Inside Tinder’s ‘Cultural Reset’ As It Battles for Gen Z Relevance

Inside Match Group, there’s a common refrain: Tinder is your first dating app, and Hinge is your last. As the watering hole for young daters, Tinder’s success is largely reliant on Gen Z. The young generation’s dating patterns have also become increasingly inscrutable: they drink and hook up less frequently, and might even be tiring … Read more

Here’s Why Apple Stock Just Hit a New All-Time High

Key Takeaways Apple stock hit an intraday all-time high and a record close on Monday. The spike is attributed to strong demand for the new iPhone 17 series, which have significantly outperformed initial iPhone 16 sales, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple is at the “front end” of a “long-anticipated [iPhone] upgrade cycle” that will last … Read more

I Visited Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks During the Shutdown

The federal government is shut down, but that’s not stopping tourists from visiting America’s national parks. I visited two national parks over the weekend, more than two weeks after the shutdown began: Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park, which are adjacent to each other and located in central California, about a 4.5 hour … Read more

United Airlines Windscreen Cracked in Midair May Have Hit Balloon

A United Airlines jet whose windscreen was broken while flying at 36,000 feet may have struck a high-altitude weather balloon. Investigators are looking into how the jet, which was operating United Flight 1093 from Denver to Los Angeles last Thursday, sustained damage to its windshield in midair. 37 minutes after takeoff, near the Utah city … Read more

‘Travel is likely to be impacted’

National Weather Service meteorologists are monitoring a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that will slam the West Coast by the weekend. Portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are expected to be pounded by an atmospheric river that could bring flooding rain and heavy mountain snow to the Western United States as early as … Read more

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy greets supporters, hugs wife before heading to prison

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, hand-in-hand with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walked down his home’s alley Tuesday before heading to prison to serve time for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned. His journey from the presidential Elysée Palace to … Read more