The USB port on many routers can turn them into a personal cloud or media hub, but using it safely requires understanding the ...

The Amazon Fire TV Stick's micro-USB port can be used for much more than delivering power to the streaming device, as long as ...

Why you should never plug a USB killer into a car. Understanding the 200V voltage surge threat to infotainment systems, ...

With the prevalence of USB devices, it's easy to mix up USB headers and ports, but the header is the motherboard pin ...

The back of your PC is a rich source of connectivity. Ports and connectors exist for just about any device you can find, though some may be more obscure than others. In today’s USB-centric PC, it’s ...

I have one major gripe with modern computers: They almost never come with enough ports! Adding some extra connections doesn’t ...

If you use multiple peripherals in your business and need to connect them to your computer, you'll quickly run out of free USB ports. Keyboards, printers, mice, wireless adapters and chargers all need ...

USB ports are not the easiest connections to understand. For years, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has struggled to come up with a way to clearly label the many iterations of this common wired ...

A USB Type C or USB-C connection is primarily used to connect mobile phones, docking stations, or charge your Windows 11/10 PC. Still, unforeseen conditions like hardware-software incompatibility can ...

For years I have been wondering when Cisco would activate the USB ports on their devices. I have been hoping for all kinds of USB functionality to routers, switches, firewalls but Cisco has been slow ...

Modern laptops come with a dizzying array of ports—or maybe only one, in the case of some extremely svelte ultraportables. But how can you know what they all do, or what you might want in a new system ...