It’s only two years since known objects that look like asteroids and move like comets became numerous enough to get a name, and now we find there are two quite different categories.

A next-gen AMD Ryzen gaming CPU has had its Geekbench benchmarks posted publicly, weeks before it was expected to debut at CES 2025. Rumored to be AMD’s flagship processor of the new Strix Halo line, it appears its integrated GPU can go toe-to-toe with an Nvidia RTX 4060. However, there’s also a massive catch. Current AMD desktop GPUs may not be the very best graphics cards in the world, but they have been holding their own in terms of raw power. However, it's the company's ability to embed its Radeon GPUs into its Ryzen CPUs that has proven a winner in the laptop and handheld spaces. Nearly all the best gaming handheld devices use an AMD CPU with an integrated GPU. Continue reading New AMD Ryzen CPU benchmark leak beats Nvidia RTX 4060 without a graphics card MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review

Here’s your chance to pick up a fast gaming monitor from a big brand for an absolute bargain price. This gaming monitor deal enables you to grab an Acer Nitro Gaming XF243Y M3 monitor for just $129.99, saving you $70 on the usual MSRP. That price not only gets you a full HD monitor with an IPS panel, but it also has a 180Hz refresh rate, making it a great budget buy for fast-paced first person shooters. That’s a great spec for such a low price, and Acer is a name you’ll also find on our guide to the best gaming monitor, with its displays having proved excellent choices time and again over the years. In this case, the Nitro Gaming XF243Y M3 gets you a 23.8-inch IPS LCD panel with a 1ms response time, and in our tests we’ve found this LCD tech to be more responsive in fast-paced games than rival VA panels, with less visible ghosting. You can read our VA vs IPS guide for more detail on how these technologies work. Continue reading This 180Hz Acer gaming monitor is a bargain at just $129.99 right now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best gaming monitor

It's been a funny launch for Path of Exile 2. A victim of its own success, so many people logged into the ARPG that Grinding Gear Games had to warn of long queues and other issues. The dev is rolling with the punches, though, with a substantial update chock full of quality of life features. If you thought the rival to Diablo 4 and Last Epoch was great fun already, the first big PoE 2 update just made it a lot better. Continue reading Path of Exile 2 has already fixed some of the worst issues, including dodging MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Path of Exile 2 builds, Path of Exile 2 classes, Path of Exile 2 quests

A new book examines the rise and fall of the Carolingian dynasty, discussing how people across social classes understood the momentous history of their day

Image: Yelp Yelp is introducing some new AI features that aim to help users discover new establishments and narrow down customer reviews. The AI-powered “Review Insights,” announced today as part of Yelp’s end-of-year product release, quickly summarize how customers feel about certain aspects of a business, such as food quality, service, ambiance, and wait times. Review insights are aggregated sentiment scores that provide a quick overview of topics using facial icons — positive, neutral, and critical — displayed above a business’s reviews. Yelp users can click specific topics to read related reviews that focus on those aspects of the business, such as what customers are saying about the food or service. Yelp says the feature is available on iOS for restaurant, food, and nightlife businesses, and will be expanded to services categories “next year.” Review insights builds on the AI-powered review summaries feature that Yelp introduced in January. “When searching for a local restaurant, you might have a specific aspect in mind that matters most to you — be it the vibe of the space, how long it takes to get a table, or the quality of the food,” said Yelp’s Chief Product Officer Craig Saldanha in the announcement blog. “Even when a review doesn’t explicitly mention one of the topics, the LLM understands the context in the review to identify and surface the relevant topic and sentiment.” Image: Yelp Heads up — Yelp will autoplay and unmute the full-screen user videos on the iOS app homepage. The home feed search bar on iOS now features a trending drop-down that highlights the most popular terms other local users are looking for, which will be coming to Android “early next year.” The iOS app home page has also been expanded to include new reviews, photos, and full-screen video spotlights uploaded by other users that surface recent experiences. Yelp says it’s rolling out an AI-powered update that “better tailors the home feed to your preferences” in the coming weeks.

The Galaxy S25 launch is about a month away, and you might be making upgrade plans already, especially considering what you might have heard about the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip that will power the new Samsung flagships. The first phones running on the Elite chip are here, and they offer monster battery life in addition to great performance. That's a great teaser of what's expected from the Galaxy S25 series, especially the Ultra. But that Snapdragon 8 Elite chip won't come cheap. If you've been dreading a price hike for the Galaxy S25 series, especially for the Ultra, I have bad news for you from Korea. The first price rumors are here, and they detail the two main factors that might prompt Samsung to increase prices next year. Continue reading... The post New Galaxy S25 Ultra leak says Samsung’s flagship phone is getting a price hike appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Black Friday blowout: Massive Apple sale, LG OLED TVs, KitchenAid mixers, Instant Pots, laptops, more Cyber Week deals: $139 AirPods 4 with ANC, $4 smart plugs, $40 Ninja blender, last-chance PS5 deals, more Cyber Week deals: $329 Apple Watch S10, $50 off Microsoft Office 2024, $374 PS5 Slim, Vitamix blenders, more Amazon is giving out free money for Black Friday 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden will warn against further tax cuts for the wealthy and a reprise of Republican "trickle-down economics" during Donald Trump's second term in what could be his final speech on the economy Tuesday, a White House official said.

A week after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would "play a significant role in primaries."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will raise the issues of Ukraine being invited to join the NATO military alliance as well as security guarantees at a meeting with European partners this month, Kyiv said Tuesday.