(AP) -- Bye, Lightning cable. Hello, USB-C. Apple is ditching its in-house iPhone charging plug and falling in line with the rest of the tech industry by adopting a more widely used connection ...

USB-C eliminates proprietary barrel plug chargers that we’ve been using for laptops and myriads of other devices. It fights proprietary phone charger standards by explicitly making them non-compliant, ...

There’s two cases when hackers have to think about USB-C connector mechanics. The first is when a USB-C connector physically breaks, and the second is when we need to put a connector on our own board.

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...

The 2025 Chord Mojo 2 portable DAC/Amplifier gets a psuedo-balanced 4.4 mm socket and USB-C charging convenience, while price unchanged. The big change for the British-built Mojo 2 is the swap of one ...

Most modern cars offer at least two ways to charge up a smartphone, in the form of a 12V lighter socket and a USB port. The latter could be more convenient for many, as it uses the same cable you ...

LONDON — Bye, Lightning cable. Hello, USB-C. Apple Inc. is ditching its in-house iPhone charging plug and falling in line with the rest of the tech industry by adopting a more widely used connection ...