USB is dirty. Just like you’d never stick your body parts into a mysterious public hole, neither should you plug your iPhone into a public charging station. iOS is pretty good at rejecting unknown ...

A higher-wattage variation of USB means you could use it to charge your laptop, not just your phone. The first devices supporting the standard could arrive this year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

ZDNET's key takeaways USB-C charging requires protocol negotiation, which some inexpensive devices omit.Devices failing to ...

USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are no longer new technology. But the similarities and differences can still wind up confusing even long-time users of the Mac. Where this tends to manifest itself these days ...

Every time there’s another type of cable hookup, it creates a ripple effect — new ports in all your new electronics, a more cluttered box of old, tangled cables (we all have that somewhere), and the ...

Have you ever wondered whether your USB ports are really delivering maximum power? There are several ways to find out. Windows offers you built-in functions to check the performance of your USB ports.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Every time there’s another type of cable hookup, it ...