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Dating apps are losing hundreds of thousands of users as Australians return to meeting potential partners face-to-face. From live game shows to library speed dating, the shift toward human connection is picking up momentum.
A racquet sports booking app is accidentally becoming the next big dating platform. Strangers meeting for padel matches are walking off the court together and into coffee shops, bars, and real relationships.
Researchers at University of Waterloo just launched a free tool that makes dating apps safer by comparing safety features across 30 platforms. The interactive Safety Map arrives just in time for International Women's Day, addressing harassment and boundary violations that millions of users face.
Fed up with endless swiping and ghosting, singles across the UK are logging off dating apps and showing up to real-world events where connection happens face to face. The results are surprisingly hopeful.
A Stanford grad student tired of swiping created Date Drop, which sends students one thoughtful match per week. Over 5,000 students have signed up, and matches turn into real dates at 10 times the rate of Tinder.
After years of ghosting, catfishing, and endless swiping, dozens of Australians found lasting love by trying something radical: being honest, taking risks, and sometimes ditching the apps entirely. Their stories prove that connection is still possible in our swipe-obsessed world.
New Zealand singles are swapping awkward dinner dates for padel courts, where the fast-growing racket sport is sparking real connections. With 600 players in one Auckland WhatsApp group alone, this tennis-squash hybrid is becoming the country's hottest social scene.
Match Group's video selfie verification is finally stopping catfishers and AI scammers in their tracks. Meanwhile, a new sustainable palm oil is helping restaurants cook greener without the environmental guilt.
A new social media app called UpScrolled crashed its own servers from overwhelming demand as users flock to an alternative that promises fair algorithms and no censorship. The platform jumped to No. 9 on Apple's App Store, ranking above TikTok for the first time.
High schoolers from a new maritime academy in Newport News won a national coding competition by solving a real problem at their school. Their library management app beat competitors across Virginia's 3rd Congressional District.
The team behind beloved Dark Sky has returned with a new weather app that shows multiple possible forecasts at once, helping you understand when predictions are reliable. Instead of pretending weather forecasting is perfect, Acme Weather embraces uncertainty with transparency.
Rachel Anderson, 35, walked out of a first date after her date intentionally made her underdressed for a fancy restaurant. Her instant boundary-setting is inspiring thousands to trust their instincts.
The popular Merlin bird identification app is linking its real-time birdsong data with the world's largest citizen science biodiversity database, turning millions of casual birdwatchers into conservation allies. Almost 2 million people in the UK alone used the free app in May to identify birds by sound.
A new platform called Wabi is making app creation as simple as typing a prompt, bringing software development to everyone without coding skills or hosting headaches. The YouTube-style approach could transform how we think about apps.
Anthropic's cheeky Super Bowl ads mocking AI chatbots with annoying ads helped push its Claude app from No. 41 to No. 7 on the U.S. App Store. The timing couldn't have been better—ChatGPT just started showing ads to free users.
Finding the right meditation app used to mean scrolling through thousands of options. Five standout apps now offer everything from 30-second breathing breaks to sleep sounds without costing a dime.
Apple and Google have agreed to major app store changes in the UK to promote fair competition after regulators found they had an "effective duopoly." The reforms will help 400,000 jobs and boost the UK's largest app economy in Europe.
Sebastiaan de With, the creative mind behind beloved iPhone camera apps Halide and Kino, is joining Apple's design team. His partner confirms the apps will continue thriving with new collaborators.
A recovering alcoholic gave her date two simple requests: food she could eat and not a bar. He chose two bars with limited food options, revealing what she really needed to know.
Daniel Benjamin builds the invisible infrastructure that keeps Nigeria's biggest apps running smoothly under massive growth. His work helped scale a faith app to 150,000 users in three months with almost no bugs.
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