Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Industry
Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
45 entries in this thread.
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Opinion Queering industry: How LGBTQIA+ businesses are trans-forming tech
This article examines the systemic exclusion of LGBTQIA+ communities from mainstream tech, featuring perspectives from queer founders, app developers, and sextech entrepreneurs. It documents real harms like transphobic censorship, fetishizing dating apps, and funding
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Roundup A career in sextech is more attractive than ever – but why?
This article explores why professionals from other industries are increasingly pivoting to sextech careers, drawing on interviews with founders of companies like MyHixel, iPlaySafe, Vibio, and TouchyFeelyTech. It examines the motivations, skills required, and
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News Loom’s $3m seed boost signals growing investor interest in sexual health tech
Loom, an LA-based sexual and reproductive health education startup, has secured $3 million in seed funding to build a digital platform serving women and BIPOC communities. The article highlights the significance of the raise,
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News Sex therapy app Blueheart gets £1m funding to boost AI
UK sex therapy app Blueheart has secured £1m in seed funding from PROfounders Capital and Calm/Storm to enhance its AI capabilities and expand its evidence-based therapy session library. The app, designed by sex therapist
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Opinion Lobby group’s demand that credit cards stop accepting porn transactions mid-pandemic would only make life worse for performers
NCOSE, a religious pressure group, sent letters to credit card company CEOs demanding they stop processing payments for adult content, claiming all porn is exploitation and human trafficking. The article critiques this campaign as
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Analysis How the global pandemic is affecting the whole adult industry – and how you can help
This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every sector of the adult industry, from in-person sex workers and cam models to porn production, sex toy retail, and kink venues. It draws on
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News Oh great, even joking about porn payments could reduce your chance of getting a mortgage
An Australian report reveals that mortgage applications are being rejected due to adult entertainment-related transactions appearing on bank statements, even when they are joke payment references. The article contextualizes this within the broader pattern
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News ‘Blended orgasm’ toy gets $1.1m grant via US robotics lab partnership
Oregon sextech startup Lora DiCarlo has secured a $1.1 million grant from the Oregon Opportunity Zone Limited Partnership to develop Osé, a micro-robotic sexual stimulator designed for hands-free blended orgasms. The company is working
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News Reality Lovers is merging with Mature Reality to create a bigger single catalog
Reality Lovers is absorbing its MILF-focused sister site Mature Reality into its main platform, expanding its single-subscription catalog to over 280 scenes. The merger, effective early November, means Mature Reality subscribers will access content
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Roundup ‘Hey, Alexa, turn up the vibrations’: Interactivity draws crowds at Venus Berlin
A roundup of standout sextech products from Venus Berlin 2018, Europe's largest erotic trade show, highlighting interactive and app-connected sex toys from exhibitors including Lelo, Motorbunny, and MyStim. The article emphasizes interactivity and voice
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News Industry focus: Adult affiliate program EpochStats is closing
EpochStats, the affiliate portal built as an extension of payment provider Epoch, is shutting down due to lack of investment and outdated features, prompting adult affiliate programs to seek alternatives. The article details how
