The long and short of it is that Apple most likely made the decision to comply with a law imposed by the EU mandating that a multitude of devices have a common charger, which included smartphones.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A lightning strike damaged a home in Port Aransas early Thursday morning. A multi-agency effort between the Port Aransas Fire Department, Corpus Christi Fire Department, ...

First introduced in 1996, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format was developed to replace the array of proprietary cables and connectors used by devices to connect to personal computers of the era. In ...

On August 29, 2025, in St. Lucie, Florida, USA, @cocettwx shared a video capturing an intense lightning storm. In the video, west of Port St. Lucie, frequent lightning flashes illuminate the dark ...

iPhones are built to last a long time, which means that there are a lot of Lightning-equipped iPhones still in use, even though Apple replaced the Lightning port on its iPhones with USB-C in 2023 with ...

Apple switched the iPhone to USB-C a couple years ago with the iPhone 15 line. But many other devices, including Apple products like the Mac and iPad, went all-in on USB-C much sooner. In 2025, it’s ...

An independent engineer known for modifying Apple products today revealed a new accessory that adds a fully functional USB-C port to older iPhones with Lightning ports via a custom-designed case. Ken ...