New Thunderbolt USB is reversible and twice as fast

The humble USB port is changing. Kind of...

Intel has revealed details of their upcoming Thunderbolt 3 connector and it's a bit of a game changer. Thunderbolt in general is a faster connection than regular USB, often used for activities which need fast data transfer like video and photo editing.

The Thunderbolt 3 is coming to the table with the same shape as the new USB-C port. This is a move towards standardising the huge amount of cables we all have that plug into our various devices and also comes with the added benefit of never being the wrong way round - it will fit into the port regardless of which side is 'up'.