Evas Doll’s voice-controlled sex doll legs are a step, not a stride, toward walking sex robots
The upgrade spares owners from hauling heavy doll limbs into position by hand. Cut the power, though, and the legs go completely limp.
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Venus Berlin sets October 2026 dates as Europe’s sextech showcase keeps growing
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Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
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Dreamcam puts 6K passthrough VR porn directly in your browser – no app required
No dedicated app, no faffing about – Dreamcam's WebXR launch lets you watch 6K passthrough cam shows straight from your VR headset's…
Stories we're tracking
Long-running editorial threads we keep updating as new evidence lands.
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Coverage thread Payment Processors vs Adult Games
What started in 2021 as isolated confusion over Steam's adult content rules, with studios like Holodexxx and Super Seducer 3 forced onto…
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Coverage thread Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
Eight years of coverage tracking image-based sexual abuse from the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
SEXTECHGUIDE has tracked age verification as a live policy battleground since 2016, from the UK's Digital Economy Act delays and eventual collapse…
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