We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard has been around for years and is what has made it easy for users to connect peripherals and other ...

Is there any software required to use USB speakers (like LC Presario USB speakers)? How exactly these speakers work? If we connect the speakers to USB port, how does the sound card come into the ...

Editor's note: An updated version of this article has been published. For 25 years, the USB port has been a faithful old friend, connecting and powering our everyday gadgets and peripherals. All we've ...

Mackie's Blackjack works equally well with iOS and Mac. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you want to listen to music on your Mac, you either suffer its built-in speakers, or you plug a speaker ...

For a quarter of a century, the USB port has been a faithful old friend. Connecting and powering our everyday gadgets and peripherals, all we've ever needed to do was plug them in and watch it all ...

There is no doubt that, since the introduction of USB over 20 years ago, personal computers have become easier to use. Adding a peripheral device is usually straightforward for even the most ...

The dongle works pretty much anywhere. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you own a 2018 iPad Pro, you probably also bought Apple’s USB-C-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter, just so you can plug ...

The state of USB Type-C audio and the new market for compatible headphones and dongles is, quite frankly, a trainwreck. Headphones sometimes only work with specific smartphone brands, dongles don’t ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In an era where everything is digital, it's easy to draw the conclusion that your headphones should be, too. When shopping between headphones ...