Meta is just a poorly built video game
Microsoft's Xbox boss dismisses the hype
Microsoft exec Phil Spencer (pictured) has said that Facebook's Metaverse was just a poorly constructed video game and too dull for him to be bothered with.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X improved by disabling CCD
At least for gaming
It is possible to get a 10 per cent improvement for gaming on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X by disabling one of two CCDs.
Sony’s M.2 2280 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSD gamble paid off
Played its cards right
Sony appears to have made a good decision to use M.2 2280 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSDs for additional storage early even though such drives weren't yet widely available at the time of launch.
Gamers shunning high priced GPUs
Long term difficulties for Nvidia
While the GPU maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia is dominating the GPU market, there is some bad news for the outfit from the Steam hardware survey.
Microsoft Xbox team rumoured to be pressing into Japan
Island hopping
Software King of the World Microsoft wants to grow its Xbox fanbase in Japan.