C, and USB Type-B ports are used in all sorts of devices nowadays, but they're not all made the same, and some are becoming ...

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In the six months that have passed after the last USB-C article has been released, I have thought up a bunch of ways that these articles could have been improved. It’s, of course, normal to have such ...

We’ve now had at least five years of USB-C ports in our devices. It’s a standard that many manufacturers and hackers can get behind. Initially, there was plenty of confusion about what we’d actually ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...

USB has come a long way since the 12Mbps days of the ’90s. It has waved goodbye to USB-B and is inching away from USB-A in favor of the slim, reversible USB-C connector. Data transfer rates have ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, USB; where would we be without it? Introduced in the late 1990s as a one-size-fits-all replacement for the handful of ports and ...

The USB Type-C connector and power delivery (PD) specification has brought radical changes to the mobile device industry, and USB Type-C PD 3.0 could optimize battery charging for portable devices.

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...

Apple's new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro each have a USB-C port, but the capabilities of this port differ between models. Here's what you need to know. Apple finally shifted from Lightning to USB-C ...

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Everyone knows them, everyone has them. USB sticks, or thumb drives, are ideal for quickly exchanging data between computers — but also for transporting digital content between mobile phones and PCs ...