My picks are separated into two groups to avoid any confusion: USB-C cables that are best for charging, and those best for both charging and fast data transfer. For more information you can refer ...

The Baseus retractable USB-C cable is great for charging devices, transferring files, and eliminating tangles.

Apple supplies a USB-C charging cable in the box, but if you want a single cable for fast charging and data transfers—or just a spare charging cable—we’ve rounded up some of our favorites to ...

Here’s a Type-C extension cable that forwards VBUS and USB 2.0 data lines – but not CC pins. If you use this extension with a Raspberry Pi 4, the 5.1 kΩ resistors on the Raspberry Pi port are ...

Just because a USB charging cable has the right connections doesn't mean it will give you optimum performance. There's a big ...

USB-C is one of those things that generally everyone seems to agree on that it is a ‘good thing’, but is it really? In this first part of a series on USB-C, [Andreas Spiess] takes us through ...

The tricky part about planning ahead in this situation is that not all USB-A to USB-C cables support data transfer. This has been the case with USB-A to Lightning cables as well, but charge-only ...

Both USB-C and Thunderbolt ports are great but offer different transfer rates, bandwidth, charging speeds, and compatibility.

Is it finally time to say goodbye? Or are there still good uses for this hard-to-kill connector? "The transition to USB-C has ...

If most of your Apple devices already have a USB-C port, and you've also got a USB-C iPhone, get Apple's USB-C to Lightning ...

Another cool angle of the USB-C charging story is that you can now use the iPhone to charge other accessories. The iPhone 15 can accept up to 27 watts through the USB-C port, but itself can also ...

Apple won't include a charging cable with the AirPods 4, which is both a good thing and a bad thing in the near future. But in the long run, it's a plus.