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• H-1B employees crowd out other workers, says study

  The battle over the H-1B visa is mostly a battle of brute political muscle on Capitol Hill, coupled with campaign spending. But in the quieter academic sphere, the visa is a topic of ongoing research, and a new paper by three economists is challenging some of the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2899350/the-h-1b-visa-debate-pain-and-the-politics.html">assertions made by the tech industry</a> that H-1B workers deliver economic gains.

• Is IT work getting more stressful, or is it the Millennials?

  IT work can be stressful, which has always been true. But a new survey says the stress level in IT may be rising. But why?

• Billions of reasons to listen to these Unicorn startup founders

  Unicorns are all the rage these days, and we're not talking about the ones in fantasy stories or on your kids' bedspreads. The unicorns that people at events like last week's <a href="http://tiestartupcon.com/">TIE Startup Con</a> (formerly TIEcon East) are agog over are private companies with valuations of $1 billion or more, such as co-working office space provider <a href="https://www.wework.com/">WeWork</a> and data virtualization company <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2216568/security/actifio-debuts--introduces-new-data-protection-applications.html">Actifio</a>, whose founders talked shop during the opening panel at the Cambridge, Mass., get-together for entrepreneurs and investors.

• All hail the next big job, the chief IoT officer

  In the near future, you may hear about the appointment of a Chief Internet of Things (IoT) Officer. Before you roll your eyes and chortle at the thought of another chief-of-something, consider the problem.

• Everest avalanche kills privacy-focused Google engineer, Dan Fredinburg

  Dan Fredinburg, an engineer who worked on many of Google's most exciting projects during his 8 years with the company, died over the weekend in an avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by Nepal's devastating earthquake</a>.

• Median age at Google is 29, says US age discrimination lawsuit

  The typical employee at Google is relatively young, according to a lawsuit brought by an older programmer who is alleging <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2510342/it-industry/age-bias-in-it--the-reality-behind-the-rumors.html">age discrimination</a>.

• Why the journey to IPv6 is still the road less traveled

  The writing's on the wall about the short supply of IPv4 addresses, and IPv6 has been around since 1999. Then why does the new protocol still make up just a fraction of the Internet?

• Apple's Ahrendts sells $8.7M in stock as Watch launch nears

  Apple's head of retail and online sales, Angela Ahrendts, has sold almost 70,000 shares of company stock worth approximately $8.7 million since the first of the month, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• Feds want to add 75K new solar power workers

  The U.S. government <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/03/fact-sheet-administration-announces-actions-drive-growth-solar-energy-an">has announced</a> plans to help train 75,000 people to enter the solar workforce by 2020, including a number of veterans.

• Tanium's fast-acting endpoint management tool grows up

  A tool for nearly real-time management of clients like desktops, laptops and Windows tablets is now set to take on massive organizations that have millions of endpoints.

• Indiana's law delivers real hurt to this state tech grad

  Tech sector companies are far from angels on the issue of equality. Despite losing her case last week, Ellen Pao's lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers, drew attention to the tech industry's "boys club" culture and gender imbalances. But when it comes to gay and lesbian equality, this industry is vocal in its defense of it, combative and willing to challenge political leaders.

• Top enterprise IT companies where people want to work

  Poachable, a Seattle startup that specialises in connecting passive job-seekers with companies looking to hire, says enterprise network and IT companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco are among the most desirable places to work. But largely consumer-focused companies, like Google, Apple and Amazon, are even more attractive.

• Meet the Tech Dude Who Doubles as the Weird Al of Drone Songs

  A mild-mannered tech and media support coordinator for Oregon State University Extension Service by day, Victor Villegas takes on the persona of The Drone Singer during his off hours. Yes, he fashions himself as the Weird Al Yankovic of drone songs.

• Electrical engineering employment declines nearly 10%, but developers up 12%

  The number of people working as electrical engineers declined by 29,000 last year, continuing a long-standing trend, according to government data.

• Behind the White House's claim of 545,000 unfilled IT jobs

  Earlier this week, the White House announced a plan to use $100 million in H-1B fees to help train people for technology jobs. To make its case for this new program, it said there were 545,000 "unfilled jobs" in information technology.