Because longer cables definitely don’t hurt. The Video Electronics Standards Association announced at CES 2024 that its DisplayPort 2.1a protocol will allow the use of longer passive cables to connect to monitors, although Mac users won’t benefit from the change just yet. The change to the specification specification, once complete, will allow users to potentially […]
A group of developers are working with Apple to bring the iPhone 15 Pro’s console games over to the iPad and Mac. In a new interview, Jeremy Sandmel, Apple’s Senior Director of GPU Software, and Tim Millet, Apple’s VP of Platform Architecture, discussed the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌’s more advanced gaming capabilities. During Apple’s “Wonderlust” media […]
When in doubt, go for broke and add yet more nifty features and functionalities to a peripheral. Accessory maker Satechi has debuted its Thunderbolt 4 Multimedia Pro Dock. The unit features 16 different ports to cover all your needs including connectivity for external displays, legacy I/O, 2.5Gbps Ethernet, SD slots, 96W of pass-through power, and […]
Intel may not be making the majority of chips for Apple’s devices anymore, but they’ve still got their hands in some very cool stuff. On Wednesday, the company previewed the next generation of its Thunderbolt technology, which would allow for ultra-fast data transfer speeds as well as improved external display support on future Macs that […]
This could be really impressive. The USB4 Version 2.0 protocol was announced today by the USB Promoter Group, comprising Apple, Microsoft, Intel, HP, STM, and others. The protocol will offer support up to 80Gb/s with both 40Gb/s USB-C passive cables and newly defined 80Gb/s active cables. The protocol will also enable higher performance USB 3.2, […]