It seems like every portable gadget comes with a USB cable. Nowadays, they come with USB-C cables, which means you have less and less need for a traditional USB-A cable. Chances are, somewhere in your ...

You said "maybe I'll need it some day" nine years ago and you haven't touched it since. Yes, we're talking about all the cables you systematically placed in that junk drawer of yours over the years.

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

Toasted Apples might sound tasty, but they are a real problem in Jessa Jones’s repair shop. Jones has seen plenty of scorched devices in her 14 years running iPad Rehab Microsoldering repair service.

We’ve talked on a number of occasions about the problem with USB-C cables: namely, they all look alike but can have very different capabilities. Google addressed this issue in Chrome OS several years ...

WhatCable is an excellent free tool. WhatCable is an excellent free tool. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes ...

USB-C has been one of the best innovations for convenience and compatibility, but it also means that my bag of cables and plugs is now a tangled mess of confusion. I don’t know which ones are for data ...

Eli is a freelance journalist who lives in Detroit, MI. He got his start in journalism covering video games and sports for Heavy before branching out into greater esports coverage at Dexerto. He also ...

Wesley has been passionate about technology from a young age, passion that led him to pursue a Bsc in Computer networking. His curiosity about how things work sparked an intrest in building PCs and ...

Beats today announced an expansion of its cable lineup that first debuted a year ago, introducing a longer 10-foot (3-meter) option for its USB-C to USB-C cables. The new 10-foot cable is available in ...

Not all USB-C cables are created equal. We're not talking about a more expensive cable being more durable or using premium materials — rather, different kinds of USB-C cables can have different ...

A seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, Chandraveer brings more than four years of consumer tech journalism experience to the table, with bylines at Android Police and ...