You may be wondering if the USB ports on your computer are able to utilize the fastest speeds, but it's not straight forward. Here's how to tell what you have.

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 ...

Cables, lighting, desk accessories, chargers—these everyday products sound boring, but life sucks when you don’t have them on ...

Swap the cable to another device to see if the cable or device is faulty. Inspect the HDMI for frays or exposed wires; ...

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk on it. The Apple Silicon-based Macs have the storage soldered in, so there's ...

USB-C is the modern connection standard shared by most new devices today. It comes in several different formats—USB-C, USB4 and Thunderbolt—but they all have the same reversible connector at the end ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We've finally reached the point where it's rare to find a device without a USB-C port. Laptops, tablets, and smartphones all feature at least ...

The white insert inside a USB port indicates that the port supports the old USB 1.0 or 1.1 specification, which is both slow ...

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It never hurts to have an extra USB-C cable around, especially if it’s a lengthy, high-quality cable that can support fast-charging. Apple’s Beats brand USB-C cables are a fantastic option for $19, ...

First introduced in 1996, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format was developed to replace the array of proprietary cables and connectors used by devices to connect to personal computers of the era. In ...