The available current through the USB Type-C cable is limited to 3 A for voltages below 20 V, and 5 A for voltages 20 V and above. Additionally, USB PD power sources are only required to generate the ...

And thanks to Master & Dynamic’s new Lightning-to-3.5mm and USB-C-to-3.5mm headphone jack cables, we now know exactly how much that decision will cost: $49 for USB-C users, and $69 for Apple’s ...

So when you connect your USB-C-equipped Nexus 6P phone to a MacBook Air port designed to only provide 1.1 amps at most and use a cable without the right resistor, the phone can pull too much power ...

One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to help kill off an even older standard, the 3.5mm audio jack. The 3.5mm audio jack was popularized as the way to plug headphones into Sony ...

USB controllers are inherently more power-hungry than a 3.5mm port, and if there’s anything that will push consumers to resist change, it’s detrimental effects to battery life.