USB-C isn’t universal. The tiny symbols tell the truth—if you know them.

Universal connectors are convenient in theory. Without visual differences, it's hard to tell which USB-C cables support each ...

Oliver Haslam has been writing about phones, computers, games, and anything else that takes a battery or plugs in for more than he'd like to admit. With a focus on mobile and laptops, Oliver is never ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

A cable used to charge a smartphone or other portable device. Plugging into the socket of a USB charger at one end, the cable has a device connector on the other (Mini USB, Micro USB, Apple dock ...

USB-C has been around since 2014, and it was widely adopted by all the world’s phone manufacturers (except Apple) starting mid-2015. The term, which stands for “Universal Serial Bus Type C”, refers to ...

USB cables? What a pain. You can never find the right type of connector when you need one, or you can’t figure out which way is up when you plug the cable in. These ...