Neowin reports that Samsung has fixed a serious security flaw in Samsung Magician—its SSD management app—that allowed attackers to gain administrator privileges on users’ computers. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-57836, was caused by Samsung Magician creating a temporary folder with weak permissions during the installation process, which allowed for DLL hijacking. Attackers could exploit that to elevate privileges for themselves. The vulnerability was reportedly discovered back in August 2025 and affected versions 6.3.0 to 8.3.2 of Samsung Magician. However, it has now been fixed in Samsung Magician 9.0, so if you have a Samsung SSD in your computer, you should update your app immediately. Read...

Serious gamers need a serious mouse, and the Razer Viper V3 Pro is an absolutely fantastic pick as far as I’m concerned—and it’s infinitely more enticing now that it’s on sale with a hefty 31 percent discount on Amazon, slashing it down to a brand-new all-time lowest price of $110! View this Amazon deal This is a wireless gaming mouse for esports, and it’s one of the better options in this class. Weighing just 54 grams, the Viper V3 Pro features an ultra-lightweight design that’s perfect for competitive precision as well as casual comfort. The minimal weight makes it easier to aim exactly where you need to, without weighing you down over longer sessions. The Viper V3 Pro also features an insane 35K DPI optical sensor that makes it uber sensitive, plus 8K HyperPolling that provides ultra-smooth responsiveness in tandem with Razer HyperSpeed. The best part is that it works well on just about any surface—including glass—so no matter what desk you’re playing on, you can carry your team. When we reviewed the Razer Viper V3 Pro, we gave it a 4-star rating, appreciating its feathery weight, ergonomic design, optical switches, and the high-DPI 35K sensor. “The Razer Viper V3 Pro is the new flagship of the Razer mouse series and aims to raise the bar for wireless gaming mice,” our review reads. Designed for endurance, the Viper V3 Pro supports up to 95 hours of continuous battery life, so you’ll go quite a while before needing to recharge. Grab the Razer Viper V3 Pro for just $110 sooner than later because this is the best price we’ve seen and it won’t stick around forever. Save 31% on Razer`s high-performance wireless esports gaming mouseBuy now at Amazon Read...

Philips Hue doesn’t have any new smart lights to unveil at CES 2026, but it does have a new smart lighting feature that aims to make your existing Hue lights look better than ever.  Slated to arrive in early spring, SpatialAware is exclusive to the new and more powerful Hue Bridge Pro and it’s designed to analyze the position of the Hue lights in a room and “distribute” your light scenes across each light, thus ensuring they “work together in harmony.” Without SpatialAware, the Hue app doesn’t consider the position of your lights when it activates a light scene. SpatialAware uses an algorithm that “intentionally” spreads colors across all the Hue lights in a room, resulting in “more immersive, dynamic, and true-to-life” lighting, according to Philips Hue. For example, when SpatialAware is applied to a Hue sunset scene, lamps on one side of the room might glow in a brighter orange to simulate the look of the setting sun while the lights on the other side might be darker. In order for SpatialAware to work its magic, you must use the camera on your smartphone to scan the positions of all the Hue lights in a given room, with the “latest augmented reality technologies” helping to determine which lights are where. You’ll need to re-scan the room if you ever add lights to your setup, Hue says. SpatialAware will be accessible via the Scene Gallery in the Hue app, and the feature is compatible with roughly half of existing light scenes, namely “nature-inspired” ones such as Lake Mist, Mountain Breeze, Savannah Sunset, and Lake Placid. Philips Hue also had a few other features to announce at CES 2026, including “seamless” Apple Home support for the Hue Secure camera and video doorbell, as well as Hue contact sensors. The added Apple Home support is set to arrive in the first quarter of the year. Apple TV 4K users will also be able to stream live feeds from their Hue Secure cameras in picture-in-picture mode “in the coming months,” Hue says.  Hue Bridge Pro owners can now migrate multiple Hue Bridges to migrate to the newer hub in one shot, while the Hue AI assistant is gaining the ability to create automations from user prompts, such as “wake me up at 6:45 a.m. every day except Wednesdays.”  Finally, lighting and accessory automations will soon appear in their associated rooms and zones within the Hue app, rather than simply appearing in a single list under the Automations tab.  This news story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best smart lights. Read...

