Are all USB-C cables the same? That’s what we wondered when we found two different Amazon Basics models, one priced at about $9, and the other at $19. Is the cheaper USB-C cable just as good, or are ...

When’s the last time you replaced your old and outdated USB cables with proper fast-charging ones? You know, so you don’t have to sit around and twiddle your thumbs while waiting for your battery ...

When you’re at home, using longer USB cables makes perfect sense. But when you’re out and about? Those longer cables can easily get tangled, wrapping around your devices and sustaining damage from ...

There’s good news in the fight against rogue USB-C cables, some of which have caused major problems with smartphones and laptops, after Amazon tightened the regulations around the type of cables that ...

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It appears Amazon noticed the efforts of one Google engineer to rid the world of shoddy USB-C to Type A cables. Benson Leung recently posted on Google+ that Amazon’s “prohibited listings” now ...

Amazon is putting the kibosh on non-standard USB Type C accessories. That means that it should be safer, and simpler, to buy cables, adapters, or chargers for your Type C device, be it smartphone, ...

Like it or not, USB-C cables will be everywhere in the future. A significant number of smartphones, tablets and laptops out this year will be following in the footsteps of Apple, whose 2015 MacBook ...

Amazon has agreed to formally disallow the sale of cables that don't conform to the USB-C specification after one Google engineer found a number of faulty cables -- including cables that destroyed ...

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