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Tea Dating Advice allows women to vet their dates, using crowdsourced information and public records to evaluate men.
The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked.
Tea Dating Advice app rocketed to the top of Apple’s app store this week. It’s used for women to report issues with men. The point is helping keep women safe — but what about the legal issues around privacy and defamation?
A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app for women to share details of men they might date.
A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.
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Rising meat and tea prices have helped drive up food price inflation for the sixth consecutive month, a survey suggests. Food prices rose by 4% in the year to July, up from a 3.7% increase in the year to June, according to the latest shop price monitor from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Moderate coffee intake and both moderate and high tea consumption are associated with a slower decline in fluid intelligence among older adults over nearly a decade. High coffee intake, however, is linked to a faster decline in cognitive function.
A 2017 meta-analysis of 17 studies found that green tea polyphenols may limit bone loss, especially in women who don't drink alcohol or smoke. One 2009 study suggests that green tea may help prevent osteoporosis by balancing out bone metabolism and reducing the chance of bone loss before it begins, though more human studies are needed.