Looks can deceive: USB ports and cables often look identical but may have drastically different data transfer speeds and charging capabilities. Check before you plug: Manufacturer specs, USB-IF ...

There is a USB hub sitting on a desk somewhere — possibly yours — with "SuperSpeed USB 3.0" printed right on the box. It has four or more ports, and it promises five gigabits per second. Someone ...

The modern world runs on USB, also known as Universal Serial Bus. Whether it's the old-school USB-A ports built into hotel lamps or high-powered Thunderbolt powering entire workstations, USB is still ...

One amazing thing about USB-C is its high-speed capabilities. The pinout gives you four high-speed differential pairs and a few more lower-speed pairs, which let you pump giant amounts of data through ...

The LASER USB-C Multiport Hub is designed to solve one of the biggest frustrations facing modern laptop users: limited ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While most people have become accustomed to connecting to Wi-Fi using their phones or tablets, anyone who handles data-heavy tasks knows that ...

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 SuperSpeed USB branding is no more thanks to a new set of guidelines currently being rolled out by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the body that manages and maintains the USB standard. It’s ...

For too many years, the lack of full-featured, affordable USB-C hubs has held back this format. Everyone — including me — remembers how easy multiport USB-A hubs made hooking all our accessories to ...

Memory brand PNY Technologies has begun shipping its new USB Type-C series of flash drives with write speeds as high as 1,000MB/s and capacities up to 2TB. In a world where USB thumb drives still seem ...