We’ll start with the simple stuff. Make sure the cable is properly fixed into the port. Take it out and put it back in again to ensure a snug connection. Check there is a good connection at the other ...

You've just gotten off a plane after a long flight. It's late and you have to meet your company's manufacturing partner in the morning to discuss production issues. You check in to your hotel and pull ...

For a connector that was meant to rescue us from cable hell, USB-C has turned out to be unexpectedly frustrating in many ways. While in theory the interchangeable port should enable combinations of ...

iPhone and iPad chargers quite often break or stop working – but then, they do take a battering over the years. From travel damage to constant plugging and unplugging, it’s no surprise to find that ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The slow but steady advancements in USB generations are a testament to the growing power and data requirements of the various peripherals and ...

Now that it’s becoming clear to everybody that it’s distressingly easy to accidentally buy a USB-C cable that can damage your devices, the group behind the specification is taking some proactive steps ...

We expect USB-C cables to perform a specific task: transferring either data or files between devices. We give little more thought to the matter, but malicious USB-C cables can do much more than what ...