A smart plug with USB ports can let you automate lots of gadgets around your house. Here are five clever uses for the USB ports on your smart plugs.

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Sound Control Technologies recently unveiled the USB-PDC Power Delivery Combiner, a compact single-cable solution built for modern BYOD/BYOM meeting spaces. The USB-PDC delivers up to 90 watts of USB ...

Which USB-C power bank is best? The continued adoption of USB Type-C has seen the versatile port pop up on a huge range of devices, including everything from entry-level smartphones to Apple’s ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) started out as a data interface, but it didn’t take long before progressing to powering devices. Initially, its maximum output was only 2.5 W; now, it can deliver up to ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a widely compatible connection standard for modern gadgets, including laptops and computers, as well as mobile devices, printers, and various peripherals. But one ...

USB power supplies are super cheap and omnipresent. They are the Tribble of my household. But they’re not all created equal, and some of them may even be dangerous. I had to source USB power supplies ...