The USB port is one of the most influential and important inventions of the modern computing era, but like just about anything that's innovative and pervasive, there's usually potential to do harm as ...
Intel says there are good reasons to say goodbye to the 3.5mm audio jack and bring headphones, earbuds and microphones into the digital era. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
A modified thumb drive called USB Kill is capable of frying all kinds of devices such as gaming consoles, smartphones, and a car’s dashboard. Back in October 2015, a Russian security researcher ...
Apple could technically kill off Lightning on the iPhone and still maintain an iron-fisted grip over its MFi program, but the outcry over a switch to USB-C might prove too costly for it to happen ...
It appears Apple might be on another quest for innovation as reports suggest the new MacBook Pro may ditch the standard USB port in favor of USB Type C. The rumor comes from noted Japanese publisher ...
Apple has taken a lot of grief for disposing of the headphone jack from their iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and probably for good reason. While Motorola had already removed the headphone jack from their ...
2016 has been, among other things, the year of the hacker. The DNC can’t keep control of its emails, Mark Zuckerberg got publicly humiliated by a pack of nerds, and not even the SATs are safe. But one ...