USB-C cables and connectors: these are controversial topics, and rightfully so – I don’t want to pull any punches. I will also show you that things don’t have to be that bad for you, as long as you’re ...

You can thank the USB 3.0 Promoter Group for thinking ahead and ensuring our existing USB Type-C cables are future-proof. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help ...

When Apple announced the MacBook in March, the new USB Type C (USB-C for short) port caused head shaking and chin scratching. Though the standard had been released in September and shown off at the ...

When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for something to trans fer to removable media, that’s when seconds feel like minutes, and minutes feel like hours. And data storage scenarios such as that one ...

USB-C has long been touted as the universal standard that will save us all, a single port that can charge your phone, your laptop, your tablet, your Bluetooth speaker, and even your Nintendo console, ...

Your future computer or phone will be capable of stupidly fast transfer speeds. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group unveiled the USB 3.2 specification that effectively doubles the current USB 3.1 spec by ...

USB-C is the modern connection standard shared by most new devices today. It comes in several different formats—USB-C, USB4 and Thunderbolt—but they all have the same reversible connector at the end ...

Intel's high-speed communications technology is pitted against strong incumbent interfaces -- and the nascent PCI Express Cable could provide more competition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

This story has been updated. When Don Stovicek set out to buy a fast USB 3.0 flash drive, he discovered that the advertised speeds fell well below even USB 2.0’s official capabilities. The now-aging ...

Slow USB transfer speeds can be a bit frustrating. The worst part about this problem is that USB 3.0 was made to increase data transfer speed, as its speed is 5 Gbits/s. In this article, we are going ...

Apple's larger-screened iPad Pro includes a Lightning port that's capable of supporting USB 3.0 speeds, according to both an iFixit teardown and several sources that have spoken with Apple. When ...

The Universal Serial Bus, or USB connector has been a mainstay of a wide range of devices for years, though the actual port used and cable required could vary dramatically. USB4 is changing that by ...