BOSTON - Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday renewed her call for the United States to follow the European Union's lead on universal chargers for smartphones and other mobile devices. "Consumers shouldn ...

A trio of U.S. senators is urging support for a universal charging standard for smartphones and mobile devices after the European Union recently agreed on new rules. In a letter sent Thursday to ...

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The European Union has been making strong indications for over a year now that it was, at the very least, considering implementing new laws that would specifically look to target the reduction of ...

The European Commission is under fire from tech giant Apple after unveiling plans to make USB-C connectors the standard charging port for all phones and small electronic devices sold across the EU.

The mobile phone industry promised Monday to standardize phone chargers by 2012 at a trade association meeting in Barcelona, Spain. Most major handset manufacturers agreed to this, except for Apple.