Cords and plugs seem to multiply as the years go on. How they got there is one question — what they actually do is another.

There's a long-running joke that some of us who live and work with gadgets have accumulated too much tech detritus. We have boxes of old cables and adapters that should have been tossed many moons ago ...

We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Jared Newman After a new round of testing, we’ve added fresh picks. Buying a USB-C cable ...

USB adapters with ports for connections you haven't seen in years, like Micro-USB or Apple's Lightning cables, should probably find their way to the trash.

Cable adapters are great, but the things are so darn small and easy to lose. Here’s a neat hack to keep them together: all you need is some Sugru, that magical material for DIY miracles. Sugru user ...

The new Apple MacBook and the Google Chromebook Pixel are the first laptops to use the USB-C standard. Here are some cables and adapters. I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I've ...

Let’s be clear – it’s not enough to have USB-C to USB-C cables. There’s a lot of cables that we might want to acquire for our day-to-day use, perhaps, for a transition period while we still own some ...

When you’re ready to game away from home, you will wish you had the best Nintendo Switch cables and adapters at the ready. For anyone playing Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or other Nintendo Switch ...

When Apple announced the MacBook in March, the new USB Type C (USB-C for short) port caused head shaking and chin scratching. Though the standard had been released in September and shown off at the ...

Whether or not you accept Apple’s explanation for why it no longer includes a charger in the box with the iPhone 12 series, the fact remains: The only accessory that now comes with the newest phones ...