USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables are everywhere, with the type-C gaining . If you’ve ever needed to fast charge anything, from smartphones to tablets, to cameras and even newer laptops, you ...

Orange is USB 2.0, blue is USB 3 20 Gbps (Gen 1), green is USB3 40 Gbps (Gen 2), yellow is Thunderbolt. I particularly like how, with this scheme, the Thunderbolt 5A-capable cables look like bees.

A Type-C USB cable from Aukey. Dong Ngo/CNET The two incidents only have one thing in common: both men were using a USB Type-A-to-USB Type-C cable like the one you can see at right. It's designed ...

Android phones have used various charger types, from Mini-USB to the now-ubiquitous USB-C. Here's a brief history of the cables you've got stuffed in a drawer.

USB-C is one type of cable, along with USB-A, mini-USB, and micro-USB (more on those below). Because it’s universal, USB is designed to be used by anyone, irrespective of their brand.

Testing by MyBroadband revealed that expensive and cheap USB Type-C cables had a similar performance. The Wavlink USB-C hub cable, however, easily outperformed the rest. MyBroadband tested ten USB ...