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

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

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

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