USB, or — Universal Serial Bus to give it its full title — has been around since 1996. The now ubiquitous technology is built into innumerable electronic devices, including smartphones, computers, ...

If you're anything like me, there's a good chance you have boxes of USB cables, not entirely sure which are USB Type-A, which are USB Type-C, and which even work. I know, I'm a mess, but this isn't ...