When USB 1.0 launched, one of the ports it aimed to replace were PS/2 ports. Mice and keyboard had mechanically identical PS/2 plugs but would not work if plugged into the wrong one.

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, is what you will find on a majority of devices around you. From boxy electric cars to those risk-prone public charging spots, this is the port standard you ...

The original standard (Standard-B): This design was first made for USB 1.1 and is also used in USB 2.0. It's mostly for connecting large peripheral devices, such as printers or scanners to a computer.

Ever wondered who invented USB and who actually controls it now? It all started with Ajay Bhatt's Intel team and today managed by a tech industry non-profit.

USB 3.x-compliant versions of these standard plugs and receptacles are blue in color, to indicate their higher pin count and commensurate SuperSpeed support. With the emergence of compact digital ...

One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to help kill off an even older standard, the 3.5mm audio jack. The 3.5mm audio jack was popularized as the way to plug headphones into Sony ...

This new standard is an update to the USB 3.0 standard used by most contemporary devices, and it adds a new type of connector: the USB type C. Schematic diagram of a USB type C plug.

Intel and its partners had to convince famously cost-sensitive PC manufacturers to embrace their standard, and making a reversible or round plug would have doubled the cost of the USB connector.

The goal of Slingshot 1 is to create a standard satellite bus that’s as adaptable and easy to use as USB or ATX, using open standards but also meeting all the necessary requirements for security ...

The convenience aspect of USB-C is that it’s the first truly reversible USB cable, which means, similar to Apple’s Lightning cable, either side can face up.

The Mac mini also has two Thunderbolt/USB 4 buses, which, confusingly enough, also use the two USB-C ports: depending on what you plug in, the controller manages data over the appropriate standard ...