Arduino enthusiasts looking for a project to keep them busy this weekend maybe interested in a new project featured on the official Arduino blog for a handy cable tester. Equipped with a touchscreen ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After many, many years of competing I/O standards, the introduction of USB (short for Universal Serial Bus) in the late '90s was welcome. USB ...

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 ...

The EU legislated that most electronic devices would be required to use USB Type-C by law from 2024 onwards. The idea being ...

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...

If you bought a new phone, computer, game console or some other such device in the past few years, there’s a good chance that you’ve been charging it using a cable with at least one end that looks ...

USB-C is so hot right now. Even though it’s been in laptops, tablets, phones and even video game controllers for nearly a decade, the port is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, as Apple made USB-C the ...

A cable with a USB-C plug at one or both ends often reveals little about what it’s capable of doing. Despite guidelines for labeling set by the USB-IF (the USB trade group) and Intel’s Thunderbolt ...

The first USB Type-C cables capable of providing huge amounts of power are here: Small retailer Club 3D launched three new cables that can each deliver up to 240 watts of power. Such a power draw ...

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 ...