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Australia's eSafety commissioner says age assurance is working, and VPNs are next sextechguide.com/safety/regul...
Australia's Porn Traffic Drops, VPNs Face Scrutiny
Pornhub and xHamster still dominate Australian porn even after tougher age checks, and regulators now have VPN use in their sights.
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Utherverse's Adult Game Fest targets a $500 million sector with no home of its own sextechguide.com/events/uther... #sextech #adultgaming #utherverse
Utherverse Launches Adult Game Fest Trade Show
Utherverse is launching a virtual trade show for adult gaming, a sector that's never had one of its own.
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California and Colorado want Apple, Google, and Microsoft checking IDs at setup, handing the OS makers a gatekeeper job nobody's explained how to police. This week's starting lead: sextechguide.com/safety/regul... #sextech #ageverification #apple #google #microsoft
California, Colorado to require age checks at device setup by 2028
Apple, Google, and Microsoft are being nudged toward becoming the internet's new age gatekeepers, starting with two states and a lot of unanswered questions about how any of this actually gets enforce...
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The Handy 2 Pro review: longer, stronger, and finally worth the price sextechguide.com/reviews/devi...
Handy 2 Pro Review: Probably The Best Stroker Available Today
The Handy 2 Pro raises the bar for interactive strokers. Better motor, longer stroke, polished app, and content syncing that actually works. Full hands-on review.
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UBTech's U1 humanoid robot is a companion that won't tell you that you're annoying sextechguide.com/ai/ubtech-u1... #sextech #ai #robots #sexrobot
UBTech U1 Humanoid Companion Robot Won't Tell You That You're Annoying
UBTech's U1 robot offers emotional companionship, affective AI, and four hours of battery life. No genitals, but a CEO who thinks you might fall in love.
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DOJ seizes CFake and SOCFake in first site shutdowns under the Take It Down Act sextechguide.com/news/doj-sei... #deepfake #takeitdown #ai #legal
DOJ Seizes CFake, SOCFake Under Take It Down Act
The DOJ shut down CFake.com and SOCFake.com for hosting nonconsensual fake nudes, marking the first site seizures under the Take It Down Act.
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'Siri is not up for that': Apple wants Siri AI to get things done, not get you off sextechguide.com/news/apple-s... #apple #sextech #iOS #siri #siriAI
Apple Says Siri AI Won't Do Sex or Companionship
Apple's Craig Federighi says Siri AI won't engage with sex or companionship. It's consistent with Apple's record, if not exactly a bold new stance.
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Crossing the Rubicon: UK wants device-level age verification for sharing nudes sextechguide.com/news/uk-devi... #sextech #uk #ageverification #apple #google
'Crossing the Rubicon': UK wants device-level age verification for sharing nudes
The government's three-month ultimatum leans on nudity-detection algorithms that have never reliably worked, while Aylo quietly stands to gain if the compliance burden shifts from porn sites to your h...
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Aylo’s Utah lawsuit could have huge implications for VPN porn workarounds sextechguide.com/safety/regul... #sextech #aylo #utah #sb17
Aylo's Utah Lawsuit Could Have Huge Implications for VPN Porn Workarounds
Utah wants porn sites responsible for VPN users too. Aylo says that's unconstitutional. The outcome could end the VPN workaround across the US.
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New York's sex-positive NSFW club closes its doors, says Stripe finished what the NFT pivot started sextechguide.com/events/nsfw-...
NSFW Clubhouse Closes After Failed NFT Pivot, Stripe Ban, and One Very Memorable Police Visit
New York's NSFW sex club is shutting its doors after a failed NFT pivot, payment processor drama, and $10,000 in debt.
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Multiple cameras, virtual orgies, and AI: one VR porn CEO's roadmap for what's next sextechguide.com/vr/groobyvr-... #sextech #vr #vrporn #ar #orgies
GroobyVR CEO Says AI Will Push VR Porn Beyond First-Person Camera Angles
GroobyVR's Steven Grooby thinks multi-camera VR porn stitched together by AI is the sector's biggest opportunity. He might have a point.
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Lelo launches Boomerang: a double-ended app-controlled couples vibrator sextechguide.com/gadgets/lelo... #sextech #lelo #boomerang #sextoys
Lelo Boomerang: App-Controlled Double-Ended Couples Vibrator for $229
Lelo's Boomerang is a $229 app-connected double-ended vibrator aimed squarely at couples with two vulvas. Ten modes, two motors, one price tag.
