A 2023 survey found that 61% of Americans expected to feel lonely or sad during the holidays. Timeleft is an app that matches users with strangers for dinner via a personality algorithm. When David ...

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A sticker on a wall caught Katya Gratcheva’s attention last fall: “No dating or networking. Just breakfast.” It led the married 52-year-old, tired of the transactional networking she encountered at ...

The hustle and bustle of city life leaves little room for socializing with strict routines to survive the day-to-day. As we approach the new year, many are looking to shake things up, meet new people, ...

Dinner with strangers sounds like the setup to a social experiment or the start of a true crime podcast. However, in more than 200 cities around the world, it is a weekly ritual for connection-seeking ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A sticker on a wall in Lisbon caught Katya Gratcheva’s attention last fall: “No dating or networking. Just breakfast.” It led the married 52-year-old, tired of the transactional ...

Strangers across the country are connecting over shared meals through Timeleft, an app that fosters community. Users take a personality test, and the app’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cristina Haraba reacts as she dines with strangers at Bacari in Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent / For The Times) When David Brown ...

When David Brown moved from Chicago to Los Angeles this summer, one of the first things he did was download an app that aims to "fight big-city loneliness." The 35-year-old sales director had seen an ...