Running out of battery on your laptop or phone while away from an outlet is a modern frustration. While standard portable chargers (power banks) have been around for years, many struggle to provide enough power for anything more demanding than…
We all appreciate the convenience of a long charging cable, letting us use our phone or laptop comfortably while it powers up across the room. But does that extra USB-C cable length impact charging speed and data transfer? It’s a…
You’ve got the latest laptop with powerful USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 ports, or perhaps a high-speed external SSD or an 8K monitor. But to actually leverage the incredible potential of these technologies – blazing-fast 40Gbps data transfer speeds and high-resolution…
You’ve invested in a powerful 100W USB-C charger or perhaps even one supporting the latest 240W EPR standard, ready to fast-charge your demanding laptop or multiple devices. But did you know that using the wrong USB-C cable can throttle that…
You plug your powerful new 100W USB-C laptop charger into your laptop using a random USB-C cable you had lying around, only to find it’s charging incredibly slowly, or your system warns you about performance. What gives? While the charger…
The arrival of the USB-C connector promised a universal solution for charging, data transfer, and even video output. While the reversible connector itself is wonderfully convenient, a common point of confusion arises from the cables: they all look the same,…
