When Apple abandoned the Lightning connector in favour of USB-C a couple of years ago, many people cheered, not least in the UK and Europe, where new rules were behind the decision. With USB-C in ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The ubiquitous USB port has been through many iterations since it was first introduced in 1996. Developed by IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, the ...

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.

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 ...

You might have noticed that the USB ports on your device, whether it's a laptop, motherboard, or docking station, aren't all the same color – some USB ports are yellow, some are red, and others are a ...