I am not a neat person. You need only to see my desk to realize that. However, when it comes to my PC case, I keep the cables organized. There are some good reasons to do that–and they have nothing to ...

Tired of that rat's nest of computer cables snaking all around and under your desk? Head to the supply closet and pull out some big binder clips. Turns out they're ideal for reducing cord clutter. As ...

The tech-obsessed Internet had a big laugh at the expense of the USB Implementers Forum in March, when the organization announced a new USB-C naming scheme that made the format more confusing than it ...

PC building isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Even when you get GPUs at MSRP and a DDR5 RAM kit under $100, you still need to put up with certain annoyances that are part and parcel of PC building.

Connecting two computers with a specific type of Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable allows you to transfer files or other data directly from one machine to another. Transfer speeds are limited to the ...

Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools. Glance at your laptop and you ...

Taking the time to manage cables in your gaming PC setup is more important than you'd think. Not only does it make everything neat and tidy, saving you from the Reddit ridicule should your rig ever ...

Cheap or outdated cables might be ruining your PC's safety and performance ...

HDMI to VGA Cables: these cables, on their own, will usually not do anything. You'd need something to convert the signal from analog to digital (or vice-versa), which the cable itself cannot do. "Fake ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Over the past year or so, one of the biggest tech stories has been about one of the smallest things: ...