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 ...

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 ...

This $5 magnetic USB-C connector can save your laptop's charging port ...

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 ...

I bought the wrong HDMI-to-USB-C cable, and it taught me how direction, port support, and cable type actually matter.

USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and ever since its formation, the USB Implementers Forum have been working hard on the “Universal” part of the equation. USB Type-C, which is commonly called USB-C, ...

If the connector is just soldered to the board, with no other support, then that's a Dell problem. A similar issue plagues Microsoft's Xbox One controllers - the micro USB port on the controller is ...

What if your USB-C ports could handle water & dust without losing speed or power? These connectors are built to keep devices ...

Today’s consumers have quickly become dependent on mobile devices that incorporate the USB-C, or USB-Type C, communication interface standard—from smartphones and tablets to wearables and laptops. The ...

How many times have you gone to plug in a USB device, only to get it wrong and try to plug it in upside down? Ultratek is guessing that it’s a fairly common occurrence, and it’s recently introduced a ...

USB gadgets tend to create the same small annoyances over and over. These 3D printing projects solve a few of them in ways ...