AI Dating App Uses New Technology to Help Matchmaking Have you ever felt like finding love online is just too difficult? Have you struggled to build connections over messages or to get dates? This is a common experience for many people in the modern world. Blush, a new app launched by the creators of Replika, …
India Newest Country to Promote Broader Online Safety In theory, the launch of the public internet in the 1990s provided an impressive means for every person to have their own voice. In practice, there have been a number of problems that have arisen as the World Wide Web has grown. India’s newly proposed Digital India …
Crimestoppers Warns Against Romance Fraud; Promotes Tip Line Most people who are informed about online dating have heard about the prevalence of romance fraud. In fact, some of you may have had your own encounter with a scammer trying to steal your money or information. The trend is a lucrative criminal industry where thieves work …
Tinder Aims to Strengthen Verification with Video Selfies Dating apps have spent a lot of time in recent years taking steps to improve security. Many apps attempt this via a verification process, which typically involves the user submitting a photo. Tinder recently announced that efforts to verify users would expand from traditional selfie verification to …
Safety has been one of the most significant aspects in online dating for decades. Its importance is increasingly rising. While an online date is likely to be fine, there are many stories about people who experience sketchy situations or even become victims of a crime as a result of meeting someone online. Safety is important …
New Monetization Strategies Make Online Dating a Match for Investors Over the past two decades, dating apps have gone from something a bit taboo – with couples meeting on them fabricating stories of how they met to tell friends and relatives – to something viewed as a common experience. This transformation was made possible by …
Are Human-AI Relationships on the Horizon? Many of you may be familiar with the 2013 movie Her. This film features Joaquin Phoenix playing the role of a recently divorced man who falls in love with an AI-equipped technology. Fast forward a decade later and this technology seems all too possible. In fact, recent improvements to …
Man Steals Millions through Online Dating Scam; Sentenced to Prison A recent sentencing hearing in Boston federal court saw a Massachusetts man sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his role in coordinating an online dating scam that led to stealing over $8 million from hundreds of different victims. A look into …
Salus App Aims to Use Tech to Promote Child Online Safety While the world wide web provides people with many great opportunities, there are also many concerns when it comes to online safety. While there are many negative aspects of the internet that need to be addressed, one of the most critical involves the online …
Bumble Partners to Fight Against Sexual Abuse Online Many users of online dating apps have increasingly called on companies to be more transparent in their efforts to promote online safety. This has led many companies to unveil new features and initiatives aimed at helping users. A new partnership between Bumble and Panorama seeks to help …