For a connector that was meant to rescue us from cable hell, USB-C has turned out to be unexpectedly frustrating in many ways. While in theory the interchangeable port should enable combinations of ...

USB-C cables look more or less the same, but they don't all work the same way. That disconnect is the source of one of the ...

USB-C is a fantastic new standard for almost everything, unless you have a crappy cable, in which case you might accidentally fry your laptop. The people behind USB-C understandably see this as a ...

Now that it’s becoming clear to everybody that it’s distressingly easy to accidentally buy a USB-C cable that can damage your devices, the group behind the specification is taking some proactive steps ...

While it's fantastic that the USB-C governing body is improving the USB spec, the ongoing lack of a strict labeling requirement will make a bad situation worse. Stop us if you've heard this before.

You'd need to have been hiding under a rock to have missed the fact that Apple is going to announce as many as four new iPhones next month, likely alongside the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch ...

USB is an extremely common and pretty convenient connection standard, but it has its annoyances (such as putting the cable in the wrong way round) and occasionally goes wrong. In this article we ...

Close-up of a car's USB port, AUX port, and cigarette lighter adapter. - ay_streetshooter/Shutterstock Have you ever plugged a cable into the USB port in your car and ...