Alan Irwin, 35, reported an attempted sextortion scam after a Tinder match threatened to share intimate footage. He blocked the scammer and refused to comply, advising others not to panic. A record number of UK under-18s sought help for sextortion last year.
Pesquisas indicam que 23% dos brasileiros com smartphone já usaram apps de relacionamento para encontros. Embora histórias de sucesso existam, o uso excessivo gera exaustão, frustração e queda na autoestima, especialmente entre mulheres.
RÉCIT - Depuis le printemps, le leader du secteur - qui a impulsé il y a un an une nouvelle stratégie - enregistre de premiers signaux de reprise.
Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."
Asad Hussain, 36, has been convicted at Chester Crown Court of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, assault by beating, and failing to comply with a section 49 RIPA notice. Hussain created a fake Tinder profile using his ex-partner's photos and personal details, sharing her address with at least 18 men who turned up at her home during 2024 believing they had been invited after matching with her online. Some men were told she wanted a "rape fantasy" and that if she said "no", it meant she "wanted it more". In one incident, a man forced the front door while the woman's child was inside. Sentencing is expected later.
An Italian court has convicted Achraf Arjaouy, 31, of human trafficking after finding him guilty of deceiving a Singaporean woman into sex work in Dubai. Arjaouy posed as a wealthy Qatari pilot on Tinder and convinced the victim, aged 30-31, to provide sexual services to raise US$10,000 for travel documents. He collected her earnings daily until she contracted an STD in mid-September 2021.
DÉCRYPTAGE - 500 000 entreprises chercheront un repreneur dans les dix ans à venir. Un enjeu de taille auquel Bercy veut s’attaquer avec son plan d’action «Objectif reprises».
Northern Thailand faces public health crisis as dry season wildfires blanket provinces with toxic PM2.5 pollution. Over 600 fire hotspots recorded, with hospitals seeing surge in respiratory illness patients. Senator demands government action as air quality remains at critical levels for over two months.
World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnerships.
Iris-scanning crypto project World expands with Tinder's U.S. human verification rollout and Zoom's Deep Face feature.
Tinder and Zoom are partnering with World (formerly Worldcoin) to let users prove they are human via iris scanning, earning a verification badge amid rising AI bot and deepfake concerns. The technology, backed by Sam Altman, uses an orb device or app for unique World ID creation.
Tinder users who prove they're a real person by visiting an identity-verifying orb will soon be able to get five free boosts in the app - and it's just the latest service to embrace the orb. World, which was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, initially tested Tinder verification using its facial scanning orbs through […]
