FBI raids home and seizes phone of Polymarket founder
Shayne Coplan calls incident ‘discouraging’ as firm suggests raid was retaliation for site’s users betting on Donald Trump
Tackling loneliness in the age of online dating
Letter: Dr Luke Brunning says young people need to develop the skills and capacity to navigate intimacy both online and offline
The price of love: how much does dating cost – and who pays the bill?
Crossword blog
Devious humour and painful puns: will the cryptic crossword remain the last thing AI can’t conquer?
Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users
October 2024
Concerned about your data use? Here is the carbon footprint of an average day of emails, WhatsApps and more
Pass notes
The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people
Observer business agenda
Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off
When therapy goes wrong: the problem of underqualified practitioners
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: Elon Musk is stumping hard for Donald Trump
Could Bear Grylls’ five steps to better mental health help a beta male like me?
Rich Pelley
‘Fear of missing out’ keeping girls and young women online despite sexism
September 2024
Why is dating app Feeld so popular? Fetishes and throuples are only part of the story
Zoe Williams
Established apps were taking attitudes to sex and love right back to the 1950s. Thank goodness for something less traditional, writes Zoe Williams
‘Throuples’ dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5m
Platform registered at industrial estate in Cumbria and catering to alternative relationships has expanded globally
Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks?
Millions are rejecting the culture-war hotspots of the major social media sites in favour of apps dedicated to activities they enjoy, while bonding with their fellow users
August 2024
Arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you
Chris Stokel-Walker
He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be it, says tech writer Chris Stokel-Walker
‘Out of this world’: free app will offer tour of modernist Manchester
Developers hope guide to 20th-century buildings will soon be available in other cities
Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo
Why Telegram is the go-to app for those wanting to spread toxic information
As a Waze dad, I like to think I make Britain’s roads run more smoothly. You can thank me later
