WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that paves the way for imposing tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese imports to punish Beijing for what he said is the theft of American technology and Chinese pressure on U.S. companies to hand it over. “It is the largest deficit […]

After years of trying to engineer a more environmentally friendly coffee cup, Starbucks is turning to you for ideas. And it’s willing to pay. The company announced Tuesday that it’s launching a $10 million grant challenge to solicit designs for a cup that’s easier to recycle. Starbucks (SBUX) partnered with a recycling-focused investor group called Closed Loop Partners […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan, a widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday. Beijing was infuriated when U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation last week that encourages […]

  Google is working on blockchain-related technology to support its cloud business and head off competition from emerging startups that use the heavily-hyped technology to operate online in new ways, according to people familiar with the situation. Companies use blockchain and other so-called digital ledgers to securely record transactions and process other data over the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a spring nor’easter hitting the mid-Atlantic and Northeast (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Justin Timberlake’s Wednesday night concert in New York City is being postponed due to the spring nor’easter. The pop star posted a video of himself in the snow on Instagram. Timberlake says his Thursday night show […]

Caitlyn Jenner is very candid on social media. The 68-year-old activist uses Instagram as a place to share everything from beauty queries to personal updates on her transition to womanhood. And now she’s delivering a powerful PSA about practicing safe sun. Dermatologists, estheticians, and celebrities are always preaching the importance of never leaving the house without sunscreen, which for Jenner, has new meaning. The […]

Cross Forward Consulting has just launched a new update for its Sleep++ sleep tracking app. Version 3.0 brings automatic sleep tracking to the app, so users won’t have to manually set it up just so it can keep track of sleep quality, length and other metrics at night. The developer started rolling out the latest […]

A telescope to study the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System will be launched by the European Space Agency in the late 2020s. The mission, to be known as Ariel, was selected by the organisation’s Science Programme Committee on Tuesday. The venture will be led scientifically from the UK by University College London astrophysicist […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar recorded its largest one-day loss in two months against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as Federal Reserve officials stuck to their view of three rate increases for 2018 as they want to see a further pickup in inflation. The U.S. central bank as expected delivered a quarter point […]

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Whole Foods will host a summit on Tuesday for up to 200 of its suppliers, amid anxiety about how its ongoing business revamp will play out under new owner Amazon.com (AMZN.O). Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods last summer shook the grocery industry, spawning worries that the ecommerce giant […]