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L.A. is Worst Big City for Women in Tech

L.A. is Worst Big City for Women in Tech

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L.A. is Worst Big City for Women in Tech

If you're a woman working in tech in the City of Angels, you might consider moving south. Our Ben Bergman breaks down a new report that finds the gender pay gap among tech workers in L.A. is one of the nation's worst. The good news? Long Beach, where female tech workers actually earn more than men. Senior reporter Tami Abdollah writes that a new deal could soon drive up dot-com domain prices. Rachel Uranga has a look at AdQuick, fresh off a Series A funding round. Finally, Bill Gates shares some sobering words — and a bit of optimism — about the novel coronavirus.

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Los Angeles is the worst big city for women working in tech in the nation. women make only 82 cents for every dollar that their male counterparts pull in, according to a new report from the financial website SmartAsset that considers the gender pay gap, earnings after housing costs, women's representation in the tech workforce and four-year tech employment growth. Women looking for a better place to work and live might consider Long Beach, where female tech workers actually earn more than men, the only city in the study where that happens. Long Beach also had one of the biggest percentage increases in tech workers in the nation, going from 4,500 workers in 2015 to 6,000 in 2018. Read more >>

Activists, nonprofits and multiple internet domain registrars are upset over what they call a sweetheart deal involving the U.S. government; VeriSign Inc., which maintains the dot-com domain; and a not-for-profit that oversees the internet's domain name system. The deal, which still needs to be signed off on, would allow an already highly profitable public company to raise prices on website wholesalers as much as 70% over the next decade. Read More >>

Billboard advertiser AdQuick raised $6 million in a Series A round as the company looks to increase its market and develop better analytics. While most companies are pushing to expand their advertising online with social media and digital campaigns, AdQuick is selling space outdoors on billboards, gas pump screens and bus benches. Read More >>

Bill Gates spoke with broad optimism about advances in molecular diagnostic tools as one promising safeguard against outbreaks like the spread of the novel coronavirus, but warned that the situation could become especially difficult if the deadly pneumonia-like illness starts to spread in Africa. As he was speaking, news broke that the first case of coronavirus had been confirmed on the continent. Read More >>