Elliott Management, an activist hedge fund controlled by billionaire Paul Singer, has taken a 6.5 percent stake in Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a sure sign that change is coming for a valuable pillar of the Massachusetts tech industry. Elliot's stake was revealed in a regulatory filing with the U.S.

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