Tuesday morning articles
The Secretive World Of MEV, Where Bots Front-Run Crypto Investors For Big Profits: True believers say crypto is more transparent than traditional finance. Yet that openness—combined with clunky infrastructure and an absence of regulation–lets crypto trading firms with lightning-fast bots prey on unsuspecting retail traders. (Forbes)
The Golden Age of Dispensary Design Is Almost Here: As cannabis legalization has become more widespread, retailers are getting increasingly serious about the design and branding of their shops. (New York Times)
Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s a start. New pay transparency laws will help, but they still aren’t enough to eliminate the pay gap. (Recode)
Alex Jones’s lies have cost him $965 million in a second Sandy Hook trial Connecticut jurors order Alex Jones to pay $1 billion in second Sandy Hook trial — and more might be on the way. (Vox)
The Problem with Pulling Out of China: Many U.S. and other nations’ companies are thinking about transferring elsewhere. Easier said than done. Investors could be collateral damage. (CIO)
US Chip Sanctions ‘Kneecap’ China’s Tech Industry: The toughest export restrictions yet cut off AI hardware and chip-making tools crucial to China’s commercial and military ambitions. (Wired)
Scientists May Have Just Cracked the Code on Fast Electric Car Charging: researchers at Penn State University published a study in Nature revealing they have developed an EV battery that, crucially, can charge up to about 70% capacity in roughly 10 minutes (Time)
How Gamers Beat NFTs: Video game fans have largely beaten back efforts to incorporate blockchain tokens into new releases, a rare win against the industry’s efforts to wring more money from its customers. (Businessweek)
London’s Natural History Museum: Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition Winners: The museum said in a release that an international panel of experts had selected the 19 finalists out of more than 38,000 entries from nearly 100 countries, based on their “originality, narrative, technical excellence and ethical practice.” Then, they awarded two of those winners — one in each age category — the top prize. (NPR)
NBA Power Rankings: Warriors at No. 1; questions and what to like for all 30 teams: An offseason of drama, tumult and pure madness bled into the training camp and preseason portions of the calendar. (The Athletic)