Any USB-C cable will fit in the port, but only a cable compatible with DisplayPort or Thunderbolt will let you run a display. Thunderbolt cables usually have a lightning-shaped icon on the plug ...

With the Amazon Basics USB 3.1 USB-C cable below, you’re only paying $3.17 per foot. That Amazon cable can’t match the Cable Matters USB4 in Thunderbolt performance, but few need it.

In more recent years, USB has gotten even better, with the introduction of and increasing standardization of the USB Type-C connector (sometimes shortened to "USB-C"). USB-C has been robust ...

Thunderbolt 5 ports and cables will look the same as Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C ports, and they'll have the same lighting bolt icon as Thunderbolt 4 gear, but there will be a little "5" next to the ...