In "The Equality Machine," an author and law professor examines the influence of algorithmic matching on the "meat market" of human companionship. Reading time 7 minutes Dating apps present an endless ...

In 1965, Harvard mathematics student Jeff Tarr created the first computer-powered dating service, with 8,000 punch cards and an elephant-sized IBM processor. “Operation Match,” whose popularity was ...

Tinder users could face higher charges because of their age when using the dating app’s premium service, a Which? investigation has found. Research from the consumer watchdog showed that users over 30 ...

Tinder’s subscription ecosystem has matured considerably since the platform first introduced paid tiers, and the 2026 version ...