Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year.The social media company said its launching a test that will let Facebook users in Germany, France and the U.S. browse eBay listings directly on its Marketplace online classifieds service but complete the transaction on eBay.Meta is carrying out the trial afterBrussels slapped the company in November with a penalty of nearly 800 million euros ($824 million)for what it called abusive practices involving Marketplace.European Union antitrust enforcers accused Meta of illegally shutting out competition by tying Marketplace to its social network and automatically exposing Facebook users to Marketplace whether or not they wanted it. They also accused Meta of gaining an unfair advantage through ad-related data.While we disagree with and continue to appeal the European Commissions decision on Facebook Marketplace, we are working quickly and constructively to build a solution which addresses the points raised, Meta said in a blog post, adding that its solution could benefit people on both platforms.The European Commission, the 27-nation blocs top antitrust enforcer, said it had no specific comment, saying only that Meta must comply with the decision issued in mid-November within 90 days.Shares of eBay jumped on the news. The company said that starting Wednesday a select number of eBay listings in the three countries will be seamlessly integrated and viewable on Facebook Marketplace. The listings will be from a variety of categories, based on factors including shopping trends and listing quality, it said, without being more specific.Buyers will complete their transactions following the same process as they would when buying directly through the eBay website and will be covered by the platforms money-back guarantee and other protections, it said.Kelvin Chan, AP business writer

Fashion brand Louis Vuitton and artist Takashi Murakami have created a New York City pop-up store with multiple colour-blocked rooms and furniture with rounded edges to showcase a new phase of their collaboration. Located in New York's SoHo neighbourhood, the pop-up store celebrates the original 2003 Louis Vuitton x Murakami collaboration with updated and original versions of bags, accessories and other items displayed in small, bright, monochrome spaces.Louis Vuitton and Murakami have created a pop-up shop in New yorkFor the design, the team referenced Toyko's capsule hotels, an accommodation style that offers small, sometimes bed-sized rooms at an affordable price such as the recently renovated (Do-C) Gotanda hotel."Drawing design inspiration from Tokyo's famous modular hotels, the pop-up's minimalist interior is divided into distinct areas each with a specific purpose and bold colour theme," said the team.The space features small, colour-blocked rooms that branch of a central hallThe two-storey space features a bright white, central corridor on the top floor, where rooms painted in orange, green, deep purple, and bubblegum pink branch off its sides.Each room is outfitted with matching built-in shelving, Louis Vuitton and Murakami insignia, hanging pendants and furniture.Rounded edges border the spaces and furnishingsRounded edges and corners border the furnishings throughout the store, while bright, fluorescent lighting panels line the ceilings.The rooms contain displays of the collection, as well as a pink cafe and a squat, purple vending machine accessible by visitors after they make a purchase.Read: Louis Vuitton flagship store disguised as stack of luggage trunksA stairwell lined with Louis Vuitton motifs leads downstairs to a cinema that displays two animated films by Murakami produced during the original collection launch.Open in New York City for a temporary time, the space is the first of a host of global events set to celebrate the anniversary. The largest pop-up will take place in Toyko.The store was informed by Japanese capsule hotels"The project acts as a modern-day showcase for an enduring creative bond, defined by artistic vision, remarkable feats of traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology, and the timeless appeal of this seminal moment in early 21st-century pop and collector culture," said the team.Louis Vuitton recently covered its New York City flagship in giant luggage trunks, while designer CJ Hendry relocated 100,000 plush flowers overnight for a Brooklyn pop-up shop.The Louis Vuitton x Murakami New York pop-up takes place over January 2025 at 104 Prince Street in Soho. SeeDezeen Events Guidefor an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.The photography is by Brad Dickson courtesy of Louis VuittonThe post Louis Vuitton and Murakami create NYC pop-up informed by Tokyo hotels appeared first on Dezeen.

