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Reverb, the Etsy-owned online used musical instrument site, has added a feature called Collections that lets you track the value of your musical gear. It can show you at a glance exactly what you own and how much it’s worth for “fun, insurance or tax purposes,” the company said. It also makes it faster to list an item you want to sell by simply pulling it from your collection. 

To use Collections, you go to your Reverb profile picture and hit “My Collection,” which will show everything you own and prompt you to add another item, either something you’ve purchased from the site or a new item. Doing so brings up a search menu, which draws from a comprehensive database of musical gear to narrow it down to your exact item. 

Once you add an item, Reverb will show an estimate of its value, and if that’s off (due to condition or whatever) you can enter your own estimate. Values are constantly updated with dynamic pricing, so you can follow how it’s changed over time. 

It’s a particularly useful feature for the many musicians who own a lot of gear and often shuffle their collections. It looks like the company has built up a very comprehensive database of guitars, synths, pedals and other gear, which could be a big help if you’re trying to value your collection. 

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At the moment, it’s really anyone’s guess as to when the Google Pixel 6 will be launched. Some believe that it will probably be in late October when it launches, but Google hasn’t officially confirmed anything yet. However, what the company is doing is seemingly teasing the handset to no end.

In fact, a post on Reddit by u/ThisGuyRightHer3 revealed over in New York City, Google’s physical store actually has the Pixel 6 Pro in a glass-encased window where the back of the phone can be seen. This is what the phone will look like in real-life, but unfortunately visitors to Google’s store can only see the handset but won’t be able to touch it.

Google seems to be doing a lot to try and hype up the handset’s launch, although we are a bit worried all of this might simply end up falling flat. This is because based on alleged benchmarks, Google’s Tensor chipset doesn’t seem to be that much more powerful than last year’s Pixel 4a 5G.

Given that this will be Google’s first own custom chipset and in a brand new phone meant to be a flagship, we thought that they would be going all out on it, but that doesn’t look like the case here. In any case, only time will tell what the Pixel 6 will hold so check back with us in the coming months for the details.

You Can Now See But Not Touch The Google Pixel 6 In New York City

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Cybercriminals have been using Telegram for years, because it’s encrypted and easy to access. According to a recent investigation conducted by The Financial Times and cyber intelligence group Cyberint, though, there’s been “a 100 percent-plus rise in Telegram usage by cybercriminals” recently. And FT says the rise in criminal activity on the app came after users flocked to it following a change in WhatsApp’s privacy policy.

If you’ll recall, WhatsApp asked its users to accept a revised policy allowing it to share data with its parent company Facebook earlier this year. Users were outraged, and WhatsApp had to clarify that it still won’t be able to read their private communications. Even so, people migrated to rivals offering secure similar messaging capabilities — for Telegram, that has apparently led to a rise in criminal activity conducted through the app. 

According to the investigators, there’s a ballooning network of hackers sharing and selling data leaks in channels with tens of thousands of subscribers. The number of times “Email:pass” and “Combo” were mentioned in the app over the past year reportedly rose fourfold. Some data dumps circulating on the app contain 300,000 to 600,000 email and password combinations for gaming and email services. Cybercriminals are also selling financial information, such as credit card numbers, passport copies and hacking tools through the app. 

Tal Samra, cyber threat analyst at Cyberint, explained: “Its encrypted messaging service is increasingly popular among threat actors conducting fraudulent activity and selling stolen data … as it is more convenient to use than the dark web.” In addition to being more convenient than the dark web, Telegram is also less likely to be monitored by authorities, Samra said. 

Telegram has removed the channel where the massive datasets with email and password combos are being sold after FT notified the company. In a statement, Telegram also said that it “has a policy for removing personal data shared without consent” and that it has an “ever growing force of professional moderators” removing 10,000 public communities every day for violating its TOS. Earlier this year, those moderators had to monitor hundreds of channels to keep an eye out for calls of violence following the attack on the US Capitol.

The “Late Show” audience erupted at the suggestion.