Oh, the current USB situation is much, much better. You can a) throw the "power-only" cables into the trash immediately and forget about them, b) look at the US

Oh, the current USB situation is much, much better. You can a) throw the "power-only" cables into the trash immediately and forget about them, b) look at the USB-A plug and the number of pins and see if it's USB 3.0 or 2.0. After that, assuming your cables aren't junk, you're fine: if you can plug it in, you can expect things to work.