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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Roundup Dating appdates (May ’25): AI meets human matchmaking, Grindr selling drugs, Hinge longform love stories, and more
A monthly roundup covering major dating app developments in May 2025, including Grindr's telehealth ED drug service, Hinge's longform storytelling marketing push, Match Group's significant layoffs, a security breach at Raw, and the emergence
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News ‘Digital faithfulness’ Ring lights up if your partner cheats
Raw, a dating app company, is developing a biometric AI ring called The Ring that syncs with a partner's ring to signal emotional states including arousal via LED light patterns, marketed as a 'digital
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Analysis VRPorn.com trend report: Hentai and CGI top VR popularity, but what people really want is immersion
VRPorn.com's 2024 trend report reveals that hentai and CGI are among the top content categories on the platform, challenging assumptions that realism is the primary driver of VR porn consumption. The data suggests immersion—not
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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 data reveals that female users grew to 38% of the site's audience, hentai topped searches for the fourth consecutive year, and animated content continued its dominance with a 28%
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News ‘Big Tech does not care’: SceneLocker’s data storage for adult content launches in beta
SceneLocker, a new cloud storage service designed specifically for adult content creators, has launched in closed beta after its founders identified a gap in the market caused by mainstream platforms like Google Drive banning
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Opinion Ethical dilemmas of AI in sextech: Balancing technological advances and consent
This opinion piece examines the major ethical dilemmas posed by AI integration in the sextech industry, covering data security, consent, AI agency, social implications, and fraudulent health claims. It argues that the sextech industry
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News Alleged BangBros leak contains 12M records, including geolocations and IP addresses
Researchers discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing 12 million records allegedly from BangBros, exposing user IP addresses, geolocations accurate to 11 meters, usernames, and porn performer data. The leak was taken offline after Cybernews
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News ‘Stress-test for the clit’: Clitique is an app-connected wearable that measures arousal
MyFemmeTech, a subsidiary of FirmTech, is developing the Clitique, an app-connected wearable that measures clitoral arousal, nocturnal clitoral erections, and orgasm data via sensors. The device is currently at prototype stage and was showcased
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News Nissan and Kia can collect and potentially sell data about drivers’ sex lives
A Mozilla report reveals that Nissan and Kia's privacy policies allow them to collect and potentially sell sensitive data about drivers' sex lives and sexual orientation, raising serious privacy concerns. The article highlights how
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News Anti-porn ‘shameware’ app being used to spy on alleged criminals’ families
A Wired investigation reveals that Covenant Eyes, an anti-porn 'shameware' app marketed to parents and churches, has been used by parole officers in at least five US states to monitor the phones of probationers'
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Guide Should you track your sex life? There are some great reasons you may want to start
This article explores the growing practice of tracking one's sex life using apps, biofeedback devices, and physical diaries, outlining the benefits for libido awareness, relationship communication, and sexual self-improvement. It examines how hormonal cycles,
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Interview ‘I can’t say clitoris or orgasm without being flagged’: Meet Anna Lee, Lioness co-founder, sextech engineer and TikTok queen
An interview with Anna Lee, co-founder of Lioness, exploring how her engineering background and South Korean heritage shaped her approach to building a biofeedback vibrator that collects orgasm data. The article covers her views
