SAN FRANCISCO – Prominent BDSM and fetish content producer Kink.com is no stranger to controversy, but the studio’s latest project represents a calculated effort to trigger loud protests from vocal critics like Gail Dines. The outspoken feminist and anti-porn crusader once...

CYBERSPACE – Compared to the rest of the world, the U.S. has lagged behind in preventing of credit card fraud. Unlike in Europe and Australia, most credit cards issued in the U.S. continue to employ encoded magnetic stripes to hold personal and banking data. The stripes can be...

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Over the past two and a half years or so, the Pennsylvania government has been mired in a porn-related scandal that has more twists and turns than the last seven minutes of an M. Night Shyamalan movie about a village full of possibly demon-possessed kids with...

PITTSBURGH – Every second of every day, someone somewhere is watching porn. Make that millions of someones somewhere. One e-tailer has noticed a significant drop in sales on one day of the week: Sunday, which Christians consider a holy day that should be devoted to worship. In...

NEW YORK – When Jeffrey Wachman started all-male revue BuffBoyzz in New York City in 2013, he had high hopes for success. The project more than succeeded, becoming one of the largest shows of its kind. Today, BuffBoyzz produces 15 parties every week in the New York City metro...

SAN FRANCISCO – Statistics and anecdotal evidence suggest transsexual porn is growing in popularity. According to sales figures tracked by an online adult entertainment retailer, nowhere is the trend more apparent than in California, which outpaces all other U.S. states in...

NEW YORK – As part of its commitment to redefining the stigma associated with sex work and to encourage men to think about long-term career paths outside the sex industry, escort site Rentboy.com will award $1,500 in cash to a student who submits the best essay or video entitled...

PHOENIX – Two innovative new vibrators developed with public feedback have found exclusive U.S. representation: boutique distributor Entreneu. The new Crave Flex and Duet Flex feature flexible cores that allow their contact points to bend and move along with users’ motions, a...

HOUSTON – Adult industry insiders who have not yet registered their choices for fifth-annual YNOT Awards winners have only days left to make sure their votes are counted. The virtual ballot box closes Aug. 26 at precisely midnight PST. “Every year, without fail, after voting is...

WASHINGTON – In a move being hailed as a “victory” by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE), Hilton Worldwide has confirmed a policy change in which the hotel chain will remove on-demand pornographic movies from its pay-per-view entertainment options. “Many hotels...