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Sean Hollister

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As seen in: The Verge, Gizmodo Brazil, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, MSN Ireland, MSN Money Canada, MSN Singapore, MSN Malaysia, MSN Philippines, CBS News and
Co-founder @Verge, alum @CNET @Gizmodo @Engadget. Moved to Bluesky after the great Twitter purge

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Intel wants to go back to space with Starfire-branded chips.

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By Sean Hollister Verified
| The Verge Verified
Posted Jul 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM UTC Intel wants to go back to space with Starfire-branded chips. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Sean Hollister Intel Tech
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This free Mac app reveals the truth about your mystery USB-C cables

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By Sean Hollister Verified
| Gear Open
Every Apple Silicon Mac has a port controller chip that handles USB Power Delivery negotiation. When you plug in a cable with an e-marker, the port controller sends a “Discover Identity” message to the chip in the cable and gets back a structured message: vendor ID, speed rating, current rating, voltage limits, whether it’s active or passive, and so on. macOS writes that response into the IOKit registry. WhatCable reads it using Apple’s public APIs. No root access, no private entitlements.
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This free Mac app reveals the truth about your mystery USB-C cables

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By Sean Hollister Verified
| Tech News Tube
Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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