Bumble and Tinder are shifting away from traditional swiping toward real-world events and group socializing to attract Gen Z users, with Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd teasing a new swipe-free interaction model.
Tinder owner Match Group reports declining revenue and a 10% stock drop as the dating app expands in-person events to dozens of cities to attract Gen Z users.
A study attributes the likelihood of Canada's 2023 summer wildfires to human-caused climate change, doubling the odds of the tinderbox conditions. Despite this, U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Canada for poor forest management.
Tinder, die weltweit größte Dating-App, sieht sich mit wachsender "Dating-App-Müdigkeit" bei jungen Nutzern konfrontiert. Als Reaktion darauf kündigt Produktchefin Hillary Paine an, den charakteristischen "Swipe" durch eine neue Funktion namens "Spark" zu ersetzen, um die Nutzerbindung zu verbessern.
Spencer Rascoff, DG de Match Group (Meetic, Tinder), a annoncé à Paris que Tinder enregistre des premiers signes de reprise, avec une hausse de 1% des nouveaux inscrits au T1 2026 et un ralentissement de l'érosion des abonnés, dépassant les prévisions de chiffre d'affaires.
US authorities have charged Indian gang leader Lawrence Bishnoi and Satinderjeet Singh in connection with the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. The charges are part of a larger operation targeting international crime syndicates.
Россиянка, познакомившаяся с китайцем в Tinder, была обманом вывезена в Мьянму и продана в рабство. Бывший парень собрал информацию о ней и продал ее в мошеннический центр. Ее удалось освободить благодаря усилиям посольства РФ и правоохранительных органов.
Asad Hussain, 36, from Greater Manchester, was sentenced to eight years for stalking his ex-partner. He created a fake Tinder profile using her details, luring men to her home, some with false claims of a 'rape fantasy'. A 15-year restraining order was also imposed.
A fast-moving wildfire in Utah, fueled by hot, dry, and windy conditions, has prompted Governor Spencer Cox to declare an emergency and ban fireworks. The Cottonwood Fire, the largest in the U.S., has burned over 112 square miles, damaged a ski resort, and forced evacuations, with critical weather expected to persist.
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.
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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.
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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.
Iris-scanning crypto project World expands with Tinder's U.S. human verification rollout and Zoom's Deep Face feature.
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.
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 […]
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.
