USB-C promised simplicity, but has turned into a mystery box of different specs.

I have a drawer full of USB cables and every time I want to connect a device, I have to try them out. USB-C was supposed to simplify things: One cable for everything, that was the promise. In practice ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...

E-marker chips should be the one specification you should look out for when buying a USB-C cable.

A $50 USB-C cable tester revealed which of my cables were actually useless. I happily got rid of them and haven't looked back.

Is your USB-C cable acting up? Discover why flipping the plug changes your charging speed and how to spot a faulty cable.

If you’ve gone through the trouble of building your own customized mechanical keyboard, the last thing you want to do is plug it into your computer with some plebeian USB cable from the local ...

With the arrival of USB-C a few years back, plugging into laptops, tablets and smartphones became even easier than before. Users no longer had to worry about which way up the cable needed to be before ...