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October 20, 2015, 1:23 PM
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Wall Street Journal:
Sky-high valuations begin to backfire on some Silicon Valley companies trying to raise more money or go public  —  Tech Startups Feel an IPO Chill  —  Sky-high valuations are starting to backfire on some Silicon Valley companies that are trying to raise more money or go public; Dropbox stalls
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook says new Apple TV coming next week, reveals 6.5m paying Apple Music subscribers  —  As expected, Tim Cook today took the stage at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live conference for an interview.  During his time on stage, Cook discussed a variety of topics, ranging from iPhone to Apple Watch and to Apple Music.
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
HTC's One A9 has a high-quality look and feel, similar to an iPhone, available this November for $399 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage  —  HTC's One A9 is a $399 iPhone running Android 6.0  —  The HTC One M9 introduced earlier this year was a disappointment, both to fans of high-end smartphones and, consequently, to HTC itself.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times partners with Google on virtual reality project, will distribute over 1M cardboard VR viewers to subscribers, and will release new VR film  —  The Times Partners With Google on Virtual Reality Project  —  The New York Times announced on Tuesday a virtual reality project …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
BrowserPopcorn Shut Down By the MPAA, Dev Says  —  Last Friday, TorrentFreak was contacted by Milan Kragujevi, a web developer with a brand new service up his sleeve.  As the name implies, BrowserPopcorn.xyz looked very similar to the Popcorn Time application that has gained so much publicity in recent times.
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Mozilla-backed Let's Encrypt says its free HTTPS certificates are now trusted by all major browsers  —  Let's Encrypt is one step closer to offering free HTTPS certificates to everyone  —  Let's Encrypt has announced that its free security certificates are now trusted by all major browsers …
Guardian:
Max Schrems Facebook privacy complaint to be investigated in Ireland following collapse of Safe Harbor  —  Max Schrems Facebook privacy complaint to be investigated in Ireland  —  Irish internet watchdog audit over alleged gathering of data by Facebook follows three-year campaign and ECJ ruling
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
New Android phones and tablets that ship with Marshmallow should enable full-disk encryption by default if their AES crypto perfomance exceeds 50 MiB/s  —  Android 6.0 re-implements mandatory storage encryption for new devices  —  As long as you meet the minimum speed requirements, that is.

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From Mediagazer

Eli Stokols / Politico:
A look at the tense relationship between Biden and The NYT, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, lack of trust, and his refusal to give the paper an interview

Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI plan a 24-hour strike May 6 against “suffocating control” of their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government

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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google launches a beta channel for the Android Google app
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Ex-DEA agent Carl Force sentenced to 78 months for Bitcoin theft during Silk Road investigation

Earlier Picks

New York Post:
FBI and other federal agencies are investigating a teen who claims to have hacked CIA director's AOL account, which contained work-related documents
Kevin Tofel / ZDNet:
HP refreshes Chromebook 14 with Intel Celeron processor, starts at $249.99, FullHD model for $279.99, available November 8
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review: true flagships with little-to-no compromise, all other Android devices are second class citizens
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