C, and USB Type-B ports are used in all sorts of devices nowadays, but they're not all made the same, and some are becoming less common.

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 ...

Probably among the most widely used hardware interfaces seen in consumer electronics these days is the USB. Short for Universal Serial Bus, the USB first emerged in the 1990s when a group of engineers ...

As mentioned in a recent post, one of the motivations for my acquisition of a Google Chrome OS-based Pixelbook is that it’ll enable me to do a hands-on evaluation of its latest-generation external ...

USB has been around for decades, and the sheer number of USB and Thunderbolt versions in 2025 can be bewildering. Here's what you need to know about USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and ...

A similar issue plagues Microsoft's Xbox One controllers - the micro USB port on the controller is only held in place by solder. If someone tries to use the controller as a wired peripheral all the ...

The USB ports in a computer are used to connect different devices via a USB cable. These devices can be mice, keyboards, printers, etc. Desktop computers and laptops have a limited number of USB ports ...

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 ...