This latest USB standard does so much… is it a case of technical overreach, or a powerful solution to a chronic problem?

The USB Implementers Forum, the organization responsible for certifying USB technology, has never assigned an official meaning to purple USB ports. Yet millions of laptops and desktops ship with ...

Craig is a reporter for Pocket-lint based in Toronto. He earned a diploma in journalism from Seneca Polytechnic and holds a Media Foundations certificate from Humber College. Craig previously interned ...

Universal Serial Bus (or USB) is a versatile interface that's used in all sorts of devices — from smartphones to lifestyle products — to deliver data, power, and video signals. Most commonly, we see ...

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 ...

When you're getting ready to plug an external hard drive or USB flash drive into your favorite device, you have a choice to make. That's because most computers have multiple USB ports, and despite ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, USB; where would we be without it? Introduced in the late 1990s as a one-size-fits-all replacement for the handful of ports and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Is that a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port on your PC or a USB 40Gbps?

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As foreign as the idea has become over the years, there once was a time when computers' I/O panels were littered with many different standard ...

Everyone knows them, everyone has them. USB sticks, or thumb drives, are ideal for quickly exchanging data between computers — but also for transporting digital content between mobile phones and PCs ...