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Cybersecurity company Esetis now urgingWindows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or another operating system well in advance of Oct. 14, 2025, when support for Windows 10 ends.intoIts about five to twelve minutes to avoid a security fiasco in 2025, Eset security expert Thorsten Urbanski said,according to Bleeping Computer .Eset estimates there are around 32 million computers still running Windows 10 in Germany alone, roughly 65% of all devices in the country. Windows 11 runs on 16.5 million devices, corresponding to approximately 33%. According to Statcounter, global figures for Windows 10 and 11 use are similar.Many Windows 10 users have not upgraded because of Windows 11s higher hardware requirements, which make it inaccessible for older computers.The situation is much more dangerous than when support for Windows 7 ended in 2020, said Urbanski.

Computers get clogged with digital stuff over time, and while we all like to think were good at managing all that D-detritus, theres somehow never quite enough time to clean things up. If youre new to the Mac, or even if youve used an Apple computer for decades, you need to learn these tips to prune the trash. But first, open the Finder item in the Menu and choose Empty Trash.Youd be surprised how many Mac users forget to do so regularly.Check your storageYour Mac has a really excellent storage management system that is available in System Settings in the General tab. (This is also available via the Apple menu, About this Mac, More info). Open that tab and then select Storage. Your Mac will have a little think and reward you with a nice graphic that shows you what is taking up most space on your machine. This information is divided across numerous sections:ApplicationsBinBooksDocumentsiCloud DriveMailMessagesMusicPhotosPodcastsTVOther Users & SharedmacOSSystem DataNow that youve got a birds eye view of your storage, you can begin to get rid of some of the clutter.Use the RecommendationsApple has built a system to help you delete some of the most commonly accumulated stuff, which it makes available as Recommendations. These Recommendations usually appear at the top of the list of stored media, just beneath the image in Storage. You will not see these if you have already followed them, but if you do these may include:Store in iCloud:This stores all your Desktop and Documents files in the cloud and only keeps recent files locally available on your Mac. The too will also store messages, attachments, photos, and videos for you. This maximizes storage space.Optimize Storage:This tool automatically removes movies and TV shows sourced from Apple from your Mac, though you can still download them again.Empty Trash automatically:This tool is recommended as it will automatically erase anything that has been in the Trash for over 30-days.Open your IsTake a look at the above and youll find that each section has a small I beside it. Tap this and youll get more information to help you manage each of those sections. Tap the I icon for Applications, for example, and youll find all those you have installed; you should delete all those you no longer use. if you find any software you dont need, you can select it in this view and hit Delete to get rid of it, freeing up a little space.Its good to take a look inside each category, particularly Messages, where you can delete some of these huge attachments you might not realize you have stored on your device.What about your Downloads folder?When did you last take a look inside your Downloads folder? Open it now. (Go>Downloads in the menu bar). Most Mac users find they have lots of items stored there, many of which might still be important. You can free up huge quantities of space on your Mac by going through what you have stored in the folder, filing important items in relevant folders on your Mac, and deleting the rest. Of course, the easiest way to review all those items is to view the files as a list using View>As List.Manage all your largest filesHeres a way to quickly review all the largest files you have stashed on your Mac. Lets create a Smart Folder to monitor for larger files.In the Finder Menu choose New Smart Folder.A New Smart Folder window appears. Youll see an option to search This Mac. Select that.Look to the left along the row and youll see a Save command (which we will use later). You will also see a Plus (+) button. Tap this.A set of choices comes up. The first defaults to Kind. Tap this to access a drop down menu where you should tap Other.A long list appears; the one you want is File Size, which you should check.Once you do so, youll be able to select it in the drop down list to replace Kind.In the next item on the row, youll get to choose a parameter. I suggest you use is greater than.Two more choices appear in the row; the first lets you set a number try 100. The second lets you define a size try MB.You will immediately see every file on your Mac that is larger than 100MB. You can delete any of these items by control-clicking them and choosing Move to Bin. But be certain not to delete any System files, as doing so may damage your system. In general, its a good rule not to delete anything you do not recognize.Now you have this birds eye view into large items on your Mac you can Save it for future use.Return to the original Row you first looked at, and tap Save.Give the search a name, such as Large Files.By default, the search saves in Saved Searches, which is as good a place as any.Also by default, the search can