Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The US DOJ says Onur Aksoy pleaded guilty to importing and selling counterfeit Cisco equipment to various organizations, making $100M+ between 2014 and 2022  —  A Florida man has pleaded guilty to importing and selling counterfeit Cisco networking equipment to various organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to let eligible US retailers using Amazon Pay offer Affirm’s buy now, pay later tool Adaptive Checkout to customers; AFRM jumps 17%+  —  Amazon.com Inc. will allow eligible US retailers using the online retail giant’s Amazon Pay service to offer Affirm Holdings Inc.’s buy now … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan I. Koerner / Wired: A profile of Christopher Bouzy, the CEO of Twitter analytics company Bot Sentinel, and his attempts to build Twitter rival Spoutible, starting in November 2022  —  When Elon Musk’s reign of toxic chaos began, Christopher Bouzy didn’t just go looking for a rival place to post. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Athletic: Sources: MLS and Apple discussed offering Lionel Messi a revenue share generated by new Season Pass subscribers; on June 6, Apple announced a Messi docuseries  —  Major League Soccer and Inter Miami are solidifying details around the potential signing of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alyssa Mercante / Kotaku: A look at Twitch’s new ad rules covering branded content, a crucial source of income for creators; after an outcry, Twitch says the update was “overly broad”  —  ‘The top 100 streamers on Twitch just got told they’re not allowed to make 80 percent of their revenue the way they’re used to making it.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robert Armstrong / Financial Times: Crypto is dangerous nonsense and should be regulated like smoking, gambling, or pyramid schemes, not granted the dignity of regulation under US securities law  —  But not for the reasons the exchanges think  —  This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maghan McDowell / Vogue Business: Louis Vuitton announces “Treasure Trunk” NFTs costing €39K each and granting access to future products and experiences, in a hard pivot from an NFT-based game  —  The collection of phygital “Treasure Trunks” marks the first time that the luxury brand will sell NFTs … Lees verder op Tech Meme