Some men may be all in for a summer fling, however some women are swiping left on the idea of a noncommittal summer romance, according to a new survey from dating app Hily. In Hily’s new survey, which polled 8,000 Gen Z and millennials, 75 percent of young American men said they were hoping for…
A fairy tale ending could be just around the corner. Last week, an app developer took to TikTok with a big announcement for Disney fans looking to make love connections. Single Riders is a proposed new dating app that aims to connect Disney devotees — along with other theme park enthusiasts — with one another….
Frustrated with dating apps, singles are shelling out for high-end matchmaking. “We had our biggest month of sales in the history of the company last month, and we’ve been around for 15 years,” says Adam Cohen-Aslatei, CEO of the US-based matchmaking service Three Day Rule. “Our business is not shrinking.” He is not alone. Demand…
Ilana Dunn didn’t set out to become a dating coach. Like many of us, she endured years of trials and tribulations in relationships and relied on dating apps to help find her person. Dunn, now the host of the Seeing Other People podcast with nearly 50,000 subscribed listeners, had worked for several years in the…
Major dating apps are experiencing significant layoffs as company leaders express worries about the future of online connections. The buzz is that younger folks, especially Gen Z, are swiping left on these platforms, seeking love away from their screens. Are they just not that into online dating anymore? Kyle Benning has the scoop on this…
Several online dating platforms have begun to break up with their employees, laying off hundreds of people as leaders warn the apps are facing an “inflection point,” with more people starting to ghost the companies in favour of meeting romantic partners in the flesh right from the start. Last week, Bumble CEO Whitney Herd told…
Josh is lying on a footpath, curled up into a ball, his head covered with his hands as three men lay into him with metal bars. “Am I going to make it out of here alive?” he remembered thinking. “What’s going to happen?” He managed to get up but stumbled a few times after receiving…
Considering how much dating apps are struggling, Bumble’s announcement via an 8-K filing on Wednesday of a 30% workforce reduction may not seem that shocking. But JPMorgan analysts wrote in a Wednesday note the magnitude of the layoffs (which amount to about 240 jobs) “comes as a surprise” because the company had already announced $15…
A Princeton grad and his girlfriend tried to kill two women he met on dating apps by using rat poison, cyanide and a homemade concoction derived from ground-up rosary peas, authorities said. Paul VanDuyne Jr., 43, and gal pal Andrea Whitaker, 41, of Wisconsin now face attempted-murder charges as well as raps for aggravated battery,…
In 2017, Samantha Thomas of Buffalo, New York, met a guy on Tinder. A few dates followed. Wherever they went ― casual drinks, a movie, a walk around the neighborhood ― the guy left his hat firmly in place, just as he had in all his Tinder pics. “It was summer and he had sort…