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The USB Promoters Group and VESA have announced that the new reversible USB Type-C connector, along with supporting power delivery of up to 100 watts, will also support the simultaneous transport of ...

As we have just learned, VESA is working with the USB 3.0 Promoter Group and announced the publication of the DisplayPort Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) on USB Type-C Standard. Using the DisplayPort Alt ...

Apple equips its Macs with Thunderbolt ports that are compatible with USB-C. The MacBook Pro comes with either two or three of these ports, depending on the model you pick. A new MacBook Air has a ...

I bought the wrong HDMI-to-USB-C cable, and it taught me how direction, port support, and cable type actually matter.

HDMI worked, but DisplayPort unlocked everything.

Coinciding with today’s announcement of the dual USB-C port-equipped Chromebook Pixel 2 laptop, Google and Belkin today announced separate collections of new USB-C cables and adapters. These new ...

When Apple announced the MacBook in March, the new USB Type C (USB-C for short) port caused head shaking and chin scratching. Though the standard had been released in September and shown off at the ...

My 4K monitor (Philips 436M6VBRAB) has 5 inputs on it, 1x VGA, 1x DisplayPort, 1x USB-C, 2x HDMI 2.0 My main PC is connected via DP, my consoles via HDMI. I'd like to connect my spare PC also, but not ...

Newark, Calif. – On the heels of the Video Electronics Standards Association’s (VESA) release of the new DisplayPort 1.3 spec comes word of a liaison between VESA and the USB 3.0 Promoter Group to ...

Shopping for a USB-C cable at a store as wide and deep as Amazon can drive anyone nuts. Besides USB-C cables of every color and braid, hundreds, if not thousands of vendors vie for your attention by ...