One study dropped nearly 300 USB devices through a “large college campus,” and found that 98% of the devices were picked up by students and staff, and nearly half decided to plug in the USB ...

One of the selling points of the USB-C plug is that supposedly there is no way to incorrectly insert it. As [Pim de Groot] shows with a ‘Cursed USB-C 2.0 Device’, reality is a bit more … ...

USB-C is a cable and connector specification, but those cables may be expected to service numerous standards, from USB 2.0/3.1/3.2, to Power Delivery (USB-PD), and alternative modes which ...

The answer, in short, is very, yet there is a simple life-hack to ensure that you never again fall victim to the embarrassment of pushing a USB Drive into the USB port only for it to go in halfway ...

While plugging plug a mouse, a phone, or a thumb drive into your computer, you try to stick the USB into its slot, only to find it stopping prematurely. You flip it around, but it still won't go in.

Every female USB port has a corresponding plastic piece housing its contacts, which slots into the male connector when you plug it in. The USB connection occurs when those two sets of contacts ...

Whatever you do, don’t plug it into your computer. If you receive a USB key in the mail, you should do much the same—unless you are expecting one from someone you trust.

While the 50-50 design of the USB plug can sometimes feel more like 90-10 when we go to use it, Bhatt insists there was a good reason for designing it in the way that he did: cost.