The USB Promoter Group has announced that the greatest invention in the known universe -- the reversible Type-C USB connector -- is finally ready for mass production. The USB Implementers Forum will ...

There's a long-running joke that some of us who live and work with gadgets have accumulated too much tech detritus. We have boxes of old cables and adapters that should have been tossed many moons ago ...

If you use an iPhone, you need a Lightning cable. You can get a wireless charger and rely on Bluetooth to stream music to a portable speaker, but a Lightning cable is necessary to connect your iPhone ...

There has been a near-constant debate about Apple and the choices it has made with ports and connectors spanning the company's entire history. AppleInsider takes a look back at most of the different ...

Apple's replacement of the charging port on the iPhone 15 with USB-C will require some user charging changes, but your old AC adapters, batteries, and cables aren't trash. Here's what you need to know ...

While Apple's cables work well with their products, the brand charges a hefty premium. Here are some great alternatives that ...

When you’re ready to game away from home, you will wish you had the best Nintendo Switch cables and adapters at the ready. For anyone playing Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or other Nintendo Switch ...

I2C is a wonderful interface. With four wires and only two GPIOs, you can connect a whole lot of sensors and devices – in parallel, at that! You will see I2C used basically everywhere, in every phone, ...

Round Ethernet cables are my new best friend ...

Advances in adapters mean you could ditch Wi-Fi for better performance.

High-performance connectors like 12V-2×6, sometimes called 12VHPWR, deliver significant current to advanced graphics cards such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. Each connector pin ...