From the Editor
We’re not meant to get excited about ports. The tech industry wants us to develop unhealthy obsessions with phones, smartwatches, gaming consoles and foldable doo-dahs, but I have a hunch that many of you are more interested in those mysterious holes dotted along the back and side of your computer. That said, up to USB-C, computer ports were asymmetrical beasts resembling grimacing mouths or eyes that refuse to blink. They were ugly and intimidating. But USB-C’s reversible design is a thing of beauty. It’s just dawned on me that I actually get pleasure from connecting it to my laptop. But, ahem, enough of my Freudian nonsense. Will Stapley is far more pragmatic in his excellent Cover Feature, explaining what every port is used for – splitting them into audio, video and data…