Trump to meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at 2:45 p.m. EDT/1845 GMT Friday

President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at 2:45 p.m. EDT/1845 GMT on Friday as the world's two biggest economies try to reach a trade agreement, the White House said.

SAP's McDermott steps down after decade as chief salesman and dealmaker

Bill McDermott stood down on Friday after a decade building up SAP as the world's leading enterprise software company, handing the task of completing its transition to cloud computing to new co-CEOs Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein.

Trump joins video streaming platform Twitch for re-election campaign

U.S. President Donald Trump has joined Amazon Inc's Twitch, his verified account on the video game live-streaming platform showed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

Google begins responding to Texas antitrust investigators' data demands

Texas officials managing a sprawling investigation of the advertising practices at Alphabet Inc's Google have begun receiving data from the search and advertising giant after two previous probes bogged down in extended document fights.

SoftBank-backed Vir Biotechnology raises $143 million in U.S. IPO

Vir Biotechnology priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $20 a share on Thursday, at the bottom end of expectations, a fresh blow for SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund, owner of 21% in the infectious disease researcher.

SAP's McDermott steps down; Morgan, Klein become co-CEOs

Bill McDermott stood down on Friday after a decade at the helm of SAP and will be replaced by Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein, who will become co-CEOs with immediate effect, said the German business software company.

BT launches 5G smartphone plans for consumers and businesses

Britain's BT will launch 5G services in more than 20 towns and cities on Friday, offering its consumer and business customers its fastest connections across both fixed line and mobile.

NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in first-quarter 2020

SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut capsule will be ready for its first manned test flight into orbit in the first quarter of next year, provided that "everything goes according to plan" in upcoming tests, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said on Thursday.

Day 1 of U.S.-China trade talks ends with hopes for limited deal

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up a first day of trade talks in more than two months on Thursday as business groups expressed optimism they might be able to ease a bitter 15-month trade war and delay a U.S. tariff hike scheduled for next week.

Day 1 of U.S.-China trade talks end with hopes for limited deal

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up a first day of trade talks in more than two months on Thursday as business groups expressed optimism they might be able to ease a bitter 15-month trade war and delay a U.S. tariff hike scheduled for next week.

Manned SpaceX mission will happen in first quarter of 2020: NASA boss

NASA boss Jim Bridenstine said on Thursday that the first manned mission into orbit by SpaceX's Crew Dragon would take place in the first quarter of next year, pending the satisfactory outcome of tests.

Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, Cook defends move

Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to target officers, after a Chinese state newspaper sharply criticized the U.S. tech giant for allowing the software.

Port of Los Angeles September imports fall as trade war roils shipping

The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest for ocean trade with China, processed fewer containers of imported goods in September as the prolonged U.S.-China trade war whipsaws global supply chains.

Toyota unveils revamped hydrogen sedan to take on Tesla

Toyota Motor Corp unveiled a completely redesigned hydrogen-powered fuel cell sedan on Friday in its latest attempt to revive demand for the niche technology that it hopes will become mainstream.

Trump says U.S.-China trade talks went very well on Thursday

U.S. President Donald Trump said trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials on Thursday went very well and the two sides had a very, very good negotiation.

U.S., China resume high-level trade talks as non-core concessions seen possible

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to ease a bitter 15-month trade war and business groups expressed optimism that they might be able to find enough common ground to delay a U.S. tariff hike scheduled for next week.

Apple CEO Cook defends removal of police-tracking app used in Hong Kong

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Thursday defended the iPhone maker's decision to remove from its app store a police-tracking app used by protesters in Hong Kong, according to a copy of a letter to employees seen by Reuters and confirmed by Apple.

Who's who in the high-level Chinese trade delegation in Washington

Chinese and U.S. officials are negotiating this week in Washington to try to end a debilitating 15-month trade war, with talks set to culminate on Friday when the head of Beijing's delegation meets U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

Britain's James Dyson scraps electric car project

James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has canceled his ambitious plan to build an electric car because the project was not commercially viable.

Google to triple cloud computing workforce in Latin America by end of 2020

Alphabet Inc's Google expects to triple its customer workforce to support cloud computing services in Latin America by the end of next year, Google Cloud's director in Brazil, João Bolonha, said on Thursday.

British inventor James Dyson cancels electric car project

Britain's James Dyson has canceled his ambitious project to build an electric car, the centerpiece of a 2.5 billion pound ($3.1 billion) investment in technology, saying he could not see a way to make it commercially viable.

Boeing partners with Porsche on electric flying car

U.S. planemaker Boeing Co said on Thursday it was working with Volkswagen's sports car brand, Porsche, to develop a concept electric flying vehicle capable of transporting people in urban settings.

Google secures two Android phone makers' backing in fight against EU antitrust order

Alphabet unit Google's fight against a record EU antitrust fine related to its Android mobile software received a boost after Europe's second-highest court allowed Android phone maker Gigaset and HMD Global Oy to intervene in the lawsuit.

Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, protesters

Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement, following sharp criticism of the U.S. tech giant by a Chinese state newspaper for allowing the software.

Google pulls Hong Kong protester role-playing app

Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended a role-playing app associated with the Hong Kong protests due to a policy that prohibits developers capitalizing on ongoing conflicts, the company said on Thursday.

U.S., China resume high-level talks to end grueling trade war

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world's two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.

U.S. Chamber sees possible U.S.-China currency agreement, tariff hike delay

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators are working towards an "early harvest" of confidence-building agreements that could forestall further U.S. tariffs, including an agreement to avoid currency manipulation, a senior U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said on Thursday.

Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police after China paper's criticism

Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement, following sharp criticism of the U.S. tech giant by a Chinese state newspaper for allowing the software.

NASA boss to tour SpaceX factory after feud with Elon Musk

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk opened up his private rocket factory to the top official of NASA on Thursday for a tour and progress report on the company's long-delayed Crew Dragon astronaut capsule.

Trump says will meet with Chinese vice premier at White House on Friday

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on Friday, the second of two-days of high-level U.S. China trade talks aimed at averting scheduled increases in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.