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I had no idea what USB standard my laptop ports actually used until I found this in Device Manager

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The Charging Battles In Europe Are Over, USB-C Won

With today’s adoption of the EU’s Common Charger rule, laptops across the continent have joined the USB-C revolution with ...
VentureBeat

With new 100-watt standard, your USB cable could soon charge your laptop

Real power is finally coming to USB. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has approved a new standard for the ubiquitous port, which will deliver enough wattage to power and charge the average laptop computer.
Engadget

The next USB standard will double existing speeds even with an older cable

There’s a new, super-fast, version of USB 4 on the horizon and you won’t even have to buy a brand new cable to take advantage of it. The USB Promoter Group announced that the next-gen USB Version 2.0 ...
Ars Technica

Breaking down how USB4 goes where no USB standard has gone before

I really only want one thing from a USB standard: "If the cable has this connector, then it does 100% of everything this connector is capable of, no exceptions." Converging thunderbolt and usb 4 is ...