Having problems charging your phone, connecting devices, or transferring files? A damaged USB port could be the culprit. Here ...

USB uses four conductors. Should be easy to play with, but the connectors are (almost?) always molded-on, so it will be difficult to fix them. But I'm not convinced the cable is bad, unless you abused ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

Ensuring that your cable and charger are functioning properly can help determine if the issue is with the port or the accessories. If the loose USB-C port persists despite your efforts, professional ...

We’ve all been bitten before by USB cables which were flaky, built for only charging, or just plain broken. With the increased conductor count and complexity of USB Type C, there are many more ways ...

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 ...

Apple on Friday activated a quality program for USB-C charging cables included with 12-inch MacBook with Retina display models, as well as those sold as standalone accessories, saying a design issue ...

USB-C introduced simplicity: a simple flat connector with rounded sides that has two correct orientations: the long side can be inserted into a compatible port without checking. It’s used universally ...