If you've ever found yourself using a laptop with one or two USB ports (unfortunately, a more common experience than it used to be), you probably ended up connecting everything over a USB-C hub or ...

USB-C is everywhere in 2025. If you've felt like every new device you buy, from smartphones to laptops and tablets, uses a USB-C port for charging, you're not imagining things. USB-C has quickly ...

If you don’t wish to use any USB devices or USB storage devices, you can block the USB ports on your computer. In Windows 11, you can use a graphical or command-line method to do that. There are many ...

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In a first, this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a brain stimulation device designed to treat depression at home. The approval of the first such device for home depression ...

Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB5072033, released on Dec. 9, 2025. A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — ...

To access the pages and options available in Windows Update Settings, open the Settings app using Win+I hotkey, and click on the Windows Update category available on the bottom left section. On the ...

An open source USB to GPIB adapter will soon reach version 3, bringing an integrated Ethernet port with PoE support.

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