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Sources detail how Elliott Management helped Masayoshi Son save SoftBank from financial ruin in the spring; sources say Elliott now owns $5B+ in SoftBank shares (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail how Elliott Management helped Masayoshi Son save SoftBank from financial ruin in the spring; sources say Elliott now owns $5B+ in SoftBank shares  —  The world’s most unpredictable technology investor was coached out of the crisis by hedge fund Elliott Management, a major shareholder Sources detail how Elliott Management helped

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US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay doctors to use AI systems that diagnose eye disease in diabetics and detect strokes through brain scans (Tom Simonite/Wired)

Tom Simonite / Wired: US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay doctors to use AI systems that diagnose eye disease in diabetics and detect strokes through brain scans  —  The artificial intelligence programs can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients. US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay

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Profile of Hasan Piker, a progressive Twitch streamer who had 225K+ concurrent viewers at the peak on election night, making him Twitch's most-watched streamer (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: Profile of Hasan Piker, a progressive Twitch streamer who had 225K+ concurrent viewers at the peak on election night, making him Twitch’s most-watched streamer  —  The 29-year-old progressive political commentator has risen to the top of the platform after 80-plus hours of live election coverage. Profile of Hasan Piker,

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Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire attack surface manager Expanse in an $800M deal; Expanse raised $136M (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet)

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire attack surface manager Expanse in an $800M deal; Expanse raised $136M  —  Expanse’s platform will be added to the Cortex product suite.  —  Palo Alto Networks has announced the acquisition of Expanse to boost the capabilities of the firm’s Cortex cybersecurity product portfolio. Palo

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Roku begins rolling out support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, available on the majority of Roku's 4K streaming devices (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Roku begins rolling out support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, available on the majority of Roku’s 4K streaming devices  —  Roku says its streaming devices are now the first to support all three voice assistants  —  It’s been a long wait, but today Roku is starting to roll out

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