A company called Fuse Chicken bills its proprietary USB cables as the “toughest on Earth.” Something needs to be because cables often self-destruct. Fuse Chicken wraps all its cables in flexible ...

USB Type C is the Yahoo Tech Technology of the Year. It is one really amazing connector, capable of replacing the power, video, audio, and data jacks of every phone, tablet, and laptop—from every ...

USB-C cables could support up to 240W charging at some point in the future. The USB Implementers Forum outlines the new spec, known as Extended Power Range. Powerful laptops can draw more power than ...

The reason this happens is that USB-A gives these manufacturers the scope to control charging, do custom handshakes, and make ...

A company called Fuse Chicken bills its proprietary USB cables as the “toughest on earth.” That may very well be true. Responding to a near universal complaint over cables that fray and separate from ...

USB-C is finally coming to the iPhone, but there are rumors and speculation that only Apple-approved cables will be able to charge the device. Realistically, though, there’s no way Apple would be ...

When it comes to proprietary quick charging solutions using the USB Type-C interface, Google is not exactly happy with the current state of affairs. More specifically, the use of Qualcomm Quick Charge ...

HTC's 'Googlephone,' the G-1, has many faults, but the one causing the most fuss is the lack of a proper 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, the headphones plug into a proprietary USB-headphone port on the ...

Apple's mixed reality headset will have two ports including a USB-C interface for data transfer and a new proprietary charging connector for the external battery, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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