We like USB-C here at Hackaday, but like all specifications it is up to manufacturers to follow it and sometimes… they don’t. Sick of commercial cables either don’t label their safe wattage, or ...

Why is it that the vast majority of USB cables are 6 feet long? The majority of my time, I need a 1-footer to connect random gadgets to my USB hub. Heck, even a 6-incher would be nice, but a USB cable ...

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This new $30 cable will allow you to use your own eGPU to connect to a USB-C display, instead of having to use a more expensive solution. One of the problems with technological upgrades is that some ...

If you travel with a gaggle of 5-volt devices, a simple powered USB hub can charge as many as seven at a time. John P. Falcone is the senior director of commerce content at CNET, where he coordinates ...

Instead of sifting through all your long gadget cables, make your own short USB adapters out of the cables you already have. We've sung the praises of short USB cables before, but they tend to be a ...