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Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. I have never nerded out so hard over a USB cable the way I am over Winnergear's MicFlip ...

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 ...

We scoff at micro-USB today, but it was the best connector ever made – at least until USB Type-C, aka USB-C showed up. We’re more than ready to wave goodbye to it, but it does deserve a look back at ...

USB-C is the port of the future. We’re seeing more and more devices changing to the new standard, and it’s now almost impossible to find an Android phone above $300 that’s still using the outdated ...

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 ...

Finding the best USB-C charging cable for your devices is essential, given that most of the top smartphones, tablets and laptops now feature this port as their power source. The Type-C standard has ...

Despite the rise in popularity of faster USB-C cable tech, Micro USB cables are still widely used for charging Android devices, phones, cameras, and more, especially for kits manufactured before 2015.

Subject line says it all. I'm looking to connect an Xbox Series S/X controller to my PC via USB cable, and have a USB-A female/USB-C male adapter, but I'm trying to remember whether I would also have ...