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Elissa Welle

Elissa Welle

Former Tarbell AI Fellow

Former Tarbell AI Fellow

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    Elissa Welle
    The FBI is investigating a Wall Street data breach.

    On November 12, hackers stole account records and legal agreements from a company you’ve probably never heard of: SitusAMC. It handles commercial real estate and residential loans for the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Citi, who were among Situs’ Wall Street clients notified about the breach, the New York Times reported.

    Elissa Welle
    Elissa Welle
    Blue book sales are booming.

    We already knew that the old-school blue books were popular again, given how easy it is to cheat with AI. The Economist reports that blue book sales have nearly tripled from 2022 to October 2025, topping $300,000 in just the first 10 months of this year, according to data firm Circana.

    Elissa Welle
    Elissa Welle
    Join me as I try out this viral AI cheating pen.

    Videos on YouTube make it seem like one swipe of a scanning pen like this will give you all the answers. I tested it out on math, science, and history questions.

    Elissa Welle
    Elissa Welle
    The FDA cleared Withings’ “mini health clinic” BeamO device.

    That means the combined electrocardiogram, stethoscope, and thermometer is now available in the US for $249.95. Nearly two years have passed since The Verge first covered this Swiss Army knife of home health. It launched in Europe, excluding the UK and Switzerland, last April. The company says BeamO can give you a “complete health check-up” of your temperature, heart, and lungs in less than a minute.