SoftBank CEO Masa Son expressed "strong regret" over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but said his company can't sever its financial links to Saudi Arabia.
Google is honoring computer scientist Michael Dertouzos, who predicted how the internet and the rise of personal computers would impact people's lives, with a new Doodle on what would have been his 82nd birthday.
Micron, a company in Idaho that makes memory chips, has been locked in bitter trade secrets dispute with a state-backed Chinese rival called Fujian Jinhua. Now it has the US government in its corner.
Twitter said Friday that it had deleted thousands of automated accounts that were posting messages discouraging people from voting in Tuesday's midterm elections. Most of the accounts were posing as Democrats, Twitter said.