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Blue, black, or red? What your USB port colors actually mean

Please stop using the wrong USB port ...
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Here's What Every Different USB Port Type Actually Means

Universal Serial Bus (or USB) is a versatile interface that's used in all sorts of devices — from smartphones to lifestyle products — to deliver data, power, and video signals. Most commonly, we see ...
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Are All USB-C Cables The Same? How To Know You're Buying The Right One

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After many, many years of competing I/O standards, the introduction of USB (short for Universal Serial Bus) in the late '90s was welcome. USB ...
PC World

The bewildering world of USB-C charging, explained

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft wants a version of USB-C that “just works” consistently across all PCs

We’ve been covering the small, reversible USB Type-C connector since the days when it was just a USB Implementers Forum tech demo, and in the decade-plus since then, the port has gradually taken over ...