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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 software giant says the move is part of "a big strategy of ours to fill in that gap." David Weston, Mic...

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, they'll encounter a vastly different office environment than the one they left. But experts say that some things likely won't change, and might even get worse: Studies have found a wide communications and culture gap between technical (engineers and pro...

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 elitist industry favoring big companies with big budgets. This week, Ali Ghodsi, the CEO of $28 bil...

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.