Ever been told to "just plug the male end into the female port" and suddenly felt like you missed a day in tech class and health class? You're not alone. Despite the oddly anatomical terminology, the ...

Subject line says it all. I'm looking to connect an Xbox Series S/X controller to my PC via USB cable, and have a USB-A female/USB-C male adapter, but I'm trying to remember whether I would also have ...

We take a lot of technology for granted these days -- the convenience of USB that we overlook is perhaps one of the best examples of this. The Universal Serial Bus standard was released by Intel in ...

Apple devices come with a range of ports into which you plug accessories, chargers, and other external devices. But, with technology constantly changing and bringing new hardware solutions to old ...

The female part on USB-C is the cable, which is just :facepalm: On the other hand, the electrical design for Lightning is way worse. I've experienced a lot of shorts that burn out the cable, even with ...

There’s two cases when hackers have to think about USB-C connector mechanics. The first is when a USB-C connector physically breaks, and the second is when we need to put a connector on our own board.