Known, the swipe-free app from two 22-year-old Stanford dropouts, matches members after an AI voice interview of about 30 minutes and charges $15 per match.
Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, Kahn Swick & Foti and Ademi LLP opened investigations on 13-14 October into whether Bumble's $6.05-a-share sale price is fair.
Daejon Love, 35, pleaded not guilty in Portland to wire fraud conspiracy over alleged dating-profile scams. An earlier DOJ release cites 26 victims and $1.3M.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff told NBIM's podcast Tinder's turnaround is people-led. BigGo reports a 17-point engagement rise and Events in 25 cities.
Bumble launched opt-in searchable Handles for verified US iOS members on 14 October, one day after agreeing a $1.3B take-private by Ithaca Holdings.
The FTC sued Ohio-based Digital Forensics and CEO Dmitry Belkin over a sextortion relief scheme it says took at least $60M, and says it won a temporary halt.
A Hassan-led congressional report says Tinder left scam models stale for years as median scammer reach rose more than sevenfold. Match disputes parts.
Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman become Bumble co-CEOs when the $1.3B Ithaca deal closes. Whitney Wolfe Herd, who stays CEO until then, gets no stated title.
Miami startup Stoke plans a five-venue Wynwood pilot for its free check-in dating app, then a January launch targeting 60 venue partners, Axios reports.
Seven Blackstone-linked vehicles sold 2,763,510 Bumble Class A shares at $3.5423 on 13 October, but about 15.9M shares remain, not a 99.5% cut.
Bumble has agreed a $1.3B all-cash sale to Ithaca Holdings at $6.05 a share, approved by written consent from Blackstone and its founder.
Norway's regulator fined Microsoft's Xandr NOK 92M ($9.6M) for using Grindr user data in ad auctions without valid consent. What it means for dating apps.
Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 and Disney bid $20M for a licence to its tech. What the sale and new state demands mean for dating apps.
Adam Mosseri says Instagram has no plans for a dating feature. What that means for Match Group, Bumble, Hinge and Meta's Facebook Dating.
Dixner has bought Paris singles party brand Crush Party and will run its events as Dixner Crush from 22 October. No price was disclosed.
A Rochester federal judge sentenced Stephen Odiboh to 33 months and $196,500 in restitution over a romance scam with $356,500 in total loss and attempted loss.
ODDA has launched a Consumer Safety Panel of survivors, users and experts to test dating app safety features and shape its standards.
Australia's Federal Court formally declared eharmony misled users on renewals, pricing and free dating. eharmony plans to appeal; penalty still to come.
Hinge now gives daters who commit minor harassment in chats a warning and a compulsory lesson, not a ban. Serious and repeat cases still mean removal.
Feeld's 2025 accounts show revenue up 31.5% to £64.4M and pre-tax profit of £11.4M, outpacing Match Group, Bumble and Grindr.
Grindr is buying PurposeMed, parent of telehealth provider Freddie, for $320 million, adding PrEP and STI testing to its app as Grindr Health.
Tinder launched Group Hangouts, letting up to 15 people share one profile. In Australian testing, 40% of group invitations were accepted.
AI dating service Ditto grew from 42,000 sign-ups in February to 200,000 across 20-25 US campuses, and has raised $10.8 million in total.
Dating app SPARK is rebranding as a 'real-world social network' for venue-based meetups after 1,400 bookings in Thailand over 12 months of testing.
Ofcom data shows more than one in ten 15- to 17-year-olds accessed three major UK dating apps despite age checks, as the under-16 social media ban nears.
Singapore's GovTech has launched FirstDate, a dating app giving civil servants aged 21 to 35 one match at a time, amid a fertility rate of 0.87 in 2025.
Hinge is now India's second-most downloaded dating app, and Match Group plans more marketing there to chase $1 billion in Hinge revenue by 2027.
UNC Chapel Hill research finds one in five of 2,300 middle-school students use AI chatbots for emotional companionship, a risk for dating apps.
Japan's IBJ matchmaking network grew revenue 44% in six months to approximately $91 million, and says it is involved in one in 25 Japanese marriages.
Coffee Meets Bagel says it is the only Singapore dating app with Singpass, and the Ministry of Law has recognised its support of the OSRAA.
Grindr will make PrEP accessible directly in its app from next year, CEO George Arison said, moving beyond HIV prevention awareness.
After5.pm has launched in San Francisco, replacing swiping and matching with small-group meetups every evening from 5 p.m. The app is self-funded.
Former Hinge product lead Michelle Parsons has launched Lora, an astrology-based app with pre-seed backing from AlleyCorp and 14 relationship types.
Match Group aims to double Japan's revenue contribution from 5% to 10%, relying on Pairs (27% share) rather than Tinder (9%).
Three Day Rule has launched Tai, a voice-activated AI assistant, with a £35/month plan that includes four guaranteed introductions per month.
ODDA has asked Apple and Google to scrutinise Simon Leviev's planned dating app Safe Love before approval, citing his 2019 fraud conviction in Israel.
A pension fund sued Match Group in Delaware on 23 September over board communications about Sentinel, its database of assault and violence reports.
Dating app DOWN put fake parking tickets with QR codes on vehicles at University of North Texas without authorisation in September.
The US Senate passed the Romance Scam Prevention Act on 23rd September, requiring dating apps to notify users within 24 hours when a match is banned.
Rivet has raised $10.5 million in seed funding from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures for its Social Matching dating app.
Tinder and Hinge rank seventh and ninth among non-game apps on Google Play in the UK, according to AppBrain data, despite Match's engagement challenges.
A six-week Carnegie Mellon and Cornell trial found AI companions cut real-world dating time among single men who feel less loved, a risk for dating apps.
Once now markets itself as an 'Iconic Chat App', not a dating app, and charges Gems to message 'popular' profiles. Trustpilot rating: 1.2 out of 5.
Club Introductions is expanding to the US with matchmaking at £1,000 ($1,250) for six months, targeting the mid-market gap.
Match Group has repositioned its Upward app for the third time in under five years, dropping the faith requirement for marriage-focused singles.
99% of heterosexual women in Australia experienced tech-based abuse on dating platforms in the previous quarter, a Behavioural Insights Team study found.
Facebook Dating ranked first in 22 of 25 use-case scenarios in Morning Consult research, ahead of Tinder, Hinge and Bumble. The service is free.
Australia's proposed Digital Duty of Care would make dating app safety legally binding, with 99% of surveyed heterosexual women reporting harm.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff expects user and subscriber declines to continue until at least 2027, as Tinder localises features across 166 countries.
ParshipMeet Group says revenue rose 5% at Parship and 25% at eharmony after it pivoted to over-40s daters and dropped its Gen Z focus.