Dating apps get personal to counter fatigue among Gen Z

Matchmaking services offer double dates and initial conversations in person as alternatives to swipe-and-text culture
AI groups spend to replace low-cost ‘data labellers’ with high-paid experts

Industry moves away from paying gig economy workers in Africa and Asia in push to build ‘smarter’ models
Does catastrophe affect how we think about climate change?

Research suggests that personal experience and prior beliefs interact in complex ways
Iran accelerates deportation of Afghans as it hunts for infiltrators

Authorities expel thousands of undocumented migrants after war with Israel amid paranoia they represent a security threat
Apples, sausages and workers: North Korea and Russia deepen economic ties

Moscow and Pyongyang’s growing commercial co-operation gives both regimes leverage against western pressure