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Google Cloud This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. New Google Cloud research shows the US trails Europe and Asia in prioritizing AI in manufacturing. AI can be used in factories to predict machinery maintenance, or to help train new employees.  The cloud-computing giant is making a big bet that US factories will plunge into AI after COVID-19.  The US lags behind Eur...

OverlayAnalytics, Snowflake Ventures This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Snowflake Ventures, the data giants venture arm, is investing in data companies large and small. The company has invested in DataRobot, Dataiku, and Lacework – all prominent data-related startups.  On Thursday the company also awarded startup OverlayAnalytics with $250,000 in a startup chall...

Top Israeli VC John Brennan told Insider his funding strategy and named 15 hot cybersecurity startups to watch.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says his company is poised to lead cloud security companies past older companies that have let the world down.

FireEye is selling much of its cybersecurity products business and the FireEye name to Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion.

Microsoft This week Microsoft acquired ReFirm Labs, a startup that secures internet-connected devices. The acquisition comes a year after Microsoft acquired another smart-device security company, CyberX. David Weston, a Microsoft director, says acquisitions are part of "a big strategy" for Microsoft. Microsoft announced this week the acquisition of ReFirm Labs, a startup that addresses the security issues of connected devices – from cars to oil pipelines. The sof...

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Research cites areas where engineers should improve – but "knowledge workers" can too.    Have you seen a tech versus non-tech divide? Let us know at blin@insider.com and jelder@insider.com. As tech workers prepare to head back to the office, remain remote, or somewhere in between, theyll encounter a vastly different office environment than the one they left. But experts say that some things likely wont change, and might even get wo...

Databricks This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Ali Ghodsi, the CEO of $28 billion startup Databricks, has made a huge bet on open data-sharing. The company announced a new product called Delta Sharing that lets companies easily share AI data.  Previously sharing AI data has required companies to be bought into the same platforms.  Artificial intelligence can be an...

Colonial Pipeline paid ransomware criminals $4.4 million to release their data and systems as federal agencies worked to save the company.

The $2.8 billion artificial intelligence startup DataRobot hires a veteran chief financial officer, two months after naming a new CEO.