A $50 USB-C cable tester revealed which of my cables were actually useless. I happily got rid of them and haven't looked back.

Is your USB-C cable acting up? Discover why flipping the plug changes your charging speed and how to spot a faulty cable.

E-marker chips should be the one specification you should look out for when buying a USB-C cable.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...

I have a drawer full of USB cables and every time I want to connect a device, I have to try them out. USB-C was supposed to simplify things: One cable for everything, that was the promise. In practice ...

Apple wants $29 for a 240W USB-C cable. This one charges MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, and everything else at the same speed, and ...

I don't use free USB-C cables — here's why I pay for trusted brands instead.

Connecting two computers with a specific type of Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable allows you to transfer files or other data directly from one machine to another. Transfer speeds are limited to the ...

USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables are everywhere, with the type-C gaining . If you’ve ever needed to fast charge anything, from smartphones to tablets, to cameras and even newer laptops, you’ve likely ...

If you’ve gone through the trouble of building your own customized mechanical keyboard, the last thing you want to do is plug it into your computer with some plebeian USB cable from the local ...