Discount (or even grey market) electronics can be economical ways to get a job done, but one usually pays in other ways. [Majenko] ran into this when a need to capture some HDMI video output ended up ...

Your PC has a variety of USB ports meant for different devices. Most modern computers can feature USB ports of 2–5 different ...

Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

For over a decade after its 1996 debut, the USB port was a plain, black rectangular slot that powered keyboards and mice. That changed in 2008, when blue ports began appearing on devices to mark the ...

USB has been around for decades, and the sheer number of USB and Thunderbolt versions in 2025 can be bewildering. Here's what you need to know about USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and ...

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...

The widespread use of USB-C ports also reduces electronic waste, or e-waste. The idea is that with a single standard port, ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

In the six months that have passed after the last USB-C article has been released, I have thought up a bunch of ways that these articles could have been improved. It’s, of course, normal to have such ...

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 ...

Laptops have fewer ports than ever these days, but a good USB-C hub will make it easy to connect all of your monitors and accessories. That’s why CNN Underscored spent the past month putting some of ...

The majority of the latest laptops, smartphones, and tablets use USB-C connections for charging, but the USB-C charger you'll need depends on the charging capabilities of the devices themselves. An ...