USB-C promised simplicity, but has turned into a mystery box of different specs.

For a small business, printing documents can create a bottleneck as you wait for each print job to make it through the printing queue. Using a USB connector for your printers can help speed up the ...

USB cables? What a pain. You can never find the right type of connector when you need one, or you can’t figure out which way is up when you plug the cable in. These ...

The back of your PC is a rich source of connectivity. Ports and connectors exist for just about any device you can find, though some may be more obscure than others. In today’s USB-centric PC, it’s ...

The first USB port hit the market in 1996, and the Universal Serial Bus quickly became the go-to port for connecting peripheral devices to computers. It remains a popular connection port today, with ...

When news of a new Mac notebook leaked two months ago, one of the aspects that seemed most absurd was the omission of multiple ports. Instead, there would be just one hole. Weirder still, it would be ...

One of the most underrated advancements in tech is the consolidation of the cable types we use. From your phone to your PC, and secondary devices like game consoles and audio accessories, you need ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a proven connectivity system. However, there are still design challenges in producing a USB hardware interface. Prime among these are face layout, power, and ...

Apple's replacement of the charging port on the iPhone 15 with USB-C will require some user charging changes, but your old AC adapters, batteries, and cables aren't trash. Here's what you need to know ...

USB ports are not the easiest connections to understand. For years, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has struggled to come up with a way to clearly label the many iterations of this common wired ...