Bits: A Start-Up Suggests a Fix to the Health Care Morass

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Wednesday, August 16, 2017 [For the latest updates, go to nytimes.com/bits »]( Doug Chayka [State of the Art]( [A Start-Up Suggests a Fix to the Health Care Morass]( By FARHAD MANJOO Aledade, a tech start-up, is working to reduce health care costs while improving care. The results are on view at two medical practices in southeast Kansas. Technology News [China’s Online Giants Back $12 Billion Deal to Shake Up State Firm]( By CARLOS TEJADA Tencent and Alibaba are among private companies that will take stakes in China Unicom, as part of an effort to overhaul bloated state-run companies. [As Alibaba’s Profit Surges, Its Shares Catch Up With U.S. Online Giants’]( By PAUL MOZUR Investors are beginning to value the e-commerce giant and Tencent, its rival, on par with Facebook and Amazon as their sway in China grows. [A Chinese Video Game Rakes In Cash — and Draws Young Rule Breakers]( By CAROLYN ZHANG AND PAUL MOZUR Amid political pressure, Tencent’s popular Honor of Kings added limits on how long young people can play, but fake accounts and other workarounds have proliferated. [Using YouTube as an Accelerant for Video Games]( By LAURA HUDSON Getting YouTubers or Twitch streamers to share their thoughts on a new game can have a powerful effect on its success. ADVERTISEMENT More From The Times [Hackers Briefly Take Over HBO Twitter Accounts]( By JOHN KOBLIN Although the damage appeared limited to a few taunting posts, it came after a string of deeper, but apparently unrelated, breaches. [Fiat Chrysler Joins BMW in Race to Make Self-Driving Cars]( By JACK EWING The alliance, which also includes Intel and Mobileye, could help Fiat Chrysler catch up in new technologies and fend off competitors from Silicon Valley. [In Ukraine, a Malware Expert Who Could Blow the Whistle on Russian Hacking]( By ANDREW E. KRAMER AND ANDREW HIGGINS For the first time, an actual witness has emerged in the election hacking, and he has been interviewed by the F.B.I. Personal Technology Tech We’re Using [The Technology Our Personal Finance Columnist Trusts His Money With]( By RON LIEBER The Times’s Your Money columnist on his favorite finance apps, the gadgets he would love to dream into existence and his Spotify singalong sessions. Tech Tip [Creating PDF Files on Your Phone]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER Recent versions of the Android and iOS mobile operating systems let you make your own PDF files from emails, web pages and more. HOW ARE WE DOING? We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to [bits_newsletter@nytimes.com](mailto:bits_newsletter@nytimes.com?subject=Bits%20Newsletter%20Feedback%20223). ADVERTISEMENT LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. WANT MORE NEWS ABOUT CALIFORNIA? Subscribe to our California Today newsletter and get the news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state), delivered weekday mornings. Sign up [here](. FOLLOW BITS [Twitter] [@nytimesbits]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Bits newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018