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How to Take Care of Your Mental Health While Using Dating Apps

De-Andrea Blaylock-Solar of Olivette, Missouri, decided to try dating apps after she became a widow. She started on one app and eventually used a handful of them. As a sexuality and relationship ... Read More

What's Really Happening in Your Brain on Dating Apps

Dating apps, with their famous "swipe" gesture, have become a daily phenomenon. Did you know that this simple movement activates mechanisms in your brain similar to those of addiction? Here's what's ... Read More

Therapists Issue a Stark Warning About Dating Apps and Mental Health

Constant swiping, emotional burnout, and addictive feedback loops—therapists say it’s time to rethink your relationship with dating apps. Dating apps have changed the way people meet, but mental ... Read More

The best sex and dating apps for hooking up

In this age of on-demand everything, hookup apps are the go-to for casual dating. If we can stream movies (thank you, Netflix) and order a takeaway with a few quick taps, why shouldn't we be able to ... Read More

Dating Apps Are Struggling to Reinvent Themselves

Every now and then, a certain chart goes viral. Based on an ongoing research project, it tells a simple and shocking story about how American couples meet in the age of the smartphone: This data is ... Read More

Gen Z is ghosting dating apps: Could AI win them back?

With ‘swiping fatigue’ on the rise, platforms like Tinder and Bumble are feeling pressure to engage a generation that’s longing for app-free connections. I think back to freshman year, when my friends ... Read More

Unlucky in love? AI dating apps promise to help you up your game.

While online dating apps makes searching for love more convenient, finding that special person is as difficult as ever. A cute photo and simple "hello" may not be enough to help you break through the ... Read More

Forget ChatGPT. Tea is the most downloaded app on Apple's App Store.

The most downloaded free app on Apple's App Store currently isn't ChatGPT, Threads or Google. It's Tea, a dating advice app that lets women review men they've gone out with, as well as warn other ... Read More

A New Way to Date: The Old-Fashioned Way

As Gen Z and Millennial daters flee the apps and look for love in the wild, many have no idea where to start. By Catherine Pearson Maxine Williams’s company, We Met IRL, hosts mixers and speed-dating ... Read More

Tinder is testing a height filter. What should short kings do?

Short kings are up in arms over a controversial new feature on Tinder. The dating app has started testing a new feature that allows people who pay for the app to filter potential matches based on ... Read More

Lots of apps claim to improve brain health. Do any work?

If you open up your phone and search your app store for “brain games” you will find a lot of brain games. Really, a lot of brain games. You can scroll and scroll and scroll, until you find the end of ... Read More