Single-connector, all the standards.

Have you ever looked at a USB connector or port and wondered why it was that color?

Oliver Haslam has been writing about phones, computers, games, and anything else that takes a battery or plugs in for more than he'd like to admit. With a focus on mobile and laptops, Oliver is never ...

For more help with cables, check out Glenn Fleishman’s new book, Take Control of Untangling Connections. It answers common questions and aids in troubleshooting problems. You’ll learn how to recognize ...

As mentioned in a recent post, one of the motivations for my acquisition of a Google Chrome OS-based Pixelbook is that it’ll enable me to do a hands-on evaluation of its latest-generation external ...

Can we talk about the cables in our lives? I’ll start: I have a circa-2020 iPhone, which features a Lightning port for charging. My monitor, laptop, and e-reader all have ports for USB-C, the ...

I stopped trusting USB-C labels after discovering two identical-looking ports decades apart in capability ...

Probably among the most widely used hardware interfaces seen in consumer electronics these days is the USB. Short for Universal Serial Bus, the USB first emerged in the 1990s when a group of engineers ...

If you've noticed teal-colored USB ports on your laptop and desktop and wondered if they were different than blue, you'd be ...

Effi Goldstein of Valens Semiconductor argues that USB‑C does not live up to its promise and should be supplemented with HDBaseT for better performance. As USB-C increasingly becomes the standard for ...