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Your cable nightmare might soon be over. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has unveiled the specifications of USB 4.0, as Engadget reports. And USB 4.0 looks a lot like Thunderbolt 3. While ...

Today, Intel announced that it's contributing the Thunderbolt 3 protocol spec to the USB Promoter Group, and with that, the USB Promoter Group announced the USB 4.0 spec. USB 4.0 will support data ...

Popular Mac accessory makers CalDigit and OWC have today announced new all-in-one Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4 cables, promising maximum data and power transfer over a single cable, as well as full ...

More computers these days have Thunderbolt and USB 4 ports. These latest ways of connecting computers offer incredible data transfer speeds and a good docking station can handle both protocols. A good ...

The new year is here, and everyone's excited to get back to work. But if you've purchased a new Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptop, such as one of the new M1 Macbook Pros, or one of the few Thunderbolt 4 ...

After a tease in March, the USB Implementation Forum has declared that it has completed the USB 4 standard, implementing the USB-C connector, plus 40Gbps speed and other features of Thunderbolt 3. The ...

If you are the owner of an older Mac and have recently upgraded to one of the new Apple silicon iMacs, MacBook Pros or Mac minis, the chances are that this will be the first Mac you’ve owned with a ...

Less than a week after it announced the ridiculously confusing naming system for USB 3.2, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has announced the spec for USB 4. Essentially, this mimics the current ...

USB 4, the next version of the connectivity protocol, is said by the USB Promoter Group to offer computer users a throughput of up to 40Gbps and other features of Thunderbolt 3, following the ...

The industry standard that establishes specifications for connectors, cables, and protocols for communication between a device and its peripherals, USB (Universal Serial Bus), has announced a new ...

Alongside the new Studio Display and Mac Studio announcement last week, Apple also started selling a new pro-branded Thunderbolt 4 cable. This six-foot-long (1.8-meter) Thunderbolt 4 cable retails for ...