C, and USB Type-B ports all provide data transfers and power delivery, though the latter is much less common on modern ...

USB ports have quietly turned into the default power outlet for phones, laptops, headphones, and even monitors, but the ...

When you're getting ready to plug an external hard drive or USB flash drive into your favorite device, you have a choice to make. That's because most computers have multiple USB ports, and despite ...

Renesas Electronics Corp. has released the first in a series of new reference designs that simplify the development of USB Power Delivery (PD3.0) and USB-C battery-charging applications. These include ...

Renesas’s USB-IF–certified reference design kits accelerate the design of multi-port USB-C hubs and multi-battery-cell power banks. The RTK-251-1PowerBank3 board is a 3-cell (series connected) Li-ion ...

It's not uncommon for USB ports to stop working properly; swap to a different port and change USB cables to troubleshoot. You can also use Device Manager in Windows ...

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 ...

If you've ever looked at a computer or a phone charging brick and wondered why some USB ports are different colors, you're far from alone. Although USB ports have been color coded for quite some time, ...

USB ports probably don't come to mind when you consider all the things you need to think about before buying a new monitor. Still, most would agree: the more USB ports on a monitor, the better. After ...

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 ...