Do you have a Mi-Cam in your home?  Even if you don't have kids, you may have one. They're a highly popular, inexpensive means of keeping tabs on the comings and goings inside your home when you're not around.

As with so many such devices these days, users have the option of installing either an Android or iOS app on their phones so they can peek in remotely, any time they like, and therein lies the problem.

By now, you've probably heard more than you ever wanted to hear about the critical Intel security flaw known as "Spectre."  The flaw is massive in scope and scale, impacting every chip that Intel has released over the past decade, and if exploited, would allow a hacker to take complete control over the vulnerable system.

If you're in the market for a new laptop but can milk a little more life out of the one you've got, 2019 will be the year to buy.  The reason?  5G.  AT&T is slated to become the first carrier to offer 5G network connectivity to small segments of its customer base this year (starting in Atlanta, Dallas, and Waco, and then slowly spreading to other areas).

While they'll be the first, it's not hard to imagine that their competitors will be hot on their heels, and all the major PC and laptop manufacturers are keenly aware of this.

Depending on who you ask, Google's Project Zero is either the thing that's going to singlehandedly save the internet, or the bane of many companies' existence.  It's easy to see both sides of the argument.

On one hand, by uncovering previously undiscovered bugs in all manner of software and handing that information over to the authors, Google is undeniably performing a valued public service.

AT&T has big plans for their future and yours.  If they're your carrier of choice, and if you live in the cities of Dallas, Atlanta, or Waco, then you stand to be on the cutting edge of the changes the company has in store. Those locations have been selected to be the first to receive AT&T's 5G network upgrade.

Android users have a reason to cheer.  According to the latest report by ESET, the number of ransomware attacks targeting Android devices declined in 2017.  The decline represents a bit of an anomaly, given that in 2017, the most common type of malware attack (by a wide margin) was ransomware.

SIM cards have long been a source of frustration for equipment manufacturers.  With the relentless drive to produce smaller and smaller devices, the SIM card is a hurdle to be overcome.  It's relatively large, and when you account for the necessary housing, it becomes quite the design challenge.

Recently, another "exotic character" bug was found in iOS.  If someone sends this particular character (a special character that's part of the Indian language pack) to your phone via any messaging app, it will not only crash your phone, but cause a variety of messaging apps to stop functioning.

Do you own a Mac?  Do you use APFS "sparse disk images?"  If so, be aware that under certain conditions, your trusty computer may allow you to copy important data into the void where it will be lost forever, without giving you a heads up first.

This unusual error was recently discovered by Mike Bombich, the creator of Carbon Copy Cloner, which is a popular Mac backup application.

Here's a statistic that is as disturbing as it is frustrating.  According to the latest "State of the Internet/Security" report for the fourth quarter of 2017, as published by Akamai, bot-traffic accounts for a staggering 43 percent of all login attempts.