If you feel like your laptop is severely lacking in ports and connectivity, there’s an easy solution: grab a USB hub that ...

If the laptop is still not charging, disable the Power Management setting for USB Root Hub. This setting allows Windows to turn off USB ports (including USB-C) when they are idle or not in use to ...

This will prevent the additional energy drain, allowing your laptop to charge more quickly. If you need to use external gadgets, buy a USB hub with a separate power source. Alternatively ...

Plug the charger into another wall outlet and see what happens. If your laptop does not give an electric shock this time, the problem is with that particular wall socket. Maybe the wall socket is ...

To be clear, the new hub isn’t necessarily cheap ... expands on the selection on offer by your laptop. The Thunderbolt 4 upstream port supports charging at 60W, which is fine, but not incredible.

You can call it a laptop dock, a laptop docking station ... via the Thunderbolt port to drive a pair of 4K displays and charge your phone. Why you should trust me: PCWorld has been testing ...