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 ...

If you've seen your fair share of laptop and desktop computers, you may have noticed that some USB ports have a brightly colored bit of plastic in the middle. It's easy to assume this is just a ...

From flagship phones to budget laptops and even handheld gaming consoles, the same small oval port now stares back at you from almost every new gadget. The shift to USB-C is not a passing fad but the ...

USB-C is so hot right now. Even though it’s been in laptops, tablets, phones and even video game controllers for nearly a decade, the port is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, as Apple made USB-C the ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

That colorful bit of plastic you may have noticed tucked inside many USB ports is often more than meets the eye. In addition to insulating tiny contact pins that enable a USB connection for your most ...

General advancements in technology have led to little accommodating shifts in various parts of our lives, including from manufacturers of unrelated products. For example, backpacks with USB ports.

Connecting a display to a computer or media device seems like a simple thing, but the considerations are a little more complicated than you might think. In the TV world, the gold standard in 2025 is ...

Even if your laptop is lacking ports, these accessories will keep all your gear connected Written By Written by Staff senior editor, Buy Side Nick Guy is a staff senior editor for Buy Side. He's been ...