A major revamp of the ports and cables of the ubiquitous connection technology will make USB connectors reversible, slimmer, and better at transmitting data and power. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

If you’ve gone through the trouble of building your own customized mechanical keyboard, the last thing you want to do is plug it into your computer with some plebeian USB cable from the local ...

The new cable may pave the way to even thinner electronics. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced that they are working on a new reversible cable. Getty Images Dec. 4, 2013— -- Anyone who's hooked ...

From flagship phones to budget laptops and even handheld gaming consoles, the same small oval port now stares back at you ...

The group overseeing the development of USB standards released the technical specifications for the USB 3.1 Type-C connector, which will eventually replace the various types of USB connectors on the ...

Learn three ways to connect your computer to the internet using USB ports, including adapters and phone tethering.

USB Type C is the Yahoo Tech Technology of the Year. It is one really amazing connector, capable of replacing the power, video, audio, and data jacks of every phone, tablet, and laptop—from every ...

Rejoice! The boffins in charge of USB standards appear to have settled on a design for the much-anticipated USB 3.1 Type C connector. For starters, there’s no “right way up” – that alone will trigger ...

While it looks simple from the outside, there are still complexity issues to be dealt with inside USB Type-C designs. By now, there’s quite a buzz about the new USB Type-C spec given that it provides ...

I've had cheap Lightning cables and cheap USB-C cables but the USB-C are almost always cheapER and still good. The main problem I see with Lightning is that over time the connector develops a kind of ...

Subject line says it all. I'm looking to connect an Xbox Series S/X controller to my PC via USB cable, and have a USB-A female/USB-C male adapter, but I'm trying to remember whether I would also have ...

USB-C has emerged as the de facto standardized charging and data cable connector. Why did this take place, and what are the ...