The 2020 presidential race is over. Here's what it will mean for the biggest tech issues of the day.
A new Supreme Court associate justice who shifts the majority isn't the only big shakeup on the horizon.
Voting machine vulnerabilities don't mean the election's been hacked.
He sparred with the likes of Twitter and Facebook despite his immense popularity on those platforms.
Election officials and the FBI say it's almost impossible to pull off fraud via mail-in ballots. Spreading disinformation about voting-by-mail is much easier.
Historic levels of early voting ensure there'll be a lot of ballots to count.
US elections were first held with voice votes and party tickets. Huge population growth -- and emergencies -- have prompted new ways to vote.
Trolls and hackers have used social media to post fake ads meant to confuse voters into missing out on Election Day. Don't get played.
Wednesday's inauguration officially sworn in President Joe Biden, with special performances by Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks. Here's what you need to know for the rest of today's events.
Born in 1987, the senator-elect from Georgia also knows his way around anime, Grand Theft Auto III, and the music of Lil Jon.
The joint session of Congress is expected to certify the results of November's presidential election.
William Barr, whose Justice Department found no widespread voter fraud, is out as attorney general.
The change highlighted authoritative news in an attempt to reduce election misinformation, reports The New York Times.
"Honestly it's pretty good," one Twitter user says of music by the nominee for secretary of state.
Voting machine vulnerabilities don't mean the election's been hacked.
The president claims without any supporting evidence that he's "up big" in the vote count and that his political opponents are "trying to steal the election."
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other experts push back against claims that hackers meddled with vote counts.
A new Supreme Court associate justice who shifts the majority isn't the only big shakeup on the horizon.
Don't be a victim of bad election information.
"We hoped it would inspire young women," artist Bria Goeller says of the design showing Harris casting the shadow of iconic activist Ruby Bridges.
The social media sites have their hands full battling false news about how the vote went, even though Republican and Democratic state officials say the election went smoothly.
Big tech was front and center in the 2020 election as both presidential and congressional candidates debated issues like online privacy, antitrust, tariffs, 5G, access to broadband and more. The discussions also trickled down to other races as states pushed to revive net neutrality and set policy that the federal government has yet to tackle.
Tech companies themselves were a campaign focus, as well. Both Republicans and Democrats have called for more regulation of giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google, but how that could take shape will depend on both the Biden Administration and Congress. At the same time, the industry will continue to face its own role over critical issues that can influence elections like hacking and voting security, deep fakes and social media's role in promoting misinformation.
CNET is here to break down the critical tech issues as they play out and explain how candidates and elected officials, from statehouses to the White House, are reacting to them.