Cable articles

A shortage of high-voltage power cables could stall the clean energy transition

Nvidia RTX 5090 owner reports MSI's yellow-tipped 12V-2×6 power cable melted despite foolproof design

China unveils GPMI, an HDMI and DisplayPort rival with 192 Gbps bandwidth and 480W power delivery

Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card power cable melts at both ends, bulge spotted at PSU side

First report of an Nvidia RTX 5080 power connector melting emerges

Cableless GPU design supports backward compatibility and up to 1,000W

Hackers extend Toslink audio cables to 143 kilometers, achieve IP data transmission

New USB logos will simplify branding on hubs and cables

In brief: Identifying which USB standard is being used can be a pain for users looking to purchase cables or docking stations. Terms like "USB 3.2 Gen 2" leave people scratching their heads due to their ambiguity. Thankfully, those names are finally being phased out, thanks to a new USB labeling system.

HDMI 2.2 to be unveiled at CES, offering higher bandwidth, resolutions, and refresh rates

Something to look forward to: CES is just a few weeks away, and it turns out that one of the many new tech products on show will be the new HDMI 2.2 standard. The next version of HDMI will offer increased bandwidth, supporting a wide range of higher resolutions and refresh rates, though you might need a new cable. The new standard could also be supported in the next generation of graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD.

World's first USB4 2.0 cables promise 80Gbps speeds

AI can see what's on your screen by reading HDMI electromagnetic radiation

Shiver me timbers: Security researchers have demonstrated that it's possible to spy on what's visible on your screen by intercepting electromagnetic radiation from video cables with great accuracy, thanks to artificial intelligence. The team from Uruguay's University of the Republic says their AI-powered cable-tapping method is good enough that these attacks are likely already happening.

New CopprLink standard extends PCIe reach over wire for 64GT/s connections

FCC finally bans cable industry's "hidden fee" scam

Seasonic recommends using a hairdryer to pre-bend RTX 4090 power cables

Poorly manufactured adapter responsible for melting Nvidia RTX 4090 cables, report claims

A hot potato: As Nvidia continues to investigate incidents of burning and melting power adapters that come bundled with its new RTX 4090 graphics card, the team over at Igor's Lab believes it has found the culprit. According to the publication, the issue isn't the 12VHPWR connection itself but rather, the quad 8-pin to 16-pin adapter distributed by Nvidia. Specifically, whoever manufactured the adapter performed a very poor soldering job.

HDMI Cable Power removes the need for a separate power connector for active HDMI cables

Apple starts selling three-meter-long Thunderbolt 4 cables for $159

FCC to ban shady revenue-sharing deals between ISPs and apartment owners

Comcast lost 477,000 cable customers in Q2 2020

AT&T lost nearly 900,000 TV subscribers last quarter

The average household now pays more for cable package than utility bills combined

Cable companies use hidden fees to raise prices as much as 24% a month

Streaming subscriptions surpassed cable worldwide in 2018

Comcast set to raise fees again in January by 21 percent