Lightning ports were once ubiquitous across Apple’s iPhone and iPad line-up. Apple is switching to USB-C ports for its iPads and from the iPhone 15 family, the Lightning port is now replaced by USB-C.

Now even your USB-C and Lightning cables can spy on you. Hak5 has begun selling USB-C and USB-A cables that yes, work as cables—but they can also be used hack your laptop, tablet, or phone remotely.

If you’ve just bought one of Apple’s new iPhone 15 models with its new USB-C port, you might suddenly find yourself with a drawer full of seemingly useless Lightning cables. I counted them up and my ...

The rest of our PC components and peripherals have RGB lighting, with one of the last pieces of the RGB puzzle being our display connectivity in DisplayPort and HDMI cables with RGB lighting... until ...

There's nothing like clumps of wiring and pools of open cables to completely tank the otherwise beautiful design of an outdoor space. Be it your patio or your porch, this is one eyesore you'll want to ...

With a simple SIM removal tool and a $3,500 headset, you, too, can take a peek at this absolute unit of a Lightning cable. With a simple SIM removal tool and a $3,500 headset, you, too, can take a ...

Apple's migration of the iPhone from the 30-pin connector to Lightning connector hasn't been without its issues. Even with the 30-pin adapter, some older high-end peripherals may not work. Plus, Apple ...

New company Sunlight Direct looks to commercialize a system for piping daylight into buildings through fiber optic cables. Photos: Sunlight's system Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

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