by dbadmin | Jul 14, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Features, USB
We’ve all been there: stranded in a coffee shop with a dying phone battery and no adapter on hand, only to spot a free USB charging station nearby. Relieved, you plug in your device and go about your business, unaware of a potential threat lurking within that...
by dbadmin | Aug 29, 2023 | Guides, USB
USB as a standard has been surprisingly true to its claims of “universality,” as we see it practically everywhere. But on newer devices, there has been confusion around the more recent versions of USB, namely with USB 3.0 vs 3.1 vs 3.2. This confusion arises mainly...
by dbadmin | Nov 8, 2022 | News, Survey Results, USB, USB-C
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Micro-USB ports are very much still a part of our lives, even though USB-C has been around for several years now. To think most devices would have switched to the latter would be wrong, or so proves a poll we recently...
by dbadmin | Nov 2, 2022 | News, Survey, USB
USB-C has been around for years at this point, with the first supported phones arriving way back in 2015. It took some companies a little longer to embrace the standard, but you really have to try hard to find new devices with micro-USB ports these days. With that in...
by dbadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | News, USB, USB-C
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Branding for USB-C devices is changing to reflect data transfer speeds. The organization responsible for maintaining the USB standard is killing the previous branding with version numbers and the SuperSpeed moniker. If you’ve...