Dating appdates (June ’26): family vetoes, paid meetups and gold stars for texting back
From an app that puts your relatives in charge of your love life to a private investigator’s warning about the iPhone Notes…
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‘Siri is not up for that’: Apple wants Siri AI to get things done, not get you off
Craig Federighi went on a podcast to explain that Siri AI won’t play romantic partner or handle explicit requests. Given Apple’s years-long…
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Xbiz courts cash-strapped sextech firms with cheaper virtual conference
Xbiz dropped its virtual events the moment in-person conferences came back after Covid. Now, with tariff chaos squeezing sextech manufacturers and retailers…
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‘Crossing the Rubicon’: UK wants device-level age verification for sharing nudes
The government’s three-month ultimatum leans on nudity-detection algorithms that have never reliably worked, while Aylo quietly stands to gain if the compliance…
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Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
The Take It Down Act has its first defendants, but the same critics who warned about over-removal are watching to see whether…
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Kiiroo Keon 2 lands at $239 with Wi-Fi syncing and a ‘finisher mode’ built for speed
Six years after the original Keon, Kiiroo has bumped the numbers and added wifi, but the design barely moves. The more telling…
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Lelo’s first thrusting vibrator costs $239 and promises no ‘jackhammer’ motion
Lelo leans hard on the word ‘jackhammer’ to sell subtlety, while gating its most interesting modes behind the app. Here’s how the…
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Aylo’s Utah lawsuit could have huge implications for VPN porn workarounds
Aylo is suing Utah over a law that would make porn sites responsible for verifying the age of users who mask their…
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Dating appdates (May ‘26): ‘Pixel twins’, Tinder’s iris scans, and a gay hook-up gold rush
While the broader dating app market sheds Millennial users, gay hook-up apps are pulling in serious money. Match Group just put $100…
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Kickstarter performs screeching U-turn on adult content rules after creator backlash
The reversal leans on a familiar villain. Stripe won’t process adult content, Kickstarter ran rules to match, and the creators caught in…
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Kickstarter’s sweeping adult content ban has a sextech problem it hasn’t figured out yet
Kickstarter’s new Mature Content Creator Guide names Stripe directly, an unusually candid admission that payment processors are driving platform policy. But while…
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New York’s sex-positive NSFW club closes its doors, says Stripe finished what the NFT pivot started
Daniel Saynt’s NSFW is asking for donations to cover $10,000 in debt after a decade of exclusive sex parties, a crypto pivot…
