USB 3.0

At its first artificial intelligence developer conference in Beijing, China, last week, Intel unveiled a second generation neural network in USB form, the Neural Compute Stick 2. Designed to level the neural net development playing field, the thumbdrive-sized device is shipping worldwide now.

Dell has pulled the wraps off a shiny new monitor at IFA in Berlin this week. The 27-in display is designed to be crisp and bright, with an ultra-thin profile. Dell calls it the “world’s brightest in its class,” but there’s a few caveats to that claim.

Kingston's new DataTraveler Ultimate Generation GT is a USB 3.1 flash drive boasting a capacity of up to 2 TB, making it the highest capacity USB flash drive in the world.

The ultra-small Photofast i-FlashDrive Max USB 3.0 combines USB 3.0 and Lightning connectors for fast data transferring between Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux systems.

Most laptop users will still find themselves looking for a top up from the nearest wall outlet more often than they would like. MOS is providing a more flexible option for travelers with its Reach Go, the first power bank capable of charging a compatible laptop at the same rate as a wall outlet.

The iKlips dual USB/Lightning flash drive offers a convenient way to store and exchange files between iOS devices, Macs and PCs faster than the competition thanks to a USB 3.0 connector.

Thin is something that will apparently never go out of style in the realm of consumer electronics. Seagate has long adhered to this idea with thinner and thinner hard drives, and continues in this vein with the launch at CES 2015 of the world's thinnest 500 GB portable HDD, the Seagate Seven.

Pathway Innovations and Technologies has updated its document camera line with what's billed as the world’s first 4K, USB 3.0 document camera with full-motion video: the Hovercam Solo 8.

LaCie has started shipping a 5 TB d2 Thunderbolt Series single hard disk drive system, and announced that its 2big and 5big Thunderbolt RAID units are available in configurations up to 10 and 25 TB respectively.

LaCie has a number of new hard drives on hand for CES 2014, including an updated Little Big Disk Thunderbolt model, the wireless Fuel aimed at extending the storage of iPads, and the shiny silver Sphère created in collaboration with Christofle.

Tired of trying to plug in a USB cable, only to discover that you have to flip it over? Well, it looks like that design could be going the way of the 5.25-inch floppy disk. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the development of the new USB Type-C connector, which will work in any orientation.

10 Gbps USB transfer speeds are a step closer following completion of the SuperSpeed USB 3.1 specification.