New year, new computer, right? It just makes sense to get a mini PC this year instead of investing in a big desktop PC or getting a laptop that’ll cost a pretty penny. The Bosgame P6 mini PC is down to $450 right now on Amazon, a decent $80 in savings off its original price. View this Amazon deal This price is fantastic for a tiny PC with this configuration. The system is powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor paired with 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD—a fantastic combo that’s not only good for everyday tasks (e.g., Windows 11, web browsing, email, spreadsheets, juggling numerous apps and tabs) but also for some more demanding stuff (e.g., some gaming, photo and video editing, etc.). This amount of power just makes for a smooth and responsive experience. While there’s no dedicated graphics card in this machine, you do get an integrated Radeon 680M that can handle modest gaming and visual tasks—not bad given you’re spending less than $500 on this thing. Plus, that provides graphical power to handle up to three 4K/60Hz displays simultaneously via the HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C video ports, resulting in a magnificent setup for productive multitaskers. You get further connectivity with four USB-A, two LAN, and 3.5mm audio, plus wireless support via Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. Snag the Bosgame P6 mini PC for just $450 while it’s still on sale! That’s one of the best prices we’ve seen in a while. This Ryzen mini PC with 32GB RAM is good for gaming and productivityBuy now at Amazon Read...

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Ikea made a splash three years ago when it joined forces with an award-winning designer for a striking line of decorative house lamps. At CES this week, Ikea is adding a new twist to those Varmblixt lights: smarts, complete with a dash of Matter.  Slated to go on sale in April, the latest entries in the Varmblixt line will include smarter versions of the existing Varmblixt donut lamp and a pendant, and both will offer a full range of smart features along with Matter compatibility.  The updated Varmblixt donut lamp looks just like it sounds: an oversize and illuminated donut-shaped light with a “soft, matte white glass surface.”   The donut light will come with a dozen preset colors chosen by Sabine Marcelis, the Dutch artist and designer who collaborated with Ikea on the original Varmblixt line. Ikea You can cycle through the colors—which range from white and amber to warm red, soft pink, lavender, turquoise, and yellow—using the included Bilresa remote, with the colors transitioning smoothly from one to the other.  The Varmblixt donut lamp also works with the Ikea Home Smart app, which lets you access more than 40 colors along with light intensity and dimming controls.  Next comes the smart version of the Varmblixt pendant lamp, a striking illuminated tube that looks like it’s been twisted into a “u” shape.  Like its sibling the donut, the Varmblixt pendant comes with the Bilresa remote and can by cycled from a “crisp, cool daylight” to a “warm, candle-like” yellow, Ikea says.  Ikea Besides working with the Ikea app, both the Varmblixt donut and pendant lamp will work with Matter, the new smart home protocol that acts as the glue between Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, and other Matter-compatible platforms.  That means you could incorporate both of the new Varmblixt lights into any of those big smart ecosystems, perfect for adding them to existing smart light groups or smart home automations. You’d also be able to control the lights with Alexa, Gemini, and Siri voice commands.  The upcoming Varmblixt lights are set to go on sale in April, according to Ikea. The company has yet to release pricing details.  Ikea’s announcement of the Matter-enabled Varmblixt lights comes just a couple of months after Ikea unleased more than 20 Matter products, including Matter-compatible smart bulbs, sensors, and remotes.  Ikea went all-in with Matter last summer by releasing a software update that turned Ikea’s Dirigera smart hub into a Thread border router, meaning it can both discover and take charge of Thread-enabled Matter devices. Read...

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It may be a surprise to learn that you can define names of cells in Microsoft Excel instead of using the letter and number combinations. This makes it friendlier to read and understand. For example, in our sheet below, typically if you wanted to calculate profit you’d need to use the = sign and then say D2-E2. But unless you can see the sheet and the reference numbers that won’t make much sense to someone reading it. But instead, you can name the different columns that you want to run the formula on. Here’s how to do that. What to do: Using the example in our spreadsheet or a similar spreadsheet, highlight all the revenue numbers in the sheet and then in the top menu navigate to Formulas > Defined names > Define name. It should automatically recognize the term “revenue”. Click Ok. Next highlight all the numbers in the cost column of the spreadsheet and click on Formulas > Defined names > Define name. Click Ok again. Now if you go back to the profit column and enter the = sign, you can use the formula =revenue – cost instead of =D2-E2, which is so much easier to understand. What’s more the profit column will be filled all the way down and if you look at the top of the spreadsheet, you’ll see the formula is simply revenue – cost. Dominic Bayley / Foundry That’s a wrap for this Try This. If you’d like more tips and tricks delivered to your inbox be sure to subscribe to our PCWorld Try This newsletter Read...