“Last call!” — Valuations for later-stage tech companies are finally receding, say Silicon Valley dealmakers  —  Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley  —  Every couple of months I leave my small Massachusetts town — where most people still shop for their own groceries …

Dell files confidentially for IPO of cybersecurity unit SecureWorks, may be worth up to $2B  —  Dell Files Confidentially for IPO of Cybersecurity Unit SecureWorks  —  SecureWorks could begin trading by year-end and may be worth as much as $2 billion  —  Dell Inc. has filed confidentially …

Remote computing firm LogMeIn to acquire password management service LastPass for $125M  —  LogMeIn just acquired LastPass to build one password platform to rule them all  —  Remote computing company LogMeIn announced today that it's agreed to acquire password management service LastPass …

A breakdown of October 2014 fundraising documents from WeWork, which raised $400M in June 2015 at a $10B valuation  —  How WeWork Convinced Investors It's Worth Billions  —  Startups don't turn into unicorns — the buzzword for companies valued at a billion dollars or more — without a good story attached.

YC-backed Segment, which allows businesses to use a single API for event tracking, raises $27M Series B led by Thrive Capital  —  Segment Raises $27 Million For Its “One API To Rule Them All”  —  Segment, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows businesses to use a single API for event tracking …

Google Drive and Docs are down  —  The Dog Ate Our Homework, Google Drive Is Down  —  OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.  —  If you've noticed that Google Drive and all of the apps that save to it are acting a bit shaky today, you're not alone.  Google updated their Apps status page to show that the company is looking into reported issues.

US ITC: Samsung does not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents, another Nvidia patent is invalid  —  Samsung did not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents: U.S. ITC  —  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has been cleared on its use of graphics chip technology owned by Nvidia Corp without permission …

Obama administration decides not to seek legislation forcing companies to decrypt data for law enforcement but doesn't disavow a legislative mandate  —  Obama administration opts not to force firms to decrypt data — for now  —  After months of deliberation, the Obama administration …

The Chinese government arrested hackers accused of state-sponsored economic espionage at the request of the US before President Xi Jinping's US visit last month  —  In a first, Chinese hackers are arrested at the behest of the U.S. government  —  The Chinese government has quietly arrested …

Patent lawsuit filings down 33% year-over-year in Q3 2015, driven by drop in East Texas troll cases  —  New patent lawsuits down, driven by drop in East Texas “troll” cases  —  At this point, filing numbers are tied to just a few “non-practicing entities.”

Dell is offering EMC $27.25 a share in cash plus tracking stock in VMware, boosting the value per share to more than $30, representing a $50B+ takeover attempt  —  Dell Is Offering EMC $27.25 a Share in Cash Plus Special VMware Stock  —  David Paul Morris, Slaven Vlasic / Getty