Online spending on Black Friday notched a record $9 billion this year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, as the pandemic forced deal-hungry consumers to avoid crowded stores on busy shopping day. Consumer spending on the internet surged 21.6% on the day after Thanksgiving, turning in the second-largest day for online spending in US history, …

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. The labels Facebook has been placing on President Donald Trump’s misleading posts about the election have done little to slow their spread across the social media giant, according to internal data cited by BuzzFeed News. After the polls closed on Nov. 3, President …

We might be getting our first look at the OnePlus 9, expected to be the Chinese phone maker’s next flagship handset, just a month after the company released its OnePlus 8T. CAD renders obtained by 91Mobiles show a flat display panel that’s larger than the OnePlus 8T’s 6.55 inches, which featured curved sides. The renders also show a left-aligned hole …

YouTube wasn’t technically down, but for a period there on Wednesday, people certainly had difficult viewing content on the site. Users reported that thumbnail images appeared on the site, but that when they try to play a video, all they got was the spinning wheel. Some also saw a message saying that “an error occurred. Please try again later.” The …

Dish Network announced on Monday it’s immediately discontinuing Sling Media’s Slingbox devices and will shut down its servers in two years, effectively bricking owners’ devices. “Until then, most Slingbox models will continue to work normally, but the number of supported devices for viewing will steadily decrease as versions of the SlingPlayer apps become outdated and/or lose compatibility,” the company said …

Twitter suspended several accounts on Wednesday that were posing as US news organizations and prematurely declaring an election victory for Democratic candidate Joe Biden in what appeared to be a coordinated disinformation effort. The accounts mimicked the account names and logos of the Associated Press and, in at least one instance, CNN — news organizations that typically predict US election …

Apple is dealing with a shortage of chips that manage power consumption in its iPhones and other devices, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. The shortage could affect Apple’s ability to meet demand for its new flagship handset this holiday shopping season. Power management chips are one of the priciest components after the main application …

A number of iCloud services were experiencing outages Sunday morning, including Calendar, Contacts and iCloud Drive, according to Apple’s System Status webpage. The service disruptions began around 6 a.m. PT, according to the page. By midafternoon Sunday, the problems seemed to have been resolved. As of Monday morning, the System Status page showed green lights across the board, and services …

Facebook has internal tools in place to help calm any unrest in the US that may break out following the election, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The tools, previously used in so-called “at-risk” countries, will help slow the spread of viral content and suppress potentially inflammatory posts, the Journal reported. Facebook said it’s spent years working toward safer and …

The Trump administration said Friday it has the authority to ban Americans’ use of the TikTok, saying in a court filing that the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app poses a national security threat because of its relationship with the Chinese government. Lawyers for the Trump administration said in a filing Friday with the US District Court in Washington DC that the …