I've got some old cords that have a micro-usb port on one end and a wall plug on the other. These are for charging mobile phones I used to have. Should I toss them or save them for future phones I'll ...

Photo: David Snow/Cult of Mac In a world of ever-more-compact-and-potent chargers, Mobfree launched a surprising and innovative entrant Wednesday on Kickstarter. It’s XuperCable, a three-in-one gadget ...

Phone chargers are a pain in the neck. It’s great that Apple has finally been forced to use USB-C on its latest devices, but for years my iPhone-using friends and I were stuck with mismatched ...

Smartphones are an almost-indispensable part of our daily lives. While smartphone addiction is indeed a very real thing — leading to devices like the Brick, which tries to lock you out of addictive ...

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