A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.

When you bought your computer, you probably heard or read the word Thunderbolt in reference to ports that, to your knowledge, look and function just like the USB-Cs you use to charge everything ...

A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.

What does the Lightning port look like It’s a small rectangular oval port that looks a lot like a smaller USB-C or Thunderbolt/USB 4 port. Lighting is a female connector, so it doesn’t have a ...

Thunderbolt 5 has double the bandwidth capacity of Thunderbolt 4 (80 Gbps vs. 40 Gbps) right off the bat, and according to Intel it can actually reach transmission speeds of up to 120 Gbps if it ...

USB4 does have one advantage over Thunderbolt 4: logos that are more informative. With USB4, you should see "USB 20Gbps" and "USB 40Gbps" logos next to USB Type-C ports that will tell which flavor ...

I’m compiling the best early Black Friday deals on Thunderbolt docks at major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and elsewhere. I’ve listed each Thunderbolt dock deal below, followed by an ...

Again, I have never seen a cable look like this or do what it does. Of course, we’ve heard of USB-C PD cables, and I have even used Apple Watch charging pucks that can attach directly to an ...

In fact, a bunch of cables that look the same—with matching plugs that fit the same-size holes—may all do different things. This is the second circle of our cable hell: My USB-C may not be the ...