Erik Wemple, writing for The Washington Post: According to informed sources, Bloomberg has continued reporting the blockbuster story that it broke on Oct. 4, including a very recent round of inquiries from a Bloomberg News/Bloomberg Businessweek investigative reporter. In emails to employees at Apple, Bloomberg’s Ben Elgin has requested “discreet” input on the alleged hack….

New Fancy Bear attack campaign lures victims with phony Brexit-themed document to deliver Zekapab payload. …read more Source:: DarkReading

These aren’t my absolute favorite, but they’re surprisingly good for the price. Plus: This top-rated electric toothbrush is $50 at Target but $19 here. And your chance to win a $200 Visa gift card! …read more Source:: CNet

Chained, an immersive reimagining of the Dickens tale, weds virtual reality with motion-capture live actors. Could it be the gateway that makes VR a hit? …read more Source:: CNet

Through failure comes success! Or more failure. Take your pick Hope springs eternal for wearables, despite the biz losing billions of dollars over the past five years. And few forecasts can be more hopeful than Gartner’s prediction that the market will treble in value over the next three years.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A Bikemap app partnership for route help and activity tracking is also in the works. …read more Source:: CNet

Just how intrusive will smart speakers become? A haunting new video tries to imagine their role in our future lives. It isn’t pretty. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An old attack technique is making its way back into the mainstream with an onslaught of messages that legacy tools and script writing can’t easily detect. …read more Source:: DarkReading

In India, a hub for tech support centers, a rise in scams forced Microsoft and the police to take action. From a report: You know the messages. They pop up on your computer screen with ominous warnings like, “Your computer has been infected with a virus. Call our toll-free number immediately for help.” Often they…

On the outside chance that we ever encounter a space probe from an alien civilization, the degree to which the world will change cannot be overestimated. Not only will it prove that we’re not alone, or more likely weren’t, depending on how long said probe has been traveling through space, but we’ll have a bonanza…