Clips
FEATURES
The giving apps: How Venmo and Cash App upended a century-old charity model (OneZero)
The gig economy is failing. Say hello to the hustle economy (OneZero)
The future of food (Washington Post)
This miracle weed killer was supposed to save farms. Instead, it’s devastating them (Washington Post)
In the battle of internet mobs against the law, the internet mobs have won (Washington Post)
How Google’s bad data wiped a neighborhood off the map (OneZero)
The dot-com don: Meet the domain prospector turning stray URLs into real businesses (One Zero)
Crowdsourcing may have solved a 20-year-old cold case (Washington Post)
How an industry of ‘Amazon entrepreneurs’ pulled off the Internet’s craftiest catfishing scheme (Washington Post)
Buffalo reassessed: Uneven growth belies citywide renaissance (Buffalo News)
In one West Side neighborhood’s turnaround: optimism, uncertainty and $12 toast (Buffalo News)
Toronto’s astonishing growth: Will it matter to Buffalo? (Buffalo News)
Could this be Buffalo’s first tech goliath? (Buffalo News)
ESSAYS & COLUMNS
Even Peloton can’t make it through the election unscathed (The Cut)
For my grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, food is memory and connection. Now I’m not allowed to cook for her—or even visit. (The Counter)
On whirlwind tour of 'a new Buffalo,' consultants see reasons for optimism (Buffalo News)
Even in real life, there were screens between us (New York Times)
The fall of anonymous social apps (Washington Post)
El nuevo normal (The Atlantic)
Why you should ‘unfollow’ your ex-friends (Cosmopolitan)
OTHER
What was fake on the internet this week (82-week series; see coverage on All Things Considered, New York Times, Wired)
Links I would Gchat you if we were friends (newsletter)