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Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network 'void of porn, LGBT, trans' sextechguide.com/safety/radia... #sextech #lgbtqia #pornblock #radiantmobile
Radiant Mobile Is Launching a Christian Phone Plan That Blocks Porn, LGBT Content, and Satanism at Network Level
A new US cellphone plan blocks porn and LGBT content at network level, with no opt-out for users. Nvidia VP Roger Bringmann is backing it.
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Apple's iOS age check gives Aylo the device-level win it lobbied for, but Ofcom isn't convinced sextechguide.com/safety/aylo-... #sextech #av #ageverification #ios #ios24.6
Pornhub Returns to UK iPhones via Apple Age Verification
Aylo has partially lifted its UK porn block after Apple's iOS 26.4 update. Ofcom says site-level responsibility hasn't gone anywhere.
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ChatGPT shelved adult chat indefinitely as Claude gets wired to vibrators sextechguide.com/ai/chatgpt-a... #openai #claude #claudecode #chatgpt
ChatGPT Kills Its Adult Mode Indefinitely as Claude Gets Wired to Remote Sex Toys
OpenAI has shelved its erotic chat mode indefinitely while an unofficial GitHub tool lets Claude control sex toys during conversation.
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Soulkyn plugs into Lovense hardware, giving AI characters real-time control of connected devices sextechguide.com/ai/soulkyn-l... #sextech #ai #lovense
Soulkyn Adds Lovense Integration, Letting AI Companions Control Connected Sex Toys
Soulkyn now lets AI characters control Lovense toys in real time. The company answered data and safety questions directly, which is more than many would.
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Smaller US-based creators are taking the biggest hit as porn restrictions bite into independent incomes sextechguide.com/adult-creato... #adultcreators #onlyfans #swr #sextech
Adult Creator Incomes Fell Fast in 2025
A new SWR Data survey found that 45% of adult creators in the US saw income fall in 2025, with age verification laws and social media censorship leading causes.
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ICYMI: OnlyFans after Radvinsky: a planned succession, an unfinished deal, and an open question for creators sextechguide.com/adult-creato... #onlyfans #adultcreators#creatoreconomy
OnlyFans after Radvinsky: a planned succession, an unfinished deal, and an open question for creators sextechguide.com/adult-creato... #sextech #adultcreator #onlyfans #radvinsky
OnlyFans After Radvinsky: What Happens Next
OnlyFans' owner Leonid Radvinsky set up a trust before he died. Now a $5.5 billion deal hangs on what his successors decide, and creators have no say in it.
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AI companion apps with 150 million downloads shipped with security so bad hackers could read your sexts sextechguide.com/ai/ai-compan... #sextech #privacy #chatapps #companions #aigirlfriend #data #leak
AI Companion Apps Left Intimate Chats Wide Open
Oversecured audited 17 AI companion apps and found 14 critical flaws. Ten gave hackers a direct path to private erotic conversation histories.
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Incognito mode and VPNs won't save you: the honest guide to adult content privacy in 2026 sextechguide.com/privacy/priv... #vpn #onlineporn #privacy #sextech #adulteconomy #adultcreators #ageverification
VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road sextechguide.com/safety/regul... #sextech #vpn #AV #utah #ohio #washington
US Age Verification Laws Take Aim at VPNs
Utah, Ohio, and Washington are moving to close the VPN loophole in porn age verification. The privacy tradeoffs are significant and enforcement is unproven.
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'Individual websites will not save us': SubscribeStar Adult joins the list of NSFW platforms reshaped by financial pressure sextechguide.com/adult-creato... #adultcreator #payments #sextech
SubscribeStar Adult Tightens Its NSFW Rules
SubscribeStar Adult's new content restrictions confirm that card networks, not users, set the rules for adult platforms. Again.
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OpenAI's erotic chatbot is coming, but its age verification isn't great, insiders say sextechguide.com/ai/chatgpt-a... #sextech #ai #chatgpt #openai #companion #aipartners
ChatGPT Adult Mode: Smut, Not Porn, and a 12% Problem
OpenAI's adult ChatGPT mode will allow erotic text chat but cap it at 'smut,' while its age verification misclassifies children as adults 12% of the time.
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