be added to the sidebar just make sure this option is ticked.In the future, youll find your new Large Files search is available to you in Favorites from within the Finder sidebar, making it super easy to swiftly identify any space invaders you still have on your system.Take a look in MailYour email application is full of stuff. All those Mail attachments mount up over the years, and while you need to keep some of them some of the time, you probably dont need to retain all of them forever. The best practice is to delete attachments in emails you no longer need; you can do this by deleting the message itself or selecting a message and choosing Remove Attachments in the Messages menu.You can also create a search in Mail that lets you identify emails containing attachments. Try Mailbox>New Smart Mailbox, select contains attachments and save. This is a very unsophisticated tool that just makes it easier for you to monitor any emails you might have received that contain attachments, though it still makes for a very manual process. This is actually the problem with Mail: it doesnt let you easily manage emails containing large attachments. It does let you do one more thing, however, which you should do now: Open Mailbox and choose Erase Junk Mail to get rid of all the junk that has accumulated. You should also select Erase Deleted Items.Run Onyx or CleanMyMacThere are numerous applications that claim to help you free up and better manage space on your Mac. I like the freeOnyxapplication, which has been my go-to troubleshooting solution for years. But many users also like MacPawsCleanMyMacapplication. What these applications do is make it possible to delete data you cant easily or safely get to on your Mac, including unwanted database files, bloated logs, and more. Apple says that macOS will automatically clear such data including temporary database files, interrupted downloads, staged macOS and app updates, Safari website data, and more when space is needed on your Mac. But some users might prefer to be proactive.With Onyx, install the software, open Maintenance and select and run the Cleaning options available there.Using CleanMyMac, run the Cleanup routine, which will scan your Mac to present you with a selection of choices of what to clean.What both applications do is force the Mac to run tasks it should do automatically. Delete old user profilesIf you are using a shared Mac it is likely it will also be a managed Mac, in which case the following option might not be available as it may be managed on your behalf by IT. The problem this solves is that each user on a Mac gets its own user profile which contains all the data and documents that relate to that user. Thats fine when everyone is actively using the Mac, but when someone stops using the machine it becomes necessary to delete their profile to free up the space though they should get the data they need off the Mac before you do.To delete an unwanted User profile open System Settings>Users & Groups. If you see the word Admin under your name you will be able to follow the rest of these steps, once you click the lock icon and enter the password. Then choose the user you intend to delete and click Delete User by clicking the (minus) button.Three options appear:Save the home folder in a disk image: All the information will be archived for potential restore,Dont change the home folder: Everything is left in place and the user can be restored.Delete the homefolder: Everything is deleted.Before choosing the third option, its incredibly important to ensure you have the right to delete the user.If you have additional suggestions, please let me know.You can follow me on social media! 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Satechi's SM3 Slim Mechanical Backlit Bluetooth keyboard is its first full-size version, offering many of the key features of the smaller predecessor, the SM1.Satechi SM3 Slim Mechanical Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard - Image credit: SatechiDuring CES 2024, Satechi introduced the SM1 Slim Mechanical Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard. For 2025, it's introducing a bigger version.The SM3 Slim Mechanical Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard is Satechi's first full-size mechanical keyboard. It offers a very similar spec list to its stablemate, the SM1, including the use of low-profile brown switches and a rechargeable battery, but it's a lot bigger. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple is expanding its presence in the Evergreen State, signing a direct lease for nearly 193,000 square feet of office space in South Lake Union.Image Credit: Discover South Lake UnionThe deal, rumored since 2019, has finally materialized. Initially, it was speculated that Apple would purchase roughly 630,000 square feet of office space.That's a far cry from the nearly 193,000-square-foot deal the Cupertino tech giant actually signed. However, it still marks the largest new office space least since 2019, according to Komonews. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Pick up the M3 15-inch MacBook Air with a bump up to 512GB of storage for just $1,299 in the latest price war.Apple retailers are engaged in a MacBook Air price war.The $200 price drop on the upgraded laptop can be found at both Amazon and B&H Photo as the Apple Authorized Resellers engage in a price war.Get the M3 15-inch MacBook Air with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD for $1,299 at B&H and Amazon Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums