Thanks to solid state storage technology and super-efficient chips, our laptops are thinner than ever before. Why can’t the same be said for the enormous laptop chargers we have to lug around? Meet ...

If you have a laptop or other devices that require USB-C to charge, you’ve likely been there. Either losing the charging adapter or laptop charger that came with your device or using it between two ...

Many aspects of computing have changed, but the laptop charger has remained sadly stable over the years; no matter what, we never seem to be able to ditch the lumpy power brick, that mid-cable eyesore ...

The charger is one of the most vital components of a laptop because without it, the laptop becomes unusable in a matter of hours. Because a typical laptop charger is also subject to much abuse from ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission or IEC has announced that it has published the first globally relevant technical specification for a universal notebook charger. The charger outlined in ...

Thinking about using your laptop's USB-C charger with your Steam Deck? There is a chance it will work, but you'll need to ...

In some ways, I’m a curmudgeon. I don’t always adopt new technology immediately, which I know sounds odd given I write about consumer electronics for a living. But when it comes to laptops, hanging on ...

Laptop chargers face a hard life. They’re repeatedly plugged and unplugged, coiled up, stuffed into bags, thrown around, and just generally treated fairly poorly. Combine this with fairly lightweight ...

I recently failed to resist buying a compact power module from eBay for almost nothing! As usual, thereafter I leaped into the inside electronics of the module, and really amazed by the hidden magic ...

Just met with Kensington here at CES and they’ve got a universal notebook charger coming out next month that uses 30% less energy than conventional adapters and is, perhaps more importantly, very ...