Plugging in a laptop or phone with USB-C is a no-brainer, but there are loads of other unexpected devices you can also use with the standard.

USB ports have quietly turned into the default power outlet for phones, laptops, headphones, and even monitors, but the wattage behind that familiar rectangle is far from uniform. Depending on the ...

You can easily find laptops and desktop PCs packing USB-C port certified for Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4. But now the next generation of the standard is picking up speed ...

It's something I only recently started to notice: when plugged into any of the USB ports on my PC, a Pixel 8 Pro charges barely or not at all. It would take over 24 hours to charge it from scratch. I ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) started out as a data interface, but it didn’t take long before progressing to powering devices. Initially, its maximum output was only 2.5 W; now, it can deliver up to ...

I just got a Lenovo V14 G3 laptop. It's quite nice, though not top-end. I hate soldered memory but this at least has one SO-DIMM slot, and more importantly, a power button that isn't embedded in the ...