Shopping for a USB-C cable at a store as wide and deep as Amazon can drive anyone nuts. Besides USB-C cables of every color and braid, hundreds, if not thousands of vendors vie for your attention by ...

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While the world is moving towards USB-C, plenty of other ports are still in use. Here are USB adapters that ensure you never run into compatibility issues.

My cable system has always been a tangled mess of stuff I barely need. Now it’s better. My cable system has always been a tangled mess of stuff I barely need. Now it’s better. is editor-at-large and ...

USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables are everywhere, with the type-C gaining . If you’ve ever needed to fast charge anything, from smartphones to tablets, to cameras and even newer laptops, you’ve likely ...

With Apple's Lightning cable era coming to a close, some may be left asking if Apple's $159 Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable is worth all that money. Surprising X-ray CT scans of Apple's pricey cable and a few ...

Thunderbolt cables cost far more than standard USB-C ones, and a series of X-ray scans of various options reveals why. The virtual teardown shows that the Apple Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) Pro cable has far ...

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 ...

From charging cables to storage devices, USB tech is now old news. But some USB devices are so odd, you probably didn't know they existed. We sussed out a few.