Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News Lovense Lush 4 G-Spot vibrator brings flashing LEDs, sound-responsive vibes and longer battery life
Lovense has released the Lush 4, a $129 LED-equipped upgrade to its Lush 3, adding sound-responsive lights, 40% faster charging, and 350-minute battery life.
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News UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
The UK will become the first country to criminalize owning or distributing AI tools designed to generate CSAM, with sentences up to five years, as part of a wider crime and policing bill also
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News ElizaWakesUp: Walking, talking, $420,000 AI companionship robot launching in 2025
ElizaWakesUp, a $420,000 humanoid AI companion robot built on ElizaOS and the Unitree H1 platform, is targeting a 2025 launch with companionship but explicitly no sexual functionality.
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News SexLikeReal adds female-perspective passthrough VR porn
SexLikeReal launched SLR For Women, a female-perspective VR porn vertical using chroma suit passthrough tech, though just one scene was live more than three weeks after launch.
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Roundup Dating appdates (Jan 2025): MaAvatar’s gamified dating in the metaverse, Hinge’s naggy AI, Thursday closes down & Bumble’s founder returns
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as CEO in March 2025, while Thursday shuts down and MaAvatar launches a metaverse dating platform using avatars, AI matching, and NFTs.
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News Interactive Lovense Gush 2 adds oscillation for enhanced hands-free edging
Lovense launches the Gush 2 masturbator at $89.99 (down from $199), adding oscillation, hands-free design, and interactive sync to its predecessor's formula.
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News Motorbunny launches Fluffer interactive gaming app and sex toy range
Motorbunny unveiled its Fluffer app and three new sex toys at CES, including a $99 dongle that syncs PS5 controller movement to vibrator intensity.
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News Faster! Slower! Faster! Squirtmaster hand-tracking game teaches technique
XtraSexyReality launched SquirtMaster, a browser-based hand-tracking game that uses your device's camera to teach fingering technique, no download required.
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News Dating appdates (Dec 2024): Grindr and Tinder wrap and swipe the year
Grindr and Tinder released their 2024 year-in-review data drops, with Grindr revealing top search tags and regional identity trends, while Tinder's figures point to users becoming more direct about relationship intentions.
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Analysis Camming on the slide? New creator report offers snapshot of industry today
SWR Data's 2024 State of the Creator Report finds live camming dropped 15 percent among adult creators since 2022, while fan site earnings, fetish content, and creator age all rose.
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Roundup From VR passthrough to polar bears: 20 of 2024’s biggest sextech happenings
SEXTECHGUIDE rounds up 20 defining sextech moments from 2024, spanning VR passthrough advances, deepfake crackdowns, Pornhub's US state blockades, and products ranging from AI masturbators to a polar-bear vibrator.
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News Pornhub 2024 in Review: Female users up, animated porn dominates, and an increase in ‘mormon’ searches
Pornhub's 2024 Year in Review shows female users hit 38 percent of the audience, hentai topped searches for the fourth straight year, and vertical video use among 18-24s spiked 392 percent.
