We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Depending on their form factor, modern PCs can have anywhere from a just a couple to several USB ports, which stands for Universal Serial Bus ...

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It's something I only recently started to notice: when plugged into any of the USB ports on my PC, a Pixel 8 Pro charges barely or not at all. It would take over 24 hours to charge it from scratch. I ...