UPDATE 4-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.

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.

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.

U.S. trade talks with China going 'better than expected' -White House official . A round of trade talks between top U.S. and Chinese negotiators went very well, "probably better than expected," a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.

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.

Huawei's side businesses keep it all in the family . On a hot summer morning at Huawei's new European-themed campus outside of Shenzhen, a man resembling a younger version of company founder Ren Zhengfei was dressing down two subordinates.

Choke point: Vietnam skilled labour squeezed by Sino-U.S. trade war . Supply chain shift putting pressure on lack of skilled labour

SAP ups cloud game in 3rd quarter, confirms guidance . Business software company SAP pre-released a strong set of third-quarter results early on Friday, lifted by a major cloud-computing deal, and reaffirmed its guidance for double-digit growth this year.

CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-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.

Using electric buses in climate fight faces hurdles, report finds . NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Electric buses could play a key role in combating climate change, but U.S. cities testing them have met hurdles that need fixing before the technology is widely employed to slow global warming, a report showed on Thursday.