4

LG Electronics – 3.6

Panasonic – 3.6

Apple - 2.7

Source: BBC News

Brink · Sep 16, 2019

Doubling battery power of consumer electronics

An MIT spinout is preparing to commercialize a novel rechargable lithium metal battery that offers double the energy capacity of the lithium ion batteries that power many of today’s consumer electronics.

Founded in 2012 by MIT alumnus and former postdoc Qichao Hu ’07, SolidEnergy Systems has developed an “anode-free” lithium metal battery with several material advances that make it twice as energy-dense, yet just as safe and long-lasting as the lithium ion batteries used in smartphones, electric cars, wearables, drones, and other devices.

“With two-times the energy density, we can make a battery half the size, but that still lasts the same amount of time, as a lithium ion battery. Or we can make a battery the same size as a lithium ion battery, but now it will last twice as long,” says Hu, who co-invented the battery at MIT and is now CEO of SolidEnergy.

The battery essentially swaps out a common battery anode material, graphite, for very thin, high-energy lithium-metal foil, which can hold more ions — and, therefore, provide more energy capacity. Chemical modifications to the electrolyte also make the typically short-lived and volatile lithium metal batteries rechargeable and safer to use. Moreover, the batteries are made using existing lithium ion manufacturing equipment, which makes them scalable.

In October 2015, SolidEnergy demonstrated the first-ever working prototype of a rechargeable lithium metal smartphone battery with double energy density, which earned them more than $12 million from investors. At half the size of the lithium ion battery used in an iPhone 6, it offers 2.0 amp hours, compared with the lithium ion battery’s 1.8 amp hours.

SolidEnergy plans to bring the batteries to smartphones and wearables in early 2017, and to electric cars in 2018. But the first application will be drones, coming this November. “Several customers are using drones and balloons to provide free Internet to the developing world, and to survey for disaster relief,” Hu says. “It’s a very exciting and noble application.”...
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Read more: Doubling battery power of consumer electronics | MIT News

Brink · Sep 16, 2019

Electron critical vulnerability strikes app developers

A critical vulnerability affecting Electron desktop apps has been disclosed.

Electron is a node.js, V8, and Chromium framework created for the development of cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Compatible with Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems, the recently-discovered bug impacts Windows alone.

The critical vulnerability affects Electron apps which use custom protocol handlers. Assigned the identifier CVE-2018-1000006, the vulnerability is present in Electron apps which register themselves as the default handler for a protocol, such as myapp://.

Despite how the protocol is registered -- whether with native code, the Windows registry, or Electron's app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient API, apps may still be vulnerable to compromise.

If exploited, the vulnerability permits attackers to remotely execute code, potentially leading to app hijacking and data loss...
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Read more: Electron critical vulnerability strikes app developers | ZDNet

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