USB adapters with ports for connections you haven't seen in years, like Micro-USB or Apple's Lightning cables, should probably find their way to the trash.

Cords and plugs seem to multiply as the years go on. How they got there is one question — what they actually do is another.

iPhone 5 owners in Europe can use existing Micro-USB cables to power and sync their phones via the new adapter. Apple is offering European customers an adapter to let Micro-USB cables talk to the new ...

Coinciding with today’s announcement of the dual USB-C port-equipped Chromebook Pixel 2 laptop, Google and Belkin today announced separate collections of new USB-C cables and adapters. These new ...

Everyone needs cables, whether you’re looking for a new Lightning cable for your iPhone or iPad, or an extra Micro-USB cable for your Android phone, Bluetooth speaker, or portable hard drive. You ...

The USB Promoter Group has announced that the greatest invention in the known universe -- the reversible Type-C USB connector -- is finally ready for mass production. The USB Implementers Forum will ...

A single cable that works with Apple’s Lightning, micro USB and USB-C charging ports? WSJ’s Michael Hsu has the fix. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal. Q: Our home has become overrun ...

I've got some old cords that have a micro-usb port on one end and a wall plug on the other. These are for charging mobile phones I used to have. Should I toss them or save them for future phones I'll ...