USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...

Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

If you've ever looked closely at the USB ports on your computer, motherboard, or docking station, you might've noticed they're not all the same color. Black, blue, teal... and sometimes, bright red.

The USB Promoter Group released the specification for USB4 Version 2.0 [PDF] on September 1, 2022, giving the tech community an idea of what it can expect for the ports on our next laptops, desktops, ...

This story has been updated. When Don Stovicek set out to buy a fast USB 3.0 flash drive, he discovered that the advertised speeds fell well below even USB 2.0’s official capabilities. The now-aging ...