Apple's replacement of the charging port on the iPhone 15 with USB-C will require some user charging changes, but your old AC adapters, batteries, and cables aren't trash. Here's what you need to know ...

USB Type-C has had a long and winding road in achieving proliferation of the standard. After all, mega-corporations like Apple fought the adoption of the plug type for as long as they could, until ...

Apple, an early adopter of USB-A and USB-C connectors, will likely be forced to phase out Lightning over the next two years. Here's why, and what's likely to happen along the way. For decades, Apple ...

The plug and socket that provides charging and data transfer between Apple devices and a computer or sound system. The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

Before the iPhone, iPod was Apple’s only portable device, and it had a proprietary 30-pin connector that was first introduced with the 2003 iPod (the first two generations had a FireWire connector ...

The Apple Vision Pro’s battery cable can be removed using a SIM push pin, revealing an oversized lightning connector and port. The Vision Pro’s battery only delivers power, so it could have achieved ...

It Feels Like we have been saying goodbye to Apple’s Lightning cable for some time, and that farewell appears to be all the closer following the company’s September Glowtime event. With the slew of ...

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I remember being envious of my friends with iPhones. Before the Lightning cable’s debut in 2012, I’d never experienced such a feeling. Apple’s 30-pin connector was proprietary and a little finicky. In ...

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