One of the world’s least-exciting sentences is, “Let’s talk about technology standards!” But I promise I’m not digging down into wiring schematics, pinout diagrams, and 1,000-page protocol ...

I've been mulling over building a new computer, and I was suggested to look into docking a gaming laptop. This is kind of intriguing, but I've never done this before. It could well work for me, though ...

The Plugable TBT3-UDZ docking station with Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C compatibilityplus 100W charging is ideal for expanding laptop connectivity. Plugable's USB-C DisplayPort 1.4 MST to dual HDMI 2.0 ...

I have a USB Type-C cable—yeah, the reversible one. I can’t connect it to anything I own yet, but it’s a real thing that’s in production and shipping to companies. Most of CES amounts to so much smoke ...

One of the huge announcements out of this week's Computex show is Intel's introduction of Thunderbolt 3. While the first two iterations of Thunderbolt used the mini DisplayPort, the new version uses ...

The next laptop you buy with a USB Type-C port could be even more useful than you thought. Intel today unveiled Thunderbolt 3, which uses an identical port design as its USB brethren. So if Apple ...

With Apple's new MacBook Pro expected in the coming months, AppleInsider takes a look at technologies expected to be updated, or removed, from the new portable. In many ways, one of the key changes ...

After five years, the ubiquitous SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB) communications protocol got a huge upgrade this week with a new specification that more than doubles its speed. This latest ...

Pro users of M1 Macs have reported disappointing transfer speeds with external SSDs, and tests appear to show that most M1 Mac Thunderbolt ports don’t support USB 3.1 Gen 2 – which means they don’t ...

USB Type-C won't just address the perennial frustration of trying to plug in your charger upside-down, but also double as a DisplayPort connection in a move that could well challenge Intel's ...

Intel has unveiled the next generation of Thunderbolt technology, enabling data transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps. That means Thunderbolt 3 is twice as fast as Thunderbolt 2. It also uses the same ...