Ever been told to "just plug the male end into the female port" and suddenly felt like you missed a day in tech class and health class? You're not alone. Despite the oddly anatomical terminology, the ...

Subject line says it all. I'm looking to connect an Xbox Series S/X controller to my PC via USB cable, and have a USB-A female/USB-C male adapter, but I'm trying to remember whether I would also have ...

As mentioned in a recent post, one of the motivations for my acquisition of a Google Chrome OS-based Pixelbook is that it’ll enable me to do a hands-on evaluation of its latest-generation external ...

We take a lot of technology for granted these days -- the convenience of USB that we overlook is perhaps one of the best examples of this. The Universal Serial Bus standard was released by Intel in ...

There’s an old joke that says USB cables do not exist in three-dimensional Euclidian space. Try to plug a USB cable in a socket, and the first try will always be wrong. Flip it, try to plug it in, and ...

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 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 ...

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 ...