Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates ICT Innovation Center (EBTIC), which is based at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, has announced the launch of the EBTIC Innovation Club (EBTIC-IC) – a dynamic networking platform dedicated to thought leadership and knowledge development in innovation and entrepreneurship in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. The EBTIC-IC aims to stimulate homegrown …

Bloomberg For the third time this month, a hurricane is spinning towards the already battered Caribbean and gathering strength along the way. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded tropical storm Maria to a hurricane as winds picked up to 150 kilometres per hour by Monday morning. The storm, 100 miles east of Martinique, is intensifying, and hurricane warnings have been …

Bloomberg Slack Technologies Inc. closed a $250 million funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund, giving it more ammunition for expansion in an increasingly competitive market for workplace messaging services. The financing round values the startup at $5.1 billion, up from $3.8 billion the last time. The Vision Fund is joined by Accel and other investors, Slack said. …