USB-powered smart home devices are most common than ever, but there are still some devices that even the most dedicated users may have missed.

Hi,<BR>When I plug a self-powered Zip drive or SmardMedia card reader into the USB ports on my monitor or my keyboard, I get a "low power notice" that tells me I need to plug those items into the back ...

Bus-powered USB hubs draw constant power, draining and degrading your laptop battery. Running high-power drives, phones, or monitors through unpowered hubs risks overload, heat, and damage. Use ...

This USB-C hub plugs into your laptop’s USB-C port and turns it into 5 full ports. For starters, you have a USB-C Power ...

A USB hub supplies data and power to downstream USB ports. It also allows the host to manage the power of the devices connected to its downstream ports using software. The distribution and management ...

USB hubs are often hard to tell apart from one another: the Moshi iLynx 3 I reviewed here in February was the rare hub that actually matched the silver metal and black plastic look of the Macs it was ...

VIA Labs, Inc. (VLI), a leading supplier of USB4, DisplayPort, SuperSpeed USB, USB 2.0, and USB Power Delivery Controllers, today announced at Embedded World 2026 the expansion of its industrial ...

The HyperDrive Power has an extra-long USB-C cable so iPad Pro users can take advantage of its many ports. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac USB-C hubs with a profusion of ports are hot now, but Sanho’s ...

There comes a time in everyone's life when they look over their desk for a place to plug in their phone, a new wireless mouse, a portable hard drive, or some other peripheral, only to discover they're ...

The Plugable UDCA1A USB-C hub is ideal for creating a home office workstation that just needs a USB C laptop. More of us have been working from home with a variety of office setups so we can work as ...

Think of this valuable little gadget as a traffic controller for your tech, restoring functionality and making sure signals go where they’re needed. As new tech shrinks each year, essential ports like ...

Am looking to expand USB A ports for my laptop, which has only one USB A and two USB C ports. Among USB C hubs, it seems only the multi port models draw all the attention, those devices with multiple ...