Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

REVEALED: 5 | Rare Historical Photos

Voices: Why dating apps are just no match for a real life meet cute

COMMENT : Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr are officially out of favour – and Olivia Petter knows why

The Independent UK

Texas mom left toddler home alone covered in feces to travel 400 miles and meet Hinge date, police say

The 16-month-old infant was found partially dressed with ‘feces on their skin’

The Independent UK

Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

ADHD Is Making Me Give Up On Dating

I’ma keep it a buck fifty: dating with ADHD sucks. At least, that’s my experience. Like most people in their 20s, I have a resume of relationships that haven’t worked out. If you asked any of my exes about me, they’d likely spill so much tea about how shitty of…

Pedestrian.tv

Bumble, Hinge, Instagram, and Facebook already know who you'd vote for

Dating and social media apps are notorious for being the most data-hungry services. Yet, a new research shed new light on how they collect and sometimes share your political and religious beliefs.

TechRadar

Comedian known for Kamala Harris impression sues Hinge date over alleged murder attempt

Sienna Hubert-Ross says she lost out on a part in a major network television show after being forced to audition “while covered in bruises and suffering from the mental trauma of the event.”

The Independent UK

We’ve ‘gamified’ dating – and I am part of that problem. But there are ways to make it human and fun again

I admit I’ve ghosted men and failed to reply to them. The apps need to innovate, and our behaviour has to change too, writes journalist Elle Hunt

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hinge CEO says he bribed students with KitKats to get the business off the ground

"We would get dozens of users a day—maybe, if that," Hinge CEO Justin McLeod tells Fortune.

Fortune

Gen Z and millennials are dumping Tinder and daters are flocking to Hinge instead

Tinder is facing an identity crisis, as it can’t ditch its reputation as a hook-up only app.

Fortune

Dating apps not working? Let an AI wingman do your flirting.

Can AI actually make you better at flirting? With precipitous drops in user interest, Bumble and Hinge are hoping so.

Fortune

More single people than ever are paying for dating apps – despite the ‘stigma’

‘It can be a great high-quality experiment in your dating life,’ dating coach says

The Independent UK

Hinge’s CPO says the company’s employee date stipend promotes empathetic company culture

Employees of the dating app business get $100 to wine-and-dine a crush, while also driving the business’ bottom line.

Fortune

Teri Hatcher reveals texts with Matthew Perry after they were kicked off same dating app

Perry messaged the ‘Desperate Housewives’ actor after she was booted off the app

The Independent UK

Bumble's bad date with investors sees stock plummet, BoA downgrade

Bumble's strategy for returning to growth "appears to be very much in flux," according to analysts.

Fortune

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

TechRadar

Privacy flaw in top dating apps could have revealed user location down to 2 metres

Researchers found ‘oracle trilateration’ could be used by on apps such as Bumble and Hinge to locate a victim’s precise location.

Fortune

Tinder and Bumble are tanking because they treat men badly, Grindr CEO said

Dating apps have been accused of weaponizing men’s frustration to make them pay more rather than helping them find love.

Pedestrian.tv

Dating Apps In Australia Have Agreed To A World-First Code Of Conduct — Here’s What That Means For Us

Dating apps in Australia including Tinder, Hinge and Bumble have agreed to a world-first dating code of conduct

The Independent UK

Work friends can be hard to find. How to combat loneliness in the workplace

The surgeon general has said there's a loneliness epidemic in America

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Online dating apps 'swipe right' on new safety code

Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and eharmony are among popular online dating platforms to sign up to a voluntary industry code to crack down on sexual violence.

Fortune

Can Hinge help solve the Gen Z loneliness epidemic? The CMO says she's doing this to help

“We know that you can't date well if you're not feeling well, so we started digging into what was happening," says Hinge CMO Jackie Jantos.

The Independent UK

Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? You might be experiencing burnout

Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app

Barchart

3 High-Quality Small-Cap Stocks That Investors Are Overlooking

Small-cap stocks frequently hold untapped potential. Here are three high-quality small-cap stocks that investors might be overlooking.

The Independent UK

Ghosting a date is easy. But what about the trauma it leaves behind?

As Hinge introduces a new feature designed to stop users from abandoning conversations without explanation, Juno Kelly asks whether we’ve truly grappled with the side effects of leaving romantic partners on read… or vanishing on them entirely

Fortune

'Orbiting' is the latest dating nightmare fueling Gen Z's disillusionment with finding love on the apps

Tracking someone’s activity can activate a high-low doom loop that obsesses people.

Evening Standard

London leaver: 'I was exhausted by London hustle culture — then I met a farmer from the Cotswolds'

Entrepreneur Samanah Duran was paying £1,600 a month on her West Kensington flat

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.