Thunderbolt and USB have been standards for years, but the latest versions are more difficult than ever to tell apart. Here's ...

A host of manufacturers demoed USB 4 portable drives at CES 2025, giving us a tantalizing glimpse at a future without ...

Intel generally guarantees Thunderbolt 4 performance at up to 2 meters over traditional copper cables. Those cables need ...

Moving to the front of the docking station, there's a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB Type-C port (10GB/s), a USB Type-A port (10GB/s ...

If you want to use the highest USB speed, it is best to use certified cables. However, they are often not clearly labeled.

The connectors all look the same (technically known as a “Type-C connector”), but there are significant differences, particularly on data-transfer speed—with USB-C maxing out at 10Gbps ...

CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock. Courtesy of CalDigit On the front, you have a high-speed USB 3.2 Gen2 USB-A port — providing 7.5-watt power delivery for charging a phone — along with two USB-C 3.2 ...