European lawmakers have voted by a margin of 602 to 13 in favor of a long-planned directive that will oblige makers of phones, tablets and cameras to use a common charging standard, USB-C, by the end of 2024. The news was announced Tuesday in a European Parliament press release. The law also applies to headsets and headphones, satnavs, e-readers, mice, keyboards, and portable game consoles and speakers. And to laptops, for that matter, although laptop manufacturers have more time to implement the change: for that category, the law doesn’t take effect until spring 2026. This has been coming for…