Inside Tinder's 'cultural reset' as it battles for relevance with Gen Z

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Three Tinder leaders told Business Insider about the dating app's culture shift.

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A City exec says Gen Z is nearing breaking point as AI turns graduate hiring into a 'meat grinder'

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Thousands of unemployed young people and adults attend the BA Employment Expo in La Rural, Buenos Aires, on October 16, 2025.
A City veteran warned that AI-driven hiring is crushing a generation of debt-laden graduates.

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The one thing white-collar employees want more than money

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I'm Gen Z and don't use a smartphone or social media. It's made me more extroverted and led to deeper friendships.

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Gabriela Nguyen
Gabriela Nguyen, 24, primarily uses a phone with no internet or social media.

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GenZers want jobs, but don't see eye-to-eye with hiring managers

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3 hacks for using your first credit card to level up your finances

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Tori Dunlap
Tori Dunlap is a financial educator, author, and host of the "Financial Feminist" podcast.

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I'm Gen Z and I chained my phone to a wall for a week. I felt like I reentered real life.

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Phone chained to wall and sitting on bench.
Tiffany Ng, a writer based in New York, chained her phone to a wall for a week.

Tiffany Ng

Read the pitch decks of 12 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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Money in the shape of a heart

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Gen Z is desperate for landlines — and creating their own makeshift versions with cellphones

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Catherine Goetze
Catherine Goetze turned an old rotary phone into a bluetooth device that connects to her cell phone.

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Tiffany Ng, a 24-year-old tech and culture writer based in New York, was too attached to her iPhone, so she did what humans do when trying to tame an unruly beast.

She chained it to a wall.

Gen Z held an anti-social media event. Here's how they heard about it.

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Gen Zers at Delete Day in New York City
Delete Day encouraged attendees to delete one app of their choice from their phones.

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Famed for its 1960s anti-war protests, New York's Tompkins Square Park hosted another countercultural movement on Friday: rejecting social media.

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