USB-C is finally overtaking Lightning as the default power connector for iPhones, but what is the difference between the two ...

Apple's connectors have become fragmented ... MacBooks also use USB-C. But still, the iPhone comes with a Lightning to USB-A cable. So you can't even plug your iPhone into your MacBook without ...

Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the iPhone 5 and new iPods, Lightning superseded the 30-pin dock connector that dates back to 2001.

The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack. The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or ...

But for iPhone versions 5 to 14, Lightning is the port you need a cable for. If you still have a charger with a USB-A port, consider upgrading to a USB-C charger as iPhone fast-charging only works ...

It seems like the ACE3 USB-C controller used on Apple iPhone 15 and newer can be hacked no thanks to insufficient safeguards in the controller's firmware. The breach was achieved by security researche ...

While the death of Apple’s Lightning Connector can’t come soon enough, swapping the ports on their products as “category-defining innovations” seems a bit of a stretch. [Ken Pillonel] has ...