If you've ever wondered why so many gadgets made before the mid-2010s used the slim, tapered Micro-USB connector, and why almost everything today has moved to the oval-shaped USB-C port, the answer ...

通用串行总线（USB）是一种多功能接口，广泛应用于各种设备——从智能手机到生活用品——以传输数据、电力和视频信号。我们最常见的USB接口出现在电脑、移动设备、外设和配件上。尽管名字里有“通用”，USB并非只有一种统一规格的接口——它们拥有多种形状和功能。USB‑C以其强大的特性成为众多现代设备的首选接口。但传统接口，如USB Type‑A和USB ...

Oliver Haslam has been writing about phones, computers, games, and anything else that takes a battery or plugs in for more than he'd like to admit. With a focus on mobile and laptops, Oliver is never ...

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We’ve been poring over Apple’s change to the 8.4mm by 2.6mm USB Type C standard since we got tipped the design of the new MacBook late last year. It is a big change for Apple and puts the future of ...

Look around your house and chances are you have at least a few devices that use Universal Serial Bus. On average, some 3 billion USB ports are shipped each year, making it by far the most successful ...

USB-C follows the USB micro-B pattern, with the spring contacts and cable retention mechanism in the cable side, but with significant improvements over micro-B (e.g. micro-B's awful retention ...

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 ...

At first glance, USB-C looks as if it's going to simplify things: one port that you can plug anything into, because USB-C can support anything from normal USB power and data connections to MHL, ...

Unlike Texas Instruments, whose graphing calculators have famously not made technological improvements in decades despite ...