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Bumble users are FURIOUS as the app ditches women-first rule and allows men to make the first move - as one dubs it 'Tinder 2.0'
You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Woke NYC mayor humiliated by NYPD after suggesting his'private' wife should have taxpayer-funded police bodyguards for trip to Syria Huge legal win for surrogate who refuses to abort baby with heart defect despite biological parents' wishes as Texas Attorney General steps in The REAL story behind those videos of David Foster awkwardly'snubbing' Meghan Markle at charity event: 'He's always been a big fan of Diana' I've examined thousands of penises as a urologist and seen every size. Here's what REALLY counts as small... the true average length... and'growing' treatment that actually works: DR ARTHUR BURNETT Devastating full horror of Perez Hilton's knife livestream unravels: Friends reveal tragic life-long disfigurement... what star is admitting from hospital bed... and why he may now be locked up for YEARS Teen mum's haunting final post before she died outside her cell in feared women's prison - as unseen photos and videos reveal shocking decline that left family begging her to get help John Hinckley Jr shares new message for Jodie Foster... 45 years after he shot Ronald Reagan to impress her Trump says plane he flew on after secret swap off Air Force One'was at greater risk' as he explains why he switched Trump is going against'decades of evidence' with his bid to overhaul child vaccination, WHO chief warns New MAGA'It' girl reveals truth about those viral rumors as Oval Office controversy explodes Trump's power rattled as notorious ex-crack addict LOSES by 13 points in governor race Chilling Lindsay Clancy trial question that should shake the entire nation: Top defense attorney's twist in killer mom case I've read my husband's texts to his male'gym buddy'. I feared I'd been betrayed... but this is almost too devastating for words: DEAR JANE Florida caregiver charged after dementia patient's dead body was found naked at the side of a road Caitlin Clark admits her own fans' behavior made her'sick' as WNBA star helps fire Fever to record win after coach's explosive rant Woke Roseanne star says show was RIGHTFULLY CANCELED over racism scandal as he slams'ignorant' fans Bumble users are FURIOUS as the app ditches women-first rule and allows men to make the first move - as one dubs it'Tinder 2.0' READ MORE: Dating apps keep singles swiping rather than finding'The One' Bumble has enraged its users after announcing a dramatic U-turn on its women-first rule. The app shot to fame more than a decade ago thanks to its new approach to dating, which meant that only women could message men first.
Trump Breaks Silence on Secret Plane Switch in Turkey Over Possible Iranian Threat
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Honor's Robot Phone Has a Gimbal-Powered Camera for Vloggers
Honor's Robot Phone Has a Gimbal-Powered Camera for Vloggers Honor's new China-exclusive Android phone features a pop-out motorized gimbal camera designed to replace your action cam. You hear it often: Smartphones have plateaued . A small boost to battery life here, a minor camera upgrade there--our glass slabs don't seem to change all that much from year to year. That's exactly the kind of sentiment Honor wants to counter with the Robot Phone, which has a motorized camera that pops up out of the top. Honor has been teasing the phone since late 2025 .
The Download: our 35 young innovators and the "censorship-industrial complex"
Plus: China-linked hackers have hit Taiwan in an "unprecedented" AI attack How we picked 35 of the world's top young scientists and engineers On September 8, will reveal its 2026 list of Innovators Under 35, recognizing 35 young people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems. By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they're focused on in their work, we aim to give readers a sense of what advances to expect in the years to come. As a newsroom, we also use this exercise to help us spot rising talent and get to know some of the best early-career researchers in the fields that we cover. This year, we received 550 nominations. Find out how we whittled them down to 35 of the young innovators shaping the future of technology, and check out last year's list. How the "censorship-industrial complex" is changing the internet and US policy I first heard the term "censorship-industrial complex" on April 15, 2025.
The Job Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself
LemonLime cofounder Jordan Zietz hears your criticism loud and clear. That's why he got his startup's logo tattooed on his shoulder. Jordan Zietz wants to be clear: He has never, and will never, force anyone to tattoo his startup's logo on their body. The 24-year-old briefly became the internet's most hated person after LemonLime, his AI-for-small-business startup, hosted a party following Y Combinator's Startup School in late July. In a LinkedIn post, Zietz wrote that he brought an "actual tattoo artist" to the party, and "offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo."
Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News
At last week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI gave a surprise talk with new details on a recent hacking incident, revealing that its rogue AI agents had chitchatted about their attack on a message board. It was a juicy disclosure, and reporters in the room hustled to get stories out. WIRED was one of the quickest to write it up . But another outlet, RuntimeWire, published an article even faster, beating us by more than three hours. To make things worse, RuntimeWire didn't actually have anyone on the ground at the Mandalay Bay convention center.
Ukraine's strikes on Russia's Wildberries 'aren't about the front line'
Is the war entering a new phase? Wildberries under fire: Why is Ukraine targeting a Russian retail giant? Many have compared Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, to Amazon, and some claim that, as in the case of the US company, shopping on its website or app feels addictive. "I know many people that are really addicted to it," Aleksandra, an accountant and mother in the Urals Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest, told Al Jazeera, withholding her last name for security purposes. "They add things to their basket, wait for discounts, make up their minds about what to buy, then decide to buy it again."
Taiwan's Foxconn reports 35 percent rise in profit on AI demand
Taiwan's tech titan Foxconn has reported a forecast-busting second-quarter net profit, as exploding demand for artificial intelligence servers needed in data centres powers the company's growth. The world's largest contract electronics maker said on Wednesday that net income rose 35 percent to $59.97 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.86bn) in the April-June period. "AI infrastructure is driving growth," Foxconn said in its earnings announcement. In an earnings release, Foxconn, Nvidia's biggest server maker and Apple's top iPhone assembler, stuck to its previous forecast of "strong" growth for revenue this year. Governments and tech giants are pouring huge sums into building data centres that can train and run AI tools such as chatbots, image generators and agents that can execute tasks.
Drone strikes power station near Libya's largest oil refinery
A drone has struck a power station in Libya's western city of Zawiya, near the country's largest operational oil refinery. The oil refinery has been the target of several attacks in recent days prompting the government to consider a shutdown. Trump says secret plane switch'up to the Secret Service' Stronghold of Syrian revolution celebrates Assad's death sentence