USB Type C is the Yahoo Tech Technology of the Year. It is one really amazing connector, capable of replacing the power, video, audio, and data jacks of every phone, tablet, and laptop—from every ...

Struggles with incompatible ports? Discover the simple $8 adapter that lets you plug USB-C cables into USB-A ports for data ...

C, and USB Type-B ports are used in all sorts of devices nowadays, but they're not all made the same, and some are becoming ...

Apple announced on Sept. 12, 2023, that it plans to adopt the USB-C connector for all four new iPhone 15 models, helping USB-C become the connector of choice of the electronics industry, nine years ...

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 ...

Small enough to fit on a keychain, Openterface KVM-GO is a tiny, open-source hardware KVM-over-USB gadget available with an ...

There’s two cases when hackers have to think about USB-C connector mechanics. The first is when a USB-C connector physically breaks, and the second is when we need to put a connector on our own board.

USB, or Universal Serial Bus, revolutionized how we connect and power devices when it debuted in 1996, thanks to a collaboration between Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Compaq. Before USB, users had to ...

For a small business, printing documents can create a bottleneck as you wait for each print job to make it through the printing queue. Using a USB connector for your printers can help speed up the ...

A do-it-yourself kit for creating a stand-alone storage drive that connects via USB. The kit contains a frame to which a standard drive is mounted and connected, using the same power and signal cables ...

The Macs and Windows PCs of a couple of decades ago shared few common connectors. PCs had parallel ports for printers and PS/2 ports for keyboards and mice. Macs used SCSI connections for hard drives ...