Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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News US lawmaker wants to ban sex toys from non-sexually orientated stores
Texas Republican rep Hillary Hickland introduced HB 1549, which would fine businesses up to $5,000 for selling sex toys outside designated "sexually orientated" establishments like Walmart or CVS.
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News Spotify, but hardcore? Sexify is a new audioporn and erotica platform
Sexify launched as a free audio porn and erotica platform in December 2024, offering five content categories but a thin library at launch that leaves the platform with plenty of ground to cover before
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Deepfake porn guides easily accessible via search engines, despite crackdown
Despite pledges to demote deepfake porn, Google, Bing, and Yahoo still surface tutorials and nudify app guides, undermining their own stated crackdowns.
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Roundup Dating appdates (Nov 2024): Apps for news junkies and the ‘visual generation’, prizes for the ghosted, and more
A wave of dating app launches in November 2024 includes InPress (news-reaction matching), Cheers (friend-vouched South Asian app in NYC), Endgame (visual-question matching), and Raw's anti-ghosting prize draws, plus a Chinese navy warning against
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News Meta’s latest robotics project brings ‘human-level’ touch to machines
Meta unveiled the Digit 360 tactile fingertip sensor and a next-gen robotic hand with 18 sensing features, targeting AI research release in 2025 with potential long-term implications for sex robotics.
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News Quiet revolution? Bellesa launches ‘silent’ vibrator range
Bellesa launched its Whisper range of three 'silent' vibrators, starting with the $59 WhisperBullet, each claiming world-first status via proprietary WhisperTech.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘Digital condom’ app blocks your lover’s phone camera and mic
Billy Boy's Camdom app syncs phones to block cameras and microphones during sex, raising real questions about whether it prevents non-consensual recording or mainly sells condoms.
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News Lovense Mission 2 is remote-sync vibrator that also lets you play a Flappy Bird-style game
Lovense launches the Mission 2 at $129.99, a remote vibrator with a suction cup mount that syncs with other Lovense devices and controls a Flappy Bird-style mobile game via shaft caressing.
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News ‘Very cyberpunk’: Bi-directional cam site launching with mutual control
Fleshy launches Eromote on December 15, a cam platform built around bidirectional teledildonics where both performer and viewer wear synced devices simultaneously.
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News Kiiroo Control is a novel add-on that gives manual strokers a way to sync toys and video
Kiiroo's $49 Control add-on flips the standard interactive toy model by syncing video to your strokes rather than the other way around, and converts manual strokers for teledildonics use via the FeelConnect app.
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News ‘Big Tech does not care’: SceneLocker’s data storage for adult content launches in beta
SceneLocker, an adult content cloud storage platform co-founded by Matt Slayer, has launched in closed beta with pricing starting at $7.99 per month for 500GB, positioning itself as an alternative to Google Drive and
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Feature Why sex workers and advocates want to be part of AI regulation talks
Sex workers and advocates, including the Digital Intimacy Coalition, are demanding a seat at the EU AI Act table, warning that clumsy regulation could criminalize consensual adult content alongside nonfconsensual deepfakes.
