Clearly, USB Type-C is here to stay in the future. Nevertheless, acquiring the future is not always painless, and USB-C certainly has many issues. Here are a couple of things that every USB-C user ...

USB-C is one of the most popular types of cable in the world, but this “universal” cable has a few key issues that need to be resolved. From messy USB-C cable types to problematic fast charging, the ...

I will fully admit that my title up there is a little hyperbolic. USB-C is largely better than the USB types it supposedly replaced, but when it comes to what USB-C promised to give us compared to the ...

While it's fantastic that the USB-C governing body is improving the USB spec, the ongoing lack of a strict labeling requirement will make a bad situation worse. Stop us if you've heard this before.

Although the popularity of wireless charging for smartphones and other mobile devices is growing quickly, charging cables are unlikely to disappear completely anytime soon. That’s because wired ...

When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

There’s good news in the fight against rogue USB-C cables, some of which have caused major problems with smartphones and laptops, after Amazon tightened the regulations around the type of cables that ...

Though it's a solution we've mentioned before in the course of troubleshooting various USB and FireWire device issues, it is oft-overlooked and bears repeating: bad cables can be to blame for ...

I get the above message even after I've removed both front panel USB connectors (2.0 and 3.0). I originally thought it was because those had been damaged, since the 3.0 ones are very tight (my case is ...