For the most part, change happens slowly in the world of PCs and that's especially true of the humble USB port. Most motherboard manufacturers only throw in a handful of Type-C connectors on the ...

For example, a printer that also scans and faxes but uses only one USB port to connect to the computer. These devices allow multiple functions to operate through a single connection, conserving ...

If you plug a device that doesn’t make a pulldown accessible through the CC wire in the cable, your device will never get power from a USB-C port, and would only work with a USB-A to USB-C cable.

USB ports have a power rating, with a standard default power output of 0.5 amperes. You might notice slow charging on USB ports due to low power output. Sometimes, our Windows computer might throw ...

A combo port that connects to external SATA (eSATA) drives and USB devices with cables up to two meters long. The eSATA USB Hybrid Port (EUHP) also eliminates the external power cable by supplying ...

We’ve now had at least five years of USB-C ports in our devices. It’s a standard that many manufacturers and hackers can get behind. Initially, there was plenty of confusion about what we’d ...

Panasonic has released the Lumix DC-FZ80D, an updated version of its 60x superzoom from 2017. It will be sold as the FZ82D in Europe and the FZ85D in Japan. The 'D' variants get a USB-C socket ...

Before the introduction of USB, electronics relied on various legacy connectors and protocols, such as serial ports, parallel ports, and FireWire. They often required specific drivers and ...

A USB-C monitor can act as USB hub, giving you additional ports for connecting various USB devices, but the monitor’s USB-C port can also serve as a video-input alternative to HDMI or ...

USB Type-C has widely become the de facto primary means of wired connection for most of our electronic devices. It forms the ...

(1) An external storage or optical disc drive that plugs into the USB port. See portable hard drive. (2) A small solid state storage module that plugs into the computer's USB port. Emerging just ...

We plugged each USB adapter into the USB 3.2 Gen 1 (aka USB 3.0) port of a Dell Latitude laptop running Windows 11. We installed the latest driver from each manufacturer’s website. We